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skeleton were also found on the sand dunes in company with the 

 bones of fish, wallabies, and a species of bush rat, the accumu- 

 lations of one of the many old camping plac.s of the blacks. Of 

 marsupials, wallabies are numerous, and several were seen. 

 These proved to be the common Black-tailed Wallaby, Macropus 

 ualahatus. Kangaroos do not seem to exist on the promontory, 

 tliough they, as well as the Emu, would do well here. The 

 Native Bear or Koala, Phmcolarclos cinereus, were very plentiful, 

 their characteristic grunt being heard every evening. A fine 

 example seen at Whisky Creek had a very conspicuous dark line 

 running down the centre of its back — a rather unusual feature. 

 Hundreds of these most interesting creatures have been shot in 

 the past by hunters for their skins. As an instance of their 

 wholesale slaughter, our guides informed us that they made as 

 much as ;;{^io per week during about a month's shooting. Both 

 the Common and the Ring-tailed Phalangers or Opossums were 

 fairly plentiful. None of the smaller marsupials were seen, but 

 many, such as the large and small Flying Phalangers, Native Cats, 

 Phascologales, Dromicia, &c., are sure to exist here. 



Birds. — Mrs. Hardy has kindly furnished me with the following 

 notes on the birds, together with a list of the species noticed 

 during the trip, and to which I have added a few additional 

 species : — • 



" Whilst crossing Corner Basin hundreds of Black Swan, 

 Chenopis at?-ata, were seen. Some of them were scarcely more 

 than flappers, and one or two of the older birds appeared to have 

 been wounded, as their flight was laboured, and they were unable 

 to keep up with the main body. Further in, towards the shore, 

 a large flock of Pelicans, Pelecanm conspiciUatus, were observed, 

 and White-breasted Cormorants, Phalacrocorax gouldi, were 

 numerous. 



" On the flats about the Derby River, Black Ducks, Anis 

 siiperclliosa, were plentiful, and amongst the sedges along the 

 river banks that restless little bird, the Reed-Warbler, Acro- 

 ceph'ihts australis, was flitting in and out, attracting attention by 

 its cheerful song. Pennant Parrakeets, Platijcercus elegans, were 

 frequently noticed feeding in the Leptospermum and Exocarpus 

 bushes ; while cockatoos were numerously re|jresented by the 

 Black, Calyptorliijnchus funereus, and the White Cockatoo, 

 Caaatua galerita. 



" Honey-eaters were plentiful in the scrub and amongst the 

 eucalypts. I noted four different species in a single myoporum 

 tree, evidently feeding on the nectar of the sweet-scented 

 blossoms. In this tree, by the way, we found a large nest about 

 10 feet from the ground, composed wholly of dead bracken 

 fronds, approximately round, unlined, and with the rough opening 



