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449. Dacelo cervina, Gld. Perth. 



492. Calopsittacus novse-hollandise, Gmel. Dongarra. 



521. Psephotus chrysopterygius, Gld. Carnarvon. 



546. Geopelia humeralis, Temm. Dongarra. 



547. Geopelia tranquilla, Gld. Mingenew. 

 571. Turnix varia, Lath. Abrolhos Islands. 



589. Gallinula tenebrosa, Gld. Herdman's Lake, Perth (W. B. 



Woodward). 

 596. Orthorhamphus magnirostris, Vieill. Pt. Cloates (T. Carter). 



607. Squatarola helvetica, Linn. W.A., Abrolhos (Ramsay). 



608. Charadrius dominicus, Mull. Pt. Cloates (T. Carter). 



609. Ochthodromus bicinctus, Jard. and Selb. W.A. (Ramsay). 



612. O. veredus, Gld. Pt. Cloates (T. Carter). 



613. ^Egialitis hiaticola, Linn. Abrolhos Islands. 



628. Heteractitis brevipes, Pallas. Vict. Nat. y April, 1899 (A- ]• 



Campbell) ; Houtman's Abrolhos, 1899. 

 640. Calidris arenaria, Linn. Pt. Cloates. 

 653. Sterna melanauchen, Temm. Abrolhos Islands. 



703. Carphibis spinicollis, Jam. Busselton. 



704. Plegadis falcinellus, Linn. Katanning (W. K. Adam). 



716. Demiegretta sacra, Gmel. Abrolhos Islands. 



717. Nycticorax caledonicus, Gmel. Augusta. 

 720. Ardetta pusilla, Vieill. Monger's Lake, Perth. 

 729. Plotus novse-hollandise, Gld. Collie. 



735. Fregata ariel, Gld. Pt. Cloates. 



736. Phaethon rubricauda, Bodd. Rottnest. 



737. P. lepturus, Daudin. Abrolhos (A. J. Campbell). 

 739. Podicipes novse-hollandise, Steph. Katanning. 

 750. Dendrocycna arcuata, Cuv. Monger's Lake, Perth. 



SUMMER DAYS AT FLINDERS. 



Part I. — A Collection of Sponges. 



By Rev. W. Fielder, F.R.M.S. 



(Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 12th March, 1900.) 



Flinders, from its position, has many attractions. Stretching 

 northwards from West Head, which serves as a kind of break- 

 water between the ocean on the one hand and the waters 

 of Western Port Bay on the other, is a rocky reef which 

 is partly uncovered at low tide. This reef forms a veritable 

 paradise to the marine zoologist. Its proximity to the shore — 

 it can be reached at very low tide by wading little more than 

 ankle-deep — its sheltered position, and its very formation of 

 fairly loose blocks of moderately soft stone, render it, without 



