l84 Kershaw, A Naturalist in Northern Queensland. [v^'"xxxi. 



ground or high up in the trees, one of the latter species being 

 found about 30 feet from the ground. Nests of the Rufous- 

 breasted Thrush, Colluricincla ntfigaster, and the Grass-Warbler, 

 Cisticola exilis, were also taken. 



To give anything like a full account of our varied experiences 

 in this extremely interesting country would occupy much 

 more space than can be spared. A large number of photo- 

 graphs, many of particular interest, were taken during our 

 visit, but, notwithstanding every possible care taken, most of 

 these were more or less ruined by mildew during the wet season. 



We remained here until the 30th January, when, according 

 to airangement, our boat arrived and took us, with our baggage, 

 down the river, and thence to Lloyd Island. We left the 

 island on the ist February on our 80-mile journey in a lugger 

 to the Claremont Islands, where we again boarded the s.s. 

 Suva, bound for Brisbane. This ended one of the roughest but 

 certainly one of the most interesting of trips it has been my lot 

 to experience, and I was never more sorry than when I bid good- 

 bye to our friends, Messrs. W. M'Lennan and A. Mohr, who had 

 done so much to make our visit an enjoyable and profitable 

 one, and turned my back on the Claudie. 



To Mr. M'Lennan I am greatly indebted for his continued 

 interest and help in my work. Without his assistance and 

 experience it would have been impossible to have explored so 

 extensively the dense scrubs, and it was due to his ejiergy and 

 enthusiasm that I was able to add many of the rarer specimens 

 to my collection, while to Dr. Macgillivray, who arranged the 

 trip, I owe the opportunity of visiting so remote a part of 

 Northern Queensland, and I am glad to give expression to 

 my heartiest thanks for the corchal and ever-ready assistance 

 accorded me by himself and his son Ian throughout the trip. 



[The paper was illustrated by a large series of lantern slides. — 

 Ed. Vict. Nat.] 



" The Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne." 

 ^'o- 5 (July, 1914)- — Owing to want of space, notice of this 

 publication has been held over for some time. The number 

 contains an important article by Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S., 

 F.R.M.S., Pal?tontologist to the Museinn. entitled. " On the 

 Succession and Homotaxial Relationships of the Australian 

 Cainozoic System." The author has dealt so fully with his 

 subject that, aided by the figures and references, the article 

 might almost be used as a guide to the fossiliferous localities of 

 southern Victoria, and students of Cainozoic fossils will be deeply 

 indebted to the author for clearing uj) so concisely the certain 

 amount of confusion which has resulted from the determinations 

 of various authorities. 



