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upright lawyer vines, just at the branching of the leaves. 

 Amongst other objects of general interest was a giant parasitical 

 fig-tree measuring over 25 feet across. What a magnificent 

 monument to Nature's slow but irresistible work ! What pig- 

 mies we seem, and how short appears life's fitful fever compared 

 with the tree's great age ! One pays, however, for the privilege 

 of these scrub wanderings. The coin current in this case was 

 the endurance of that awful " scrub-itch," and I was glad to get 

 back to camp to ease the ceaseless irritation, which was getting 

 my legs into a really horrible state. 



Other names given to different birds by the local aborigines 

 are as follow : — White Goshawk (" Pige-ore "), Channelbill 

 (" Cor-ell"), Black Duck (" Bul-o-go"), Jardine Caterpillar-eater 

 (" Tura-bunna-bunna "), Red-winged Lory (" Corang-i-go "), 

 Pheasant-tailed Pigeon (" Chud-du-low "), Leach Kingfisher 

 (" Coorong-gar "), Victoria Rifle-Bird (" Eur-a-lum "), Swamp 

 Coucal (Bun-boon-bun-bo "), Black-headed Log-runner ("Chow- 

 chilla "), Brush-Turkey (" Wa-woon "), Koel (" To-waa "), White 

 Cockatoo (•' Curra-naa"), Coachwhip-Bird (" Go-o-wan "), 

 Leatherhead or Friar-Bird (" Cog-00-rada "), Northern Blue- 

 bellied Lorikeet (" Cal-berra"), Whistling Eagle (" Chid-dee"). 



During to-day (2nd November) I played a " lone hand," and 

 had a solitary 1 2-mile tramp through the scrub. Plenty of male 

 Victoria Rifle-Birds were to be seen, but no females. I 

 found also evidences of the general breeding season in nests of 

 the Black-headed Log-runner, Spotted Cat-Bird, Fruit-Pigeons, 

 Ashy-fronted Fly-Robins, and others. I secured some eggs of 

 these Robins, but in each case found only one in a nest, 

 evidently the usual number. These Robins appear common 

 here. The nests are composed of roots, moss, dead leaves, &c., 

 and lined with thin roots, stringers of which sometimes hang 

 down from the nest to a length of 12 to 24 inches. The nest is 

 larger, flatter, and more compact than those of the Eopsaltria, 

 and is mostly built about 7 feet from the ground. The Casso- 

 waries {Casuarins australis) evidently haunt these scrubs ; during 

 this day's explorations I found their fresh tracks. Close by the 

 butt of an old red cedar I came on a new experience — namely, 

 a Tooth-bill actually perched some 30 feet above, and, carrying 

 my eyes along, I saw another similarly perched about 10 feet 

 away ; both were silent, and watched me with a furtive, sidelong 

 glance. This was the first time I had seen them " aloft " save 

 when flushed from their play-grounds. They flew in different 

 directions, and, on following up one to a mass of lawyer vines, 

 I found a nest about 7 feet from the ground. I was pleasantly 

 startled to feel therein two eggs, but I was sorely disappointed 

 to find that they were only those of the Coachwhip-Bird 

 {PsopJiodes lateralis). The Tooth-bills had meantime escaped 

 me, but I could hear them not far off, in their play-grounds, 



