THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
March, 1953 
Forty-one 
ous fruit-eaters in gardens in the 
drier parts of the interior. Crows 
and the Magpie are distributors of 
seeds. 
Addendum 
Mr. G. M. Storr has given me the 
following records from Queens- 
land:— 
Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius) 
—A feature of the scrubs South of 
Cooktown (N.Q.) is the excreta of 
these birds. They consist almost 
solely of pits of various fallen fruits 
of which only the pitted “stone” of 
the Blue Quandong ( Elaeocarpus 
grandis) were identified. The Cas- 
sowary could be an important 
agent in the spread of many rain- 
forest trees. 
Purple-crowned Pigeon (Ptilino- 
pus superbus )— Berries of the palm 
( Archontophoenix alexandrae) and 
of Lantanci camara of Cooktown. 
Torres Strait Pigeon ( Ducula 
spilorrhoa ) — Blue Quandong at 
Cooktown. 
Brown Pigeon ( Macropygia 
pJuisianella)—S'drsp r dTiU'd, a small 
second growth tree of the rain- 
forested mountains, south of Cook- 
town. 
Fig Parrot ( Opopsitta dioph 
ihcilma)— Sarsparilla, Cooktown. 
King Parrot ( Aprosmictus scapu- 
lar is)— Acdcid, sp., Cooktown. 
Lewin Honeyeater ( Meliphaga 
lewinii )— Sarsaparilla, Cooktown. 
Lesser Lewin Honeyeater (M. 
no tat a)— Lan tana camara , Cook- 
town. 
Olive-backed Oriole ( Oriolus 
sagittatus)— Sarsaparilla, Cooktown. 
Spotted Catbird (A iluroedus 
melanotus )— Octopus Fig ( Ficus 
sp), Cooktown. 
Great Bower-Bird ( Chlarnydera 
nuchalis )— Custard Apple ( Annona 
squamosa), Cooktown. 
Victoria Rifle-Bird ( Ptiloris Vic- 
toriae )— Sarsparilla and Archonto- 
phoenix alexandrae, Cooktown. 
DROOPING RED GUMS 
Referring to the note in the 
| December issue of the South Aus- 
tralian Naturalist further speci- 
mens of Weeping Red Gums have 
been noted. Opposite the Water- 
fall Gully Road on the Burnside 
Road is a Red Gum with distinct 
weeping branches. This is a well 
established tree and its character- 
istic is quite easily seen. 
In High Street, Burnside, two 
further specimens were seen in a 
Garden. These have evidently been 
planted and they could have been 
grown from seed or are seedlings 
from the tree referred to above. 
J. B. Cleland. 
SPECIAL MEETINGS 
In conjunction with the Royal 
Society of S.A. (Inc.) the Section 
will hold two special meetings in 
March. These will be held in the 
Public Library Lecture Room, and 
members are invited to bring along 
their friends. The dates and lec- 
turers, both of which will be illus- 
trated, are as follows: — 
March 9th (Monday) — Professor 
Stilton, Prof, of Paleontology, 
University of California, 
LI. S.A. Subject will be “Fossil 
Horses.” 
March 25th (Wednesday) — Pro- 
fessor H. Creighton, Prof, of 
Botany, University of Massa- 
chusetts, U.S.A. Subject: 
“American Natve Plants.” 
WILD FLOWER SHOW 
The Committee has decided to 
hold a Wild Flower and Nature 
Show on October 2-3, 1953. The 
show convenor will be Mr. Noel 
Lothian, and a strong committee is 
expected to be appointed soon. 
