JANUARY 67 



in the northern suburbs whole paddocks are white with them, as 

 they stretch their graceful branches over the white shrubs of 

 the flowering box just breaking- out into blossom. 



FLOWERS BLOOMING. 



Bursaria spinosa White box or blackthorn 



Elaeocarpus cyaneus Blueberry ash 



Acacia decurrens Green wattle 



Ceratopetalum gtimmiferum Christinas bush 



Ceratopetalum apetalum Coachwood 



Angophora intermedia Apple tree 



Lomatia silaifolia Wild parsley 



Blandfordia nobilis Christmas bells 



Thysanotus junceus Fringed violets 



Dipodium punctatum Native hyacinth 



BIRDS BREEDING IN JANUARY. 



Rhipidura albiscapa White-shafted fantail 



Ephthianura albifrons White-fronted chat 



Cisticola exilis Grass warbler 



Pachycephala rufiventris Rufous-breasted thickhead 



Meliornis novae-hollandiae New Holland honey-eater 



Zosterops caerulescens Silvereye 



Dicaeum hirundinaceum Mistletoe-bird 



Halcyon sanctus Kingfisher 



Synoicus australis Swamp quail 



Turnix varia Painted quail 



