68 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Ortygometra cinerea, White- eyebrowed Crake. 



Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 388 (1868), &c. 

 Nettopus pulchellus, Pigmy Goose. 



Gould, " Handbook Birds Australia," vol. ii., p. 357 (1865), &c. 

 Dendrocygna arcuata, Whistling Tree Duck. 



"Anas Thein Fortflanz ges Vog.," tab. Ixxxi., fig. 4 (1845-54). 



Gould, " Handbook Birds Australia,'' vol. ii., p. 374, &c. 

 Dendrocygna eytoni, Eyton's Tree Duck. 



Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 346 (1877), &c. 

 Tadorna radjah, White-headed Sheldrake. 



North, Proc. Lin. Soc. N.S.W., vol. ii., 2nd series, p. 446, &c. 



I am, yours, &c., 



D. LE SOUEF. 



The English Daisy a Naturalized Plant. — With reference 

 to Mr. Williamson's query on page 50 of the July Naturalist, as to 

 whether the English daisy, Bellis perennis, had been recorded as 

 a naturalized plant in Victoria, the following sentence occurs in 

 a paper by Mr. C. French and myself, " A Holiday Tour in 

 Western Victoria," published in the Victorian Naturalist, iv., p. 

 II (May, 1887): — "Round the house the little English daisy, 

 Bellis perennis, grew very plentifully, and reminded some f)f the 

 party of home." The locality spoken of was at Muddy Creek, 

 Hamilton.— F. G. A. B. 



Nature Study. — The Education Department has arranged 

 with Mr. Robert Hall to deliver a series of lectures to teachers 

 on elementary natural science at various centres round Mel- 

 bourne. It is hoped by this means that, through their teachers, 

 a greater love of nature will be fostered among the children of 

 the metropolitan schools. 



Marine Animalcules. — According to an article in the March 

 number of the American Naturalist, a remarkable phenomenon 

 was observed some little time ago on the Californian coast. A 

 streak of " red water " was noticed some distance off the mouth 

 of San Pedro Harbour, which subsequently broke up into a 

 number of patches, each of several acres in extent. In the 

 course of a few days these patches reached the shore, when the 

 red colour was found to be due to the presence of countless 

 myriads of animalcules belonging to the " flagellate " group. At 

 night the sea was brilliantly phosphorescent over the red area. 

 The most extraordinary fact connected with the visitation was 

 the death of a large number of marine animals, including rays, 

 sharks, and sea cucumbers, which were apparently poisoned by 

 the animalcules. The bodies of these creatures when cast up on 

 the beach exhaled a most pestiferous odour. At least two 

 hundred miles of coast came under the influence of the " red 

 water." 



