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was often heard, and for some time I searched in vain for their 

 tiny nests, but was at last rewarded by discovering one (31) on 

 the bough of a dead tree, about forty feet from the ground. A 

 blackfellow climbed up for me, and he saw two fresh eggs in it,, 

 but did not venture to go further along the branch than is shown 

 in the picture, for fear of its breaking with his weight, so we 

 threw him up a long stick, and he carefully rolled one egg off the 

 nest over the edge, and then the other, and we caught them as 

 they fell in our hats, which had our handkerchiefs in them to 

 help to break the fall, and both were got safely. I could not 

 well show the ground in the picture, as, if so, I should have had 

 to go too far away to see the nest, which was only composed of 

 a few small sticks placed loosely on the bough. 



The evening before leaving I got a twilight view (32) on the 

 river. Just at that time numerous bats were seen darting about 

 in their zigzag fashion and catching the various insects on which 

 they feed, and a pair of Boobook Owls that roosted by day in a. 

 big old redgum tree on the river bank, also added their cuckoo- 

 like call to that of the various frogs, crickets, &c., &c. 



Next day, leaving this interesting country and bidding adieu tO' 

 my hospitable host, I returned to Dimboola, and having a few 

 hours to spare before the train left for Melbourne, visited the 

 reservoir, and from that place got a distant view (33) of the 

 township, with Mallee scrub intervening, but it was getting late 

 in the day when the picture was taken. 



ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO VICTORIAN NATURAL- 

 ISTS IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



In " Refort on Victorian Coalfields" by J. Stirling, F.G.S.,, 

 Mining Department, Victoria : — 



" Notes on the Fossil Flora and Fauna of the Gippsland 



Carbonaceous Area." Gives bibliography of the fossil 



flora of Victoria, together with lists of species and localities. 



also 13 figures. 



In " Proceedings of Linnean Society of New South Wales, ^^ 2nd 



series, vol. vii., part 4 : — 



" Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera," by E Meyrick,. 

 B.A., F.Z.S. Describes 200 species belonging to 48 

 genera of the family Tineidas, including many Victorian. 

 " Reference List of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of 

 New Zealand," by C. Hedley and H. Suter. Contains 

 notes on the bibliography of Australian Mollusca. 

 In " Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,"' 

 vol. xvi., part 2 :— 



The reports of the Elder Exploring Expedition are con- 

 tinued, among \vhich are reports on the Coleoptera^ 

 Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Lichens, Fungi, Geology, &c. 



