44 THE WOMBAT. 



Although there is little room for the landscape artist in 

 the immediate vicinity of Bendigo, there are plenty of inte- 

 resting mining views to be had. 



The Association will, we hear, be well represented at the 

 Exhibition in Melbourne next Easter. 



We wish this latest addition to the ranks every success. 



The Annual Excursion of the Photographic Association 

 was held on the nth November, the place chosen being known 

 as the Sheoak Falls, on Mr. Fraser's Estate on the Upper 

 Moorabool River. A drag and four horses left the College at 

 5.30 a.m. with 20 enthusiastic photographers and scientists 

 in eager search of suitable subjects for their plates and 

 matters of scientific interest, and as it proved, the party was 

 wholly inadequate to meet the opportunities afforded by this 

 lovely place; the weather was perfect, and quite in keeping 

 with the wishes of all. There would have been a greater 

 number on this trip, but owing to the Prince of Wales' birth- 

 day falling on the Saturday, some trades and institutions 

 observed the Saturday, and others the Monday, hence the 

 greater number were unable to be present on the nth inst. 

 It has been determined, after such a successful outing, to 

 arrange another excursion on an early date to the same place. 



The following birds were noted on the trip : — Graucalus 

 melanops, Tinnunculus cenchroides, Aquila audax, Seisura 

 inquieta, Ptilotis lewinii, Platycercus pennantii, Platycercus 

 eximius, Polytelis barrabandi, Artamus sordidus, Corvus 

 coronoides, Cuculus pallidas, Lobivanellus lobatus, Graculus 

 stictocephalus, Dacelo gigas, Ardea nov. holl., Myzantha 

 garrula. 



G. H. B. 



ROBT. R. STANESBY, 4 



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