46 THE WOMBAT. 



A flock of Marsh Tern were seen near the Murray seeking 

 a living over a sheet of marshy water ; these birds also nest in 

 the district and generally in company. 



Ducks and their relatives, as may be expected, are not 

 absent from congenial haunts, such as are to be found around 

 Kerang and along the Murray. Black Swan are numerous 

 as in all similar places in the colony. Two geese, the Semi- 

 palmated and the Maned Goose, or ' Wood Duck ' as it is 

 more commonly known, were observed. I found many nests 

 of the former bird in the swamps on the New South Wales 

 side of the Murray ; the nests were usually composed of grass, 

 rushes, &c, and placed on a mass of trampled down reeds. 

 Many other ducks nest along the river and in the swamps in 

 this locality. These simply noted were the Musk, Black, 

 Slender Teal, Shieldrake, and White-eyed Duck. 



This then concludes my notes on the first of the two 

 great divisions of birds — the Carinatce, whose chief character- 

 istic is the possession of a keeled breastbone. 



Of the other division, comprising all birds without a 

 keel, I only noted a single specimen, an Emu, and that I 

 can hardly include in these notes, as it was on the New South 

 Wales side of the Murray. 







GORDON COLLEGE SCIENCE. CLUB. 



Sgllabus for f alf=f ear eitoing |ulg r 1897. 



Feb. 17th— Electricity ... ... Mr. A. E. Cook 



March — Comparative Philology of the Native 



Languages ... Mr. G. Brewer 



April — Modern Treatment of Gold Ores Mr. F. Matsen 



May — Cement Production ... Mr. R. Taylor 



June — Fruit Growing in Victoria — 



Mr. George Neilson, Govt. Expert 



July — Annual Meeting. 



