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receptacle for them by pulling the sticks and twigs away, and 

 leaving a loundation of soft, paper-like bark." The date on 

 which the eggs were taken was the i6th September, 1895. Mr. 

 Jackson informs me he has since found other sets of Coucals' 

 eggs similarly situated. 



I have hunted the pheasant-like Coucal in Queensland, where 

 they are sometimes erroneously called Grass-Owls. I have also 

 heard them called Swamp-Pheasants. The eggs, however, in my 

 collection were taken by Mr. W. T. Bailey, in Southern Queens- 

 land, on 19th February, 1891. 



The breeding months would appear to be from September to 

 February. 



SOME PLANTS FOUND GROWING AT MOUTH OF 



RIVER YARRA AND AT WERRIBEE. 



By Alex. Morrison, M.D. 



The following lists of plants comprise the more interesting 

 species found by me during a number of years' collecting at the 

 mouth of the River Yarra and at VVerribee. Many of them are 

 not to be found to the east of Melbourne, and some of them, so 

 far as my own observations have gone, only in the one spot. 

 The lists may, therefore, be of interest to other collectors, who 

 will i:)ossibly be able to add further species which I was unable to 

 determine with certainty. It is possible that some of the plants 

 found growing at the Werribee may have been introduced by 

 means of sheep brought from the north-western portion of the 

 colony, but positive evidence on that point is desirable. 



Mouth of the River Yarra : — Frankenia Isevis, Z., Alternanthera 

 triandra. Lam., Sat^ina apetala, L., Atriplex Muelleri, Benth., 

 Enchylsena tomentosa, R. Br., Salicornia arbuscula, R. Br., 

 Muehlenbeckia Cunninghami, F. v. M ., Eutaxia empetrifolia, 

 Schlecht, Tillaea purpurata, J. D. //., Hydrocotyle hirta, R. Br., 

 H. tripartita, R. Br., H. callicarpa, Bunge, Pimelea glauca, R. Br., 

 Calotis scapigera, J. D. //., Angianthus Preissianus, Benth., 

 Cotula filifolia, Thunb., C. reptans, Benth., Lobelia platycalyx, 

 F. V. M., Sebaea albidiflora, F. v. M., Samolus repens, Pers., 

 Convolvulus sepium, L., Wilsonia humilis, R. Br., W. rotundifolia, 

 ./. D. Hook., VV. Backhousi, J. I). H., Mimuliis repens, R. Br., 

 Myoporum deserti, A. Cunn., M. humile, R. Br., Ruppia 

 maritima, L., Centrolepis polygyna, Hieron, Azolla filiculoides, 

 Lam. 



Werribee : — Zygophyllum Billardieri, D. C, Pelargonium 

 Rodneyanum, Mitch., Lavatera plebija, Sims, Plagianthus 



