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identified, the notes of many more were heard in the bush. 

 Some of those observed are included in the following list : — Blue 

 Wren, Black Fantail Flycatcher, Bronze Cuckoo, Crimson 

 Parrakeet, Coachwhip-bird, Crescent Honey-eater, Crested 

 Shrike-Tit, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Grallina, New Holland Honey- 

 eater, Pallid Cuckoo, Rufous-breasted Thickhead,. Sacred King- 

 fisher, Spine-billed Hone3^-eater, Spotted Pardalote, Tawny- 

 crowned Honey-eater, Rose-breasted Robin, Yellow-breasted 

 Shrike-Robin, Wood-Swallow, and White-eared Honey-eater. 



The first Club visit to the district having revealed so much. I 

 would like to suggest the locality for consideration when the 

 next excursion list is being arranged. — P. R. H. St. John. 



EXCURSION TO FRANKSTON. 



The country to the south of Frankston having been frequently 

 visited by Club excursions, the outing listed for Saturday, 12th 

 November, was set down as '' Frankston to Skye " — Skye being 

 a small village about six miles north-east of Frankston, but, 

 owing to want of time, our ramble covered only a portion of that 

 distance. We found that we were a little late for the district, 

 the blooming period of many of the plants being over, still some 

 ninety species were recorded for the afternoon, representing 

 about forty natural orders. We came across one of the finest 

 specimens of the so-called Native Cherry, Exocarpus citpressi- 

 formis, one could wish to see. The following list gives some of 

 the more conspicuous or interesting plants noted during the 

 afternoon :— Acacia verticillata, var. ovoidea, Aotus villosa, 

 Arthropodium paniculatum, Billardiera scandens, Brachyloma 

 ciliatum, Brunonia australis, Comesperma calymega, Casuarina 

 distyla, C. suberosa, Caleana major, Cyperus tenellus, Centrolepis 

 strigosa, var. tenuior, Euphrasia collina (syn. E. Brownii and E. 

 speciosa), Gahnia trifida, Gnaphalium candidissimum (South 

 Africa), Gratiola Peruviana, var. pumila, Hakea pugioniformis, 

 Hydrocotyle callicarpa, Isotoma fiuviatilis, Leptospermum 

 scoparium, L. brevigatum, L. myrsinoides, Pimelea octophylla, 

 Patersonia glauca, P. longiscapa, Ricinocarpus pinifolius, 

 Stypandra coespitos^, Stackhousia viminea, Schizoea fistulosa, 

 Stylidium perpusillum (Candollea perpusilla), Viminaria denu- 

 data, and Xanthorrhoea minor. 



Two fine specimens of Eucalyptus robusta, Smith, the swamp 

 mahogany of New South Wales and Queensland, were seen in 

 full bloom as street trees near the Frankston railway station. 



Birds were very numerous, about thirty- two speCies being 

 recorded for the afternoon. 



In a bank on one part of the road were seen a number of the' 

 tunnels of the Spotted Pardalote, which, judging by the way the 



