uraiiilc tors. The Bunumyx was col- 

 lected close 10 such ii track. 

 Dnsnui'iioN or Aki.a 



The hillside faces almost due west. 

 • 1IU I the pwte tors which may form 

 j arg c outcrops several metres across 

 lwUI m both the ulpinc heath and 

 sm ,w gUUl areas (Plate 2). Good 

 cover is provided for small mammals 

 and reptiles in both areas. and p4f- 

 licularly the latter in view of the 

 heavy snow blanket present for a 



U Eucalyptus pawiflont var. ulpinu 

 2 Ontt's tam-i folia 

 \, I'rostatuln-ru nivra 



4. Drimys xcrophila 



5. iMpliiasia -Jacinth 



6. Oxylohium ulpcsitt 



7. Hovcu lonfii/olia var. titptna 



8. Poa austnilix 

 y. Styttdtum (>raminijolium 



10. Phchaliuiil squamulosum var. alpinum 



1 1 . Olcaria froxtii 



12. Brachvcomc aculcuta 



13. AVwWe,; sp. probahly />. flffWW 

 U. Bossiaea foftosa 

 15. Pimclfu uxttloro var. n/p/m; 

 Id. dfeflWS phluuopappa var. stthn-ptindu 

 17. RMUncUlUS sp. close to ft, lapptueits 

 IS. Oreomyrrhix sp. 

 |A AipefUk sp. probably /<. 

 :n. Sclerantkus hifhrus 



21. (oiulu alpinci 



22. C clmi.ua attttiiftrlUi I broad- leaved farm) 



23. /1<wm< wncrmifoliu 



large part of the year. It was in this 

 location, at the edge of the tree line, 

 in the shelter of several granite 

 boulders, under cover of stunted snow 

 gums scarcely exceeding three metres 

 in height, and larger alpine slnubs 

 about a metre high, that B pahHU 

 was trapped (Plate 3). 



The lollowing plant species were 

 collected within a radius of approxi- 

 mately twenty metres of the Bunamy* 

 location. 



White Sullee 

 Alpine Oritcs 

 Snowy Mint-bush 

 Alpine Pepper 

 Glacial Ryehnght 

 Mountain Shaggy-pea 

 Alpine Hovea 

 lussock grass 

 C.ravs 1 rigger Plant 

 Phebalium 

 Daisy-bush 

 Daisy 



Alpine Ricc-Hower 

 l.c .tv Bossiaca 

 Hooilace-lnish 

 Daisy-bush 

 Common Buttercup 

 Carraway 



Mountain Wood ani 

 Twin-flower Kuawel 

 Alpine Cotula 

 Silver Daisy 



Blrkvsms 



When coUcctcd. the animal was 

 docile. It was a juvenile, the pouch 

 being scarcely visible. Water olfeied 

 to it soon after captute was readily 

 accepted The ral-likc l.iil was fully 

 extended, and at that Itage it made 

 no attempt to coil it. Its weight soon 

 after capture was 27 gm 



May, 1971 



( -ACTIVITY 



Diet. A mixed diet was olfcrcd to 

 K, and seeds of the following native 

 plants accepted: Boxxiucu foliosa, 

 Hovui hwviroliix, Oritex hmcifolia, 

 Oxyfolnum olpcun: The tops of pods 

 of these species were neatly decapi- 

 tated and the SMdS extracted. Fruit 

 of Uucopouon tUftioUia (Mountain 



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