March, 1909] THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 175 



isolated patch of a Grevillea, which I take to be G. repens. In 

 the next gully to the west, Long Gully, was found some years 

 ago the beautiful Clematis aristata, var. Dennisii, named and 

 described by Mr. W. R. Guilfoyle in the Naturalist of December, 

 1898 (vol. XV., p. 97). This apparently was its only habitat, and 

 though it survives in cultivation at the Botanic Gardens, it has, 

 I believe, been lost from this district from repeated burnings and 

 clearings. From these two instances of isolation, complete or 

 partial, it seems to me that on these botanically unexplored 

 slopes other unique specimens might be found, and that it might 

 be worth while on future expeditions to give them a trial in pre- 

 ference to those more gorgeous spots which persistently attract. 

 We duly reached the hill, situated in section 90 of the parish of 

 Tarrawarra North, and after searching perhaps acres of the plant, 

 which is quite prostrate, we were fortunate enough to find one in 

 bloom — a month later than I found it in full bloom in 1907. 

 Spurred on by our good luck we eventually succeeded in getting 

 several more specimens, some of which I hope will retain their 

 freshness sufficiently for exhibition at to-night's meeting. As we 

 returned, late specimens of Comesperma ericinum were added to 

 our list, and later -on Goynjjholohium Huegelii and Persoonia 

 junij)erina were met with in bloom. Several lizards were seen 

 as we passed along, and a Black Snake was killed, while another 

 was too quick for us. The day was another delightful one for 

 rambling, and we got back to Healesville in ample time to pack 

 up for the evening train, my companions telling me it was a most 

 enjoyable outing, and not without its results. As for myself, 

 being a country member, and unable to attend the Club meetings, 

 it was quite an event to have some kindred spirits with whom to 

 roam the bush. — Reginald Kelly. 



NOTE ON SOME LIVING EXAMPLES OF PSEPHOTUS 



DISSIMILIS. 



By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S., Ornithologist to the Australian 



Museum, Sydney.* 



While examining a number of live birds in Sydney, in the 

 possession of Mr. Fritz Kruger, who had recently brought them 

 from the Northern Territory of South Australia, my attention was 

 immediately attracted to a cage of parrakeets of a species I had 

 not seen before. Although differing in several respects from 

 Professor Collet's description of Psephotus dissimilis, I had little 

 hesitation in referring them to that species, particularly as they 

 were obtained in the same locality — Pine Creek, 200 miles south- 

 east of Port Darwin. There were 16 birds altogether — five fuUy- 



"^ By permission of the Trustees of the Austiahan Museum. 



