33(3 PLANTS AND ANIMALS. 



them all away from the neighbourhood. These 

 natives used nets similar to those I had seen on the 

 N.W. coast, and in their make, resembling, in a re- 

 markable manner, the ones employed by Europeans. 



In the valley, just within Cape Upstart, a few 

 palms and a species of cotton were growing ; and 

 in other places, the never-failing Eucalyptus, of 

 small growth. Certain bulbs* were also found, 

 apparently of the same species as those on the 

 Percy Isles ; several of which we removed and 

 presented to the Botanical Garden at Sydney, M'here 

 we afterwards had the gratification of seeing them 

 in a flourishing state. 



A few quails were shot of the same large kind as 

 that found on all other parts of the continent, also one 

 or two pheasant cuckoos, f They did not differ from 

 those we killed on the N.W. coast, although nearly 

 five degrees further south. A very large pigeon 

 was also shot, resembling in colour the common 

 blue rock, but without a bronze mark. We had 

 not seen this species before ; it was a very wary 

 bird, and was found in the rocks. But the greatest 

 prize our sportsmen shot, was a specimen of a small 

 female kangaroo, of a new kind.:{: 



* Crinum angustifolium. They belong to the Narcissus, but 

 are in themselves a new order of plant. 



t Centrepvs phasianellus. Gould. 



I Deposited in the British Museum, and figured as Pelrogale 

 Inanata, by Mr, Gould, who being misinformed, has described it 

 as inhabiting the north coast of Australia. 



