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sounds; at the same time adding, in their peculiar 

 English, " Old woman Galang, galang, no got, no 

 make a noise;"" implying that the females do not 

 possess these musical instruments. There are 

 several species of this genus known in Australia. 

 During rain, these insects are silent ; but re- 

 commence their clamour on the re-appearance 

 of fine weather. The native blacks at Goulburn 

 Plains told me that the manna produced by one 

 of the Eucalypti trees, {E. mannifera,) was the 

 excrement of this insect : this, probably, arose 

 in their minds, from these insects appearing on 

 the trees in the winged state, about the same 

 time that the manna is secreted. 



Several gannets had lately been shot, about the 

 Murrumbidgee and Yas rivers, with plumage of 

 a brownish black colour, bills and legs black : 

 there was, also, a bird occasionally seen in this 

 part of the colony, bearing a close resemblance 

 to the swift, but only seen during the months of 

 February and March, frequenting spots where 

 the grass was on fire, to catch insects, &c. 

 The aborigines of Yas name it " Kriolon," or 

 " Kriola." 



On the 7th of December, I left Yas for the 

 purpose of visiting the but little known country 

 about the Tumat river. The roads were in ex- 

 cellent condition at this season, and the country 



