174 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Climacteris leucophsea. Lath., White-throated Tree-creeper 

 AcanthochKra carunculata, Lath., Red Wattle-bird 

 Zosterops ccerulescens, Lath., Silver-eye 

 *Menura victorine, Gld., Lyre-bird 

 Anthus australis, Vig. and Hors., Ground Lark 

 Pardalolus punctatus, Temm., Spotted Pardalote 

 Zonoeginthus bellus, Lath., Fire-tailed Finch 

 /Egintha temporalis, Lath., Red-browed Finch or VVaxbill 

 Ptilotis leucotis. Lath., White-eared Honey-eater 

 Cuculua pallidus, Lath., Pallid Cuckoo 



ilabelliformis. Lath., F'an-tailed Cuckoo 

 Chalcococcyx plagosus, Lath., Bronze Cuckoo 

 Cacatua galerita, Lath., Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 

 Callocephalon galeatum. Lath., CJang-Gang Cockatoo 

 Platycercus elegans, Gmel., Pennant Parrakeet 



eximius, Shaw, Rosella 

 Aprosmictus cyanopygius, Vieill., King Lory. 



New South Wales Forestry Branch. — The recently issued 

 report of this Department for the period ended 30th June, 1905, 

 provides some interesting facts which should help to stimulate 

 the authorities with regard to making the best use of the forest 

 resources of Victoria. The revenue of the Branch for the six 

 months of 1905 exceeded the expenditure by nearly ^10,000 ! 

 The timber exported was valued at ^174,000, and amounted to 

 about 25,000,000 super, feet — New Zealand, India, the United 

 Kingdom, Cape Colony, and Germany being the best customers. 

 Such a result speaks volumes for the way in which the timber 

 industry of New South Wales must be managed. The value of 

 the report is greatly enhanced by some splendid plates of the 

 principal timber trees and an appendix on the suitability of New 

 South Wales timbers for railway construction. An additional 

 feature is a map showing the State divided into four timber zones 

 — coastal, brush, highland, and interior — which are again divided 

 into twenty-one sub-zones, with a reference table giving the 

 principal timbers occurring in each of the sub-zones, so that it 

 can be seen at a glance where certain timbers can be obtained. 

 Taken altogether the report shows that in forestry New South 

 Wales is far ahead of its southern neighbour, notwithstanding its 

 apparently limited area of forest country. In connection with 

 this, attention may be called to another extremely interesting 

 publication, " Notes on the Commercial Timbers of New South 

 Wales," by Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government Botanist 

 (1904, IS.), in which a great deal of valuable information, much of 

 which is applicable to Victorian timber trees, is given. This is 

 also well illustrated with plates of some of the more useful of the 

 indigenous timber trees. 



