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the animal in the leg, and so made sure of his capture ; but the 

 fox's unequalled cunning stood him in good stead, and he suc- 

 ceeded in completely eluding his pursuers, though whether he will 

 survive to continue his evil deeds is, we think, rather doubtful. 



On returning to the station our party was soon found to be in- 

 tact. The geologist, who had also had the benefit of his own 

 company, and had explored in another direction, having arrived 

 with two bags of fossil-impressed stones, which, if weight be any 

 criterion, proved not only his zeal in the cause of science, but 

 also his ability to carry a heavy load for a considerable distance. 



Although this excursion was so barren in results, the day was a 

 most enjoyable one, the weather being very pleasantly cool, and 

 just suited for a country ramble, so that none of the party had 

 any reason to regret their visit to Bacchus Marsh, albeit we expect 

 few of them will revisit it for collecting purposes other than that 

 of rabbits. 



The 7.30 train, which should have been the 6.57, brought us 

 safely to Melbourne, from whence we separated to our several 

 homes, feeling all the better for the fresh and bracing air we had 

 inhaled during our temporary absence. 



Birds Taken and Noted at Bacchus Marsh, ioth November. 



Jardine's Harrier ... ... Circus assimilis 



Welcome Swallow ... ... Hirundo frontalis 



* Fairy Martin ... ... Lagenaplastes ariel 



Laughing Jackass ... ... Dacelo gigas 



Blue-banded Grass Parrakeet ... Euphemia venusta 



Rosella Parrakeet ... ... Platycercus eximius 



Black-faced Graucalus ... Graucalus melanops 



White-backed Crow Shrike ... Gymnorhina leuconota 



Magpie Lark ... ... Grallina picata 



Fantail ... ... Rhipidura albiscapa 



Black Fan tail ... ... Sauloprocta motacilloides 



* Superb Warbler ... ... Malurus cyaneus 



Wattled Honey-eater ... Anthochsera carunculata 



Brown Tree Creeper ... Climacteris scandens 



* Australian Pipit ... ... An thus australis 



Wood Swallow ... ... Artamus sordidus 



Little Acanthiza ... ... Acanthiza pusilla 



Pomatorhinus ... ... P. temporalis D. B. 



After leaving the other members of the party at the bridge 

 over the Lerderderg, our course lay through the township and 

 up the old Ballarat road, where, in the road cuttings, the pliocene 

 gravels are seen flanking an outlier of basalt, and these tertiary 

 outcrops continue for some two miles along the Ballarat road, 

 when occasional sandstones are seen. Leaving the Ballarat road, 



* Eggs taken. 



