THE VICTORIAN NATUUALIST. 47 



suspended by its rim from the smaller branches of a prickly acacia, 

 often very low down, 



Entomophila picta. — The Painted Honey-eater is not so 

 numerous as its congener ; usually found in the tea-tree along the 

 creeks. 



Ptilotis LEiLAVALENSis. — This Honey-cater is quite a common 

 bird, although comparatively new to science, the type having been 

 sent to me by my brother about two years ago, and kindly 

 described by Mr. A. J. North iu the Australian Museum Records 

 last year. Found along all the creeks, haunting blossoming gums 

 and tea-tree, feeding on these and to a certain extent on smaller 

 insects. 



Ptilotis sonora. — A few specimens of the Singing Honey- 

 eater are to be seen in the scattered timber on the sand ridges and 

 clumps out on the plains. 



Manorhina flavigula. — This Yellow-throated Minah is very 

 numerous, and have been twice noted by my brother feeding 

 the young of the Koel. 



Philemon sordidus. — The Little Friar-bird is fairly plentiful 

 in the eucalyptus scrubs about Cloncurry, and nests in April and 

 May, 



DiCMUM hirundinaceum. — The little Mistletoe-bird is quite a 

 common sight in these latitudes, as its favourite food, the berries 

 of the mistletoe, is to be had in abundance. My brother noted that 

 many of these little creatures were drowned in the water-troughs 

 during the dry season. 



Pakdalotus rubricatus. — Several nests of the interesting 

 Red-browed Pardalotes were obtamed during July and August. 



Gymnorhina tibicen. — Magpies are common, and are no 

 doubt of this species, though eggs are constantly very much 

 smaller than New South Wales or Victorian specimens. 



(To be continued.) 



ON CERTAIN INCRUSTATIONS ON WOOD IN DUNE 



SAND, 



By T, S. Hall, M.A. 



( With two Plates.) 



{Read heforc the Field Naturalists' Cluh of Victoria, loth April, 1901.) 



Skirting our coast line almost everywhere from the eastern to 

 the western boundaries of the State is an accumulation of blown 

 sand, forming usually rolling dunes, in some places of loose, 

 shifting material, but in others more or less compacted into stone. 

 The width of this fringing deposit varies very much in different 

 places. Generally speaking it fades away gradually in its inland 

 extension, a fact due to its wind-formed nature and seaward 



