U n\ succulent plan!. Fragments of 

 moss, seeds and glumes of Scii-piis 

 unntrciuin, and seeds similar to 

 those of //v./zwon/,- CuM<XttpA, each 

 occurred in a lew pellets. As these 

 three, and the purslane, grow only 

 ; ,hout an inch in height, the indica- 

 tion is that Ihe wallabies occasionally 

 crop \erv short heritage. 



Plants of Ciermunder RaspWOTl 

 ( Rofatagh u iiciii>iih\) and Variable 

 Stinkweed (Opciriiliiiin voriu) Vfktt 

 seen to he cropped m the colony 

 area, and several fragments ot each 

 were found in the faeces. Fragments 

 of twigs of Ciilliliis iltmnhohk'ti 

 occurred in eight of the 40 pellets 

 which were sampled, and floral 

 bracts of Thread Rapier-sedge ( /.<•/>/ - 

 thspernui jmivrmh) occurred in 

 several pellets. 



The dioecious Dodmivti cuneuhi 

 was represented in several pellets by 



cither male flowers or by seeds and 

 fragments of seed capsules. Seeds 0 | 

 Gtiottcniti ovtiid were found in three 

 pellets, and pieces of the flower- 

 beads of unidentified species of the 

 Composilae occurred in several of 

 the samples. These details indicate 

 that inflorescences of shrubs consti- 

 tuic a significant item in the rock- 

 wallabies' diet. 



Fragments of arthropod exo- 

 skeletons were found m almost half 

 the samples analysed. Accidental 

 ingestion of such animals would 

 occur when shrub foliage and 

 inflorescences were eaten and when 

 very low ground herbage was 

 cropped. 



In the early days of Furopean 

 settlement, sheep were grazed on the 

 Victoria Range, but now the original 

 grassy parkland has been replaced 



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Figure 7. The rock-wallaby family, 4/1/1971. 



The town** tail i- prolmd.ng Iron, the vhadow above .he j«» 

 ,Fnlargcimm x!4 from -55 mm Pan F negm.vr lakcu with JW mm ten* »t 9) ID W 



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