whicli, tlie peculiar sound uttrrtd liy that specieti 

 kiunv!) hy the in\mv of tlir 1x11 IVoti"/" i> very 

 o\\v\i heard : aud indeed tlie uauie is uot in- 

 applicable t<© tjifi «teattire, the sound it pro- 

 duce&j being similar td ^ slie^p^k^lL 

 iacLed clumps of wire grass,* intenning-led with 

 the brown -eolonred sedj^T *2r;i>s, i" ;ind at some 

 places reedia (Ariindo jjhraijmdcsf L,bui.) also 

 point out tliose watery patches wliich are often 

 lii«t by tbe traveller wliile ^oxxtmfbig tliroti^b 

 this country^ 



Birds were oecasionall y numerous, |)artieulariy 

 wlion Tiear a ri\ cr ; but nuigpies and crows w^yv 

 never found wanting in any part of the eoiuitry, 

 ikboimdiBg every wliere :. t^e fopi-^r the same 

 impiii«Ent, petmkting me m ^ hmxQ. As for 



the ])arrot tribe, {'noiiii'li niav l)e seen in a day's 

 ride tu supply all the luaideii lailies iu Knr()[M' 

 with puliies suHicieiit to talk (u- scream them to 

 dei^ in m siieo^ivably short period oftiteie^ 

 mi. i^ij&pecmlii&r ik<^0f tkeiozt^^ii]^ m feathered 

 jackas.^, (Dfurlo (jnj(nilc<u) which incrt^^es 

 iVnni a low to a loud thrillhig gurgling' luugli, 

 was often beard. 



* TIic " w irc-fj:r:ips" is said to iiidicati' i^ood soil, being 

 fbuiid gmwiuj; ill alluvial soil, in tliimiis, upon flats, swiinips, 



f Sed^re-grass is used Iw llHttchi«g,as wellas beils tor the 

 sheep during shearing time, ttSttr they have beeft WftiJied* 



