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rotten seaweed ; knowing which, one is quite ready 
to believe, as Mr. Mulder says, that they boiled 
tough and were indifferent eating. They are hard 
birds to shoot unless hit in the head. 
I have the following notes of recent appearances 
in Geelong : 
1908. December, — Several small flocks seen flying 
over Geelong, just above buildings. 
191 1. October ijth, — One flying low over New- 
town, 7 a.m. Heading south-west. 
October zgth. — Five or six feeding in small 
pines at You Yangs. 
October ^oth. — Five seen by J. F. Mulder 
at Highton. 
1912. May i6th, — A. J. Greenfield noted flock of 
about sixteen in the Eastern Park. 
191 3. February i6th, — A pair at Highton. 
GANG-GANG 
Callocephalon galeatum 
This is a well-known species, the general colour of 
both sexes being dark slate-grey. The crest will 
serve to distinguish male from female : in the former 
it is scarlet, in the latter grey. 
The centre from which flocks travel over the 
Geelong District would appear to be the heart of the 
Otway Forest; for I have observed that, as one gets 
beyond Airey's Inlet and Lorne, Gang-gangs are 
present in small companies at all times of the year, 
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