work carried <><» WSkefldd (In 

 press, A/(/'i, ">"//. A ///.v. l ict )■ 

 rhe toeasuremitiK Of oar Fttlls 



(reck specimen [teg, no. CtQOfiS) 

 mc: weight 12 s BOB* 11,11,1 kn » yh 

 :S2 mm. (ail 1 13 mm, cat 20.2 mm, 

 hffljj fo01 5 j.3 mm I hese were made 

 while the animal was anaesthetized 

 with ether. 



.•Ir/Wiow/ef/.e/mv/'v 

 I hanks ale extended to Mi. H. 

 Btunucr Of the Lands Department 



for ins analysis 1,1 Iwfii vimpics, ^ 



l,, M, A I Coventry lor 



KM I Ml N'Cl.S 

 (alabv. I Rii and Wiuilnish. h. i 

 I'Jh.l. Ohscivnliolis oil Ihe Iti,,' 



C.S.I K.O. It,/,// Nr . A 



laothcd 



i homds 



11S-33, 



M. I 



I Mill 



Dixon, 



Hi oon 

 CrCCk area of 

 Plains I , i /,</«» 



rtoukniowi ' ^ ! 



Utah ni Auxttat 

 son. 



i . miliums s p t „ lf 

 SaU&] I mm Paul 

 Hie Hoeonp H , r ,l 



mi a is) n ,:. 



I Ml /Wj itl [ 

 Arums arid knb-.t, I 



Lyrebirds in Tasmania 



Old-timers who recall David I leay's 

 efforts lo transfer some lyrchuds to 

 I .iMiianiii, from onwards (see I Hji, 

 Vflj Vol. 09, No. V Sep. l'»Vt will 

 be pleased to hear that the species now 

 seems to he well established HI Mount 

 t ick! National Patk, 50 miles In toad 

 west of Robert) 



On it recent holiday (Nov. I97II) to 

 Tasmania 1 stayed overnight in one ol 

 the excellently appointed privatelv 

 owned Ciihins just outside the park 

 entrance. Alone, the sides of the MM 

 up to Lake Dohson (about 4.00U ft.) 

 freshly tinned soil and leaf-mould was 

 continually noticed, just as it is seen 

 along the road from lleatesville 10 



loolangi. On the drive down again we 

 stopped lluee times at intervals u< 

 about one mile Apart, and we could 

 heat a lyrebird calling near Ihe toad 

 ;.t each stop, and twice there was in 

 oilier calling some distance away also. 

 If I'd had more time and could have 

 stopped more frequently I'm Mire I'd 

 have heard more, as it was real "I vie- 

 bird Country", and the tetatchlQBS 

 along the roadside offered Ihe evidence 

 ITie hiKeesl thrill came as we turned 



a bend and surprised a bird, either a 

 hen or juvenile male, scratching beside 



the road 1 slopped immediately, hut 



Ihe bird fled into the ferns wilh a leap 



and flap ol wings 



I owci down, in the valley bottom 

 below Ku.ssell Falls. I found niur 

 evidence of the birds' scratching stem 

 side ihe walking track and almost ■*, 

 the cde.e of the picnic area. 



lor botanies: 



I was surprised to find the AiUct, 

 loneuc {OiriiiagWSsUfri vvhuicuiu) groa 

 me in wet moss m Ihe sptav from ths 

 f alls. Having seen these gfoAvfag jus 

 lu„ months beloic in WvpcrfcM 

 National Park, and previously on the 

 MlttktrtS of Sydnev I couldn't litlt 



admiring ihe link* plant's adapiabihtj 



to siish yvidelv vaiviti^ conditions o< 



mhI <ind moisltire. 



Note reeorjliii! laU MWgnlph ttta 

 I, H. Willis, in "Handbook to Plana ' 

 id Victoria' . Vol. 1. has (his to « 

 about the disif ihution of Afttol 

 ■\dili -i's toneue I hroughout Victnri.: 

 (on moss^ovcicd granitic rocK 

 loamy pastures, swampy hcathlana 

 peals. basaltic plains. Malice sand- 

 hills, etc.. hut oflcn with only ven 

 small barren fionds. and consequently 

 overlookedl, lound in till Australun 

 Slides. New Zealand and Soutl< 

 America. 



W. R. GaskinK, Cleland Nahonai 

 Park m Sonlh Australia 



Vie) Nat Vol it 



