seven ol the ninc Victorian Sptfci.es 

 J Qrteere " rc iou nt -' in one part or 

 mother, ft, awmrfc hetog alpine, does 

 not grow here, anil although D. 

 ^uthnhtuj grows in the slightly dif- 

 ferent heaths of Yalloum North, 1 

 have not seen i| in the northern 

 Strzelecki heaths, fkitysace lanreo- 

 toft also is scattered through these 

 heaths and Sthizfd tupenda, the 

 Rough Comb-fern grows in two places 

 south of Roscdale, once with Bushy 

 Cluh-moss (Lyiopodium datirodcn- 

 „,/»), and there are many small 

 species like £ eillrohpli and Crawidu. 

 as well as lilies, mds, and orchids 

 which I have not mentioned. I have 

 listed sixty orchid species but many 

 BJD« have been recorded. These will 



be published by others in a wider 

 survey so arc not mentioned here. 



Composites are rather less common 

 than in most places, although Olearia 

 rumulosa, Helichrysum obtusifoliimi, 

 H. scorpioides, and Scnecio hiulux 

 are common and widespread (the 

 Olearia mainly where heath and 

 forest tlora meet), and there is one 

 lowland occurrence of Hvliclu ■y\utn 

 thyrsoidctlm at Traralgon South. 



(joudenia humilis. common near 

 Yallourn, is uncommon here, and I 

 have seen G. paniculaia only near 

 Providence Ponds. Many grassland 

 plants, like Siylidiimi gruminifoiium 

 glow also in the heaths, but not more 

 conmonly than in the surrounding 

 country. 



book review 



Birds of Victoria 2 



(The Ranges) 



Published by the Gould League. 

 Price: $1.50. 



The second of these excellent pub- 

 lications is available. 



To those who have already seen 

 Book 1. anything said here would be 

 trite: but to others, interested in bird 

 study, this series of books should not 

 be overlooked on any account. 



In Book 2, five pages, including 

 5 colour plate of Victorian Forest 

 Areas arc given over to some valu- 

 able information on Bird-Forest 

 association. 



Margo KrOver-Pedersen's paintings 

 ate again of a high standard, although 

 the Cirey Shrike-Thrush does perhaps 

 lack the dark bead-like eyes of the 

 species. 



Every hird observer must have 

 litis book! 



March, 1971 



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