8 Weindoufeu AND Francis, Wild Life in las)uauia. [vol"x'x'xvii. 



l)L'lui\iouT wiicii lnip])C(l has hern alnady rrlciicd lo, ami it 

 only n.'inains to br said that in f\eTy way tlir wallabx' is far 

 the cleverer animal. When hnnted with dogs it is, for at least 

 a short distance, considerably faster than \ho kanf^aioo, and 

 is an expert in doubling and otherwist- dodging its enemies. 

 It frequents the thickest scrul), and will rarely leave it unless 

 at night time to feed on the plains, or to change its feeding 

 grounds altogether. This it usually does when the trappers 

 make their appearance. It is not unusual to follow a wallaby's 

 track in the mud leading to a springer snare, where the animal 

 appears to have paused to consider the advisability of going 

 on or of taking another direction, and evidently had decided 

 for the latter coursi'. 



It is an extremely (luarrdsonu- animal, as is cvidenct'd by 

 the frequently scarred condition of its skin, and its pugnacity 

 spoils the pelt from the trapper's and skin dealer's point of 

 view. It is, c»f course, weaker than the average hunting dog, 

 but nevertheless puts up a good fight, using both hind and 

 front feet, and accompanying its efforts with an angry growling. 

 (To he roniititiid.) 



TuF Latf. Mk. \V. T. r. Ket.t.y. P,v the death, on 2r)th 

 March, of Mr. W. T. ( . Kdlv, tlic bi. Id' Naturalists' ("Inb lost 

 a comparatively n-cent adtlition to its members' roll, but one 

 who promised to be an enthusiast. Mi". Kelly, though a 

 practising barrister, had latterly given considerable attention 

 to the growing of scent-producing plants, and, in addition to 

 a lavender plot at Mentone, had another garden at I'lvelyn, 

 where, in ()ctf)ber last, he had interested and entertained a 

 party of memlxTs of the ( lub with the details of his hobbw 



SiK H.\i DWIN Si'i'NCKK, K.C.M.O. — A large and repre- 

 sentative gathering met in the biology theatre at tlu- Mel- 

 bourne University on I'Viday afternoon, 2bth March, in ord(T 

 to say farewell to Sir Baldwin Spencer as a Professor of the 

 I'niversity. The Chancellor, Sir John Macfarland, occupied 

 the chair. Dr. (ieorgina Sweet, D.Sc. read an appreciative 

 address, which was signed by all present, in which it was stated 

 that with the fund raised to commemorate I'ldf. Sjiencer's 

 thirty-two yeais' work at the I'nivi-rsity two pri/,is had been 

 founded -one for first yi-ar zf)oU)gy and the other for first year 

 biology. Dean Hart, a one-time member of the b'.X.C"., and 

 Prof. Agar, the new piofcssor, also spoke. Sir P>alduin Spencer 

 feelingly replied, and expressed his gratitude lor the loyal 

 assistance he had received from all who had been associated 

 with him. 



