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shape of the ride from Bayswater station to the breakfast table, 

 which was situated at an altitude of 930 feet above sea level. 



While breakfast was being despatched those who were 

 obliged to walk came up, and at about 12.20 p.m. a start 

 was made for the gully. From Hazel Dell to the entrance 

 of the gully is an ascent of 570 feet, making the total height 

 1,500 feet. In some places the walk proved a little heavy, par- 

 ticularly for those who had come on foot all the way from Bays- 

 water. Half-way up, a short rest was much enjoyed, and on 

 resuming, the summit of the hill was soon reached. Descending 

 into the gully our party split up into sections, and at no period of 

 the day were we all together again. 



The gully was traversed as far as the site of the hut being 

 erected by Mr. G. S. Perrin, F.L.S., by about half the party, the 

 remainder preferring to confine their attention to small portions 

 and examine them thoroughly, and using the Hatter's Hut, of 

 which a photograph has previously been exhibited, as their head- 

 quarters. On the return of the party who had proceeded further 

 down, this section were found busy turning over pie crusts, &c., 

 in search of something more enticing than is usually found under 

 rotten logs. 



Bird life seemed even scarcer in the gully than when previously 

 visited, and those who hoped to secure a nest or two were sadly 

 disappointed, not a single one having been observed by any of 

 the party. A Yellow-breasted Robin (Eopsaltria australis) was 

 observed feeding one of its young, which must have quite recently 

 left the nest, as it remained perched on the branch until taken by 

 hand ; not being required as a specimen, it was soon restored to 

 liberty. The only birds taken were Pennant's Parrakeet [Platy- 

 cercus pennantii) and a Sacred Halcyon [Halcyoii sancf.us). 



Several members of the party, including Messrs. E. H. 

 Hennell, J. Shephard, and Rev. W. Fielder, who devoted some 

 time to the unearthing of some species of cryptozoic fauna, 

 report the capture of the following specimens : — -One Peripaius 

 (P. insignis), several Nemertines (Geonemertes australiensis), and 

 ten species of Planarians {Geoplana sugdeni, G. mediolineata, G. 

 alba, G. munda, G. hoggii, G. sulphurea, G. adce, G. howittii, G. 

 macmahoni, G. venlropunctata). 



Although the day was an exceedingly fine one, we were not 

 very fortunate with insects, the wet and cold weather of the 

 preceding days having either retarded their emergence from the 

 pupa state or destroyed them. 



On the gum saplings nothing was to be found but a few of the 

 common Chrysomelidse, or Ladybirds, genus Paropsis, and these 

 being obtainable through many months of the year, their liberty 

 was on this occasion not interfered with. In the swampy grounds 

 bordering the roads, there was plenty of Leptospermum and 



