banks where there was an abundance 
of runways and burrows, but elsewhere 
it was necessary to search on hands 
and knees for good trap sites. 
Walks during the day provided valu- 
able indications of the mammals in 
the area. Wallabies were sighted only 
during the day and two Wombat 
skulls and a Brown Phascogale skele- 
ton were found during day trips. 
Tracks and faeces of dogs were seen 
often and fox faeces and a large patch 
of red fur from a fox were found. 
Powerful Owls were present in the 
area and their disgorged pellets of un- 
digested fur and bones were examined 
whenever they were found. 
Results 
The results of the survey are given 
in Table I. The most numerous mam- 
mal in the valley was the Greater 
Glider. These showed a preference for 
the young gums, even though they 
are noted Peppermint eaters. Conse- 
quently only six of the thirty-seven 
sightings were on the hills. Several 
were seen gliding at Stockman's Re- 
ward, often between trees about ninety 
yards apart. 
One Yellow-bellied Glider was 
heard calling on several occasions and 
was seen once when it glided from a 
Swamp Gum for about ninety-yards 
to a Manna Gum, in the centre of the 
Table I 
Survey Results 
(a) Sightings 
Number 
recorded 
Common Name 
Proper Name 
. 
1967 
1968 
Greater Glider 
Schoinobates volans 
10 
Yellow-bellied Glider 
Petaurus australis 
0 
Sugar Glider 
Petaurus breviceps 
2 
1 
Feathertail Glider 
Acrobat es pygmaeus 
3 
1 
Bobuck 
Trichosurus canimis 
3 
5 
Ringtail Possum 
Pseudocheirus peregrinus 
4 
12 
Platypus 
Ornithorhynchus anatinus 
1 
0 
Eastern Water Rat 
Hydromys chrysogaster 
0 
1 
Brown Phascogale 
Antechinus stuartii 
0 
11 
Allied Rat 
Rattus fuscipes assimilis 
0 
20 
Black Wallaby 
Wallabia bicolor 
0 
5 
Bats 
Two unidentified species 
(b) Other evidence 
Common Name 
Proper Name 
^ Form of Evidence 
Wombat 
Vombatus hirsutus 
Skulls (2), burrows, faeces. 
tracks 
Brown Phascogale 
Antechinus stuartii 
One skeleton (1967) 
Rabbit* 
Oryctolagus cuniculus 
Faeces, burrows, skeletal 
remains 
Fox* 
Vulpes vulpes 
Faeces, tracks, fur, smelled 
several times 
Dog* 
Canis familiaris 
Tracks, faeces, heard howl- 
ing 
* Introduced species 
February, 1969 
