VLY fATCIIF.IlS. 



I also obsorvLMl a swamp oak* growing from the 

 trunk ofoneof'tliesi' trci^s, liavirip: *{iiitt' a parasiti- 

 cal character ; the toriiicT beiuti; about twelve I'eut 



liighj aild ib^ lato &II forty, both m a floHrwh- 

 ia^ ctiffliitioi!* Axk «aaiiaa!, taUed * * Water ncat*^ 



by the colonists, and Biddunong by the abori- 

 gines, burrowed in tlie Ijatiks ; but I was not 

 able to procure a specimen. There are also two 



of ifeli0 cdtoy i 0m ^hi CeaiiMiwtig,** and 

 the second, alax^x speeies, called ** T^hting^'hy 



the blacks. 



Ahout the river's fetalis an elegant species of fly- 



rons, burrowing for some distance in the sand, 

 where it lays its eggs, and i)r(Hhieos youiio'. It is 

 about tlie size of a birk, of beautiful and varied 

 plumage, migrating frOTtt thfe pkri id Country 

 In lk& Urint^, and i^tnpning in the tmnxn^ to 



build skboTliits old haunts. I examined Several of 

 the burrows, wliieli \\ ere situated on a sauLly flat, 

 near the river ; the entrance was two inches and 

 a half at its tysoadest diameter, continuing of a 

 hreadth seldom exceeding three Inches, to the 



* An excellent ley ihr soap, is nmcle Itoiii tlie " swamj> 



when fetimt » W a Is s^o^ pmm^ 0,t Ihe kh»d flf 

 Tahitu ill tlio South ^iift. the Cusiiama e4ui»atifolia fj»r 



