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 Bye feet further arc the "leilerV\ Hot the next seventeen fee* there 

 is only an occasional bird track on wall or ceiling, then comes the 

 group of hands. Because of the length ot wall over which the paint- 

 ings' are spread it is hard to describe rheir relative position in a 

 preliminary review, The writer hopes to be able, in the near future, 

 to make a thorough report. 



in 'the meantime steps are being taken to protect this shelter hy 

 enclosing it in a wire cage, as has been done at Glen Isla and Langi 

 (Jhhan. This is a pity but also a necessity to prevent vandahsvn. 



With this new gallcrv, the known painted rock shelters- in Vic- 

 toria are now eight hi number. They are set out below, In ibis Iffit 

 the term "Cave" is used because (he localities have long been ealkd 

 *nrh. In reality they are ruck shelter*, not caves in the sense of die 

 word as E&fsd for the European examples. 

 At Glen Isla: The Cave of } lauds. 

 . . The Red Rock. 



The small shelter in the vieiniiy of (he last. 

 The Cave of Fishes, (Or are they Lizards?) 

 In the \mrhein Grampians: The, Cave of Ghosts. 



Flat Rock Shelter. 

 . AtiJVll. I.augi Ghiran: The Cave of the Scrpcnr. 

 fln ( ^*orih-eait Victoria; The Koetong Valley Shelter 

 Doubtless many more await discovery. Members of the F N.C.V 

 and -of -walking clubs are asked to report any such discoveries to the 

 National Museum of Victoria. 



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I Mjw birds galore 



*" *f Bv R. R Wish art 



- During the \'ears 1945-53 a friend of mine owned and cultivated 

 a ten -acre block about two and a hall miles from MonbuJk. He xwts 

 a' haV-helor and during the greaier part of that period did not have 

 evWifa, clog to keep him company- On two sides of his house was 

 a 'w'i*de t verandah and surrounding this a wild rankle of old-fashioiwd 

 garden-containing a few large trees cedar, cypress, flowering gum 

 and holly, besides innumerable shrubs — azaleas, rhododendrons, 

 brooms, ahelias, weigelias, lilacs, etc. 



; JU^mg observant he soon noted that at times a few species of 

 na Wye-birds haunted this area. To encourage them to become regular 

 caller^he erected amongst die shrul)bery just off the verandah and 

 wijluu'easy reach small wooden stands on which were -pk-iced shallow 

 oval tins containing sweetened mixtures — either 7am. honev or 

 golden ( syrup and water— the honeyeaters he saw being his first 

 objective. "Sugar -anrs"' were a decided menace until adequate steps 

 vve're taken (0 deal with them. 



His. efforts soon paid dividends for within a comparatively sltOtf i 



