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feet, and for some time flitted about unconcernedly within a 

 few yards of us, when it was joined by its mate. They were 

 perfect httle gems, and amply repaid us for our journey. A 

 little later on we saw what we took to be another pair. The 

 next bird of note was a Rufous Fantail which, like the family 

 in general, had no fear of observers. Altogether we saw and 

 heard forty-seven varieties that we knew, besides several others 

 that we could not definitely identify. 



The locality is one that should be very interesting alike to 

 the geologist, the botanist, or the ornithologist ; and as it is also 

 fairly easy of access, I thought that these few notes might be of 

 interest, and should any of the club members be in the district 

 they would find it well worth a visit. The following were the 

 birds identified during our visit : — 



Black Duck 

 White-fronted Heron 

 Black-backed Magpie 

 Magpie-Lark 

 Rosella Parrot 

 Crimson Lory 

 Fairy Martin 

 Black Cormorant 

 White-fronted Chat 

 Stubble Quail 

 Australian Pipit 

 Brown Hawk 

 Allied Harrier 

 White-shafted Fantail 

 Black and White Fantail 

 Rufous Fantail 

 Brown Flyeater 

 Yellow-tailed Tit 

 Bell Miner 



Sanguineous Honey-eater 

 Spinebill Honey-eater 

 Friar-bird 

 Wattle-bird 

 Yellow-faced Honey-eater 



Scarlet-breasted Robin 

 Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike 

 Brown Tree-creeper 

 White-throated Tree-creeper 

 Noisy Miner 



Red-browed Finch (Waxbill) 

 Spotted-sided Finch 

 Olive-backed Oriole 

 White-winged Chough 

 Grey Bell- Magpie 

 Spotted Diamond-bird 

 White-eye 



Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin 

 Golden-breasted Whistler 

 Wonga Pigeon 

 Sordid Wood-Swallow 

 Superb Warbler 

 Bronze Cuckoo 

 Giant Kingfisher 

 Halcyon Kingfisher 

 Gang- Gang Cockatoo 

 Sulphur-breasted Cockatoo 

 Little Lorikeet 



Tourist Map of the Grampians. — This recently issued map 

 covers an area of about g miles by 14. detailing that portion of 

 the Grampians between Hall's Gap and Mt. Wilham. The scale 

 being fairly large (| of a mile to an inch), and the map full of 

 detail, visitors should have no difficulty in finding the various 

 points of interest. The cliff -face of the Serra Range is well 

 shown, with its more prominent features distinctly marked and 

 named. Half-a-dozen illustrations, with descriptive letter-press 

 and lists of outings, make up a very handy guide to one of 

 Victoria's grandest show places, more especially in the months 

 of September and October, the wild-flower season. 



