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The South Australian hJaturaiist. 



tii^ Public Library, it having been originally prepared in illus- 

 tration of the author's ])aper, published in the "Records of the 

 ^South Australian Museum,'' vol. i, pt, 1, 1918, to which readers 

 desirinor more technical and detailed information are referred. 



prefrontal.. I 

 supraocular 

 frontal 

 interparietafj 



nostril 

 nasal cleft 



4 upper labials 



To the same source we owe the privilege of using the illus- 

 trations of the living example of Typhlops bituherculatus, like- 

 wise reproduced. It should be noted that the striped appearance 

 of the body is due to reflection of light from the highly-polished 

 rows of scales. 



E. R. W. 



SOME GUM TREES. 



By E. H. Ising. 



Everybody visituig ]Mount Lofty has, I think, admired the 

 g^im trees growing by tlie Stirling Institute. There they stand, 

 i&!], straight, and beautiful, with their trunks buttressed at the 

 base aiid raising their highest branch 50 or 60 feet from the 

 ground, their branches bearing masses of long pendulous 

 dark-green leaves. How big and solid they appear, giving one 

 the impression of great strength and endurance. These six 

 trees, staiiding like sentinels along the road, were planted thirty 

 yeai's ago by an old Mount Lofty resident, who must be 

 gratified to see now what noble specimens his seedlings have 

 become. But one need not wait thirty years before enjoying 



