While ai Kununui ra. wc SpeOI I) (JftJ 

 .1 V\ •.ndhain. but (hero was little of 

 entomological interest there, with only 

 I he normal inland dry count i\ insects 

 to he seen. II was. however, ol .ureal 

 tnterCSt to a^4tfl find several small 

 patches ol the Elephant luted Acacia 



[Acacia duwei), growing in tfc 

 hatshest ol environments. With Ihe 

 temperature al 120 degrees tn ihe cm 

 when we were here, this was a lime 

 when we really appreeialed the port- 

 able refrigi-Tator which loimed pan 

 Of our equipment (or this Hip. 



Il was with some anticipation lhai 

 we ainved at Daly River C rossing, 

 slopping again at the cashew nut tree 

 outside ihc 'hold", where we had first 

 taken Yiracliola smilis dak-yfinis on 

 Ihc previous visit. But wilh the de- 

 lightful uneertaini-v ol field, ento- 

 mology, there was no sign of Ihc 

 butterfly al all on this occasion, despite 

 hours of seajching in the sun. A 

 possible explanation was thai the local 

 Aboriginal Mission had gathered IIW 

 fruits of Strychttos in which the larvae 

 feed. However the rare I eopaid 

 [ I'lmluniei phalunnt unica) and the 

 Orange Tiger l Dunuin gtwtfa ttlcxis ) 

 were taken, as well as the Northern 



Terrnorv race ol ihc Common Til 

 {HyiH'lycacnu filnirhits ini;iiiti) and 



(..iHviTs Bine i »(//<-( ////.j ntfbm!), 



Mi. Boh Judge, on whose cashew 

 nut grove we spent so much itfljft, 

 showed me his "jungle" with a larjfe 

 inngle fowl's mound ohwouslv in use: 

 but he was not able to bung • lu pitta- 

 which usually come to his call. Ii u.i, 

 here that I *aw Ihe only large colony 

 of the hiuicrllv Common Australian 

 Crow ihufhcu C&r<t eVfJWfa^. There 

 wen tttad] hundreds Bf ihem occupv 

 mg quite u large ircj 



It would seem thai llus district is 

 one ol ihe lew places left in Australia 

 where wallabies are in PCAllj laigc 

 numbers. Here too were a number ol 

 Wedge-tailed I agles Ih nig unmolested, 

 which savs something {till Ihe eco- 

 logical outlook of local station owtieis. 



II was wilh some reluctance lhal we 

 again headed toi Dai win. In conUmi 

 to many other parts of ihe Common- 

 wealth, there i* liltle provision lor Ihc 

 camping lourisl close 10 the cily. We 

 were lucky in finding a comfortable 

 spot in Ihc Ovcrlander caravnn pnrk, 

 our small dog precluding us Iron) l ho 

 onl\ older paik available. 



On our first visit 10 Darwin, Mi 



hale : 



beach section 

 mi 700 foot 

 cto at p re anf 

 i fntbet ( pwk 



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