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(c) Middle Harbour, Sydney, 9th April, 1910. 

 Fragments of small, white seeds. 



(d) and (e) Berry, 10th August, 1910. 



A number of small, whitish seeds and minute orange, or brown seeds. 

 (J.H.M.) Three small kinds of seeds, probably all grasses; the narrow 



seed is probably an Eragrostis, but I cannot give the genus of the 



other two. 



(f) and (g) Berry, 10th August, 1910. 



A number of small seeds as in (d) and (e). 



(J.H.M.) The same three seeds as in (d) and (e) ; in addition, another 

 small, flat seed, which is not a grass, and belongs to the Dicotyledonese. 



(h) Gosford, 24th May, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Crop contents : Small, oval, whitish and greenish seeds. 

 (W.M.C.) The seeds are Panicum sp., and Panicum sanguinale, L. 

 (Summer Grass). 



(i) Gosford, 24th May, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Crop contents: Small, oval, whitish and greenish seeds; a 



larger brown seed ; small black seeds, one nitid, one rugulose. 

 (W.M.C. } The seeds are Panicum sp., Panicum sanguinale, L. (Summer 



Grass), Geranium sp., and black seeds not identified. 



(j) Gosford, 24th May, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Crop contents : Small whitish seeds. 



(W.M.C.) The seeds are Panicum sp., Panicum sanguinale, L. (Summer 



Grass) and Panicum crusgalli (Ditch millet), 

 (k) Gosford, 24th May, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Crop contents : small whitish seeds. 



(W.M.C.) The seeds are Panicum sp., and Panicum sanguinale t L. 

 (Summer Grass). 



Oriolus Sagittarius. (M. 850; H. 62.) Oriole. 



(a) Hawkesbury River, N.S.W., 3rd April, 1909. 

 Exocarpus (?) fruits; red seeds. 



(b) Berry, 10th August, 1910. 



A seed like a small date seed ; portions of large grub. 

 (W.W.F.) Looper caterpillar (fam. Geometridce) . 

 (J.H.M.) Stone of the white cedar, Melia azedarach, Linn. 



(c) Queensland. 



A number of dark brown seeds. 

 (E.M.) Geijera. (See M. 7; H. 567.) 



(d) Queensland. 



Several oval black seeds ; several white cedar fruits. 

 (E.M.) Geijera. (See M. 7 ; H. 567.) Melia azedarach, Linn. 



(e) Queensland. 



Some purplish tinted fruit with an elongated brown seed. 

 (E.M.)-(?) 



(f) Queensland. 



Many oval, black seeds. 



(E.M.) Geijera. (See M. 7; H. 567.) 



