NOTES OVA TRIP TO MOUNT ARTHUR 51 
wayside, and put down our burden. Some juicy pears with 
which one of tlie party had filled his pockets before starting, 
came in very well at this juncture. 
Among the scrub which bordered the roadside we noticed a 
thickhead [Pachycephala) in grey plumage, probably a female 
of the Yellow-breasted: later on a Sericornis or scrub-wren, was 
seen among the tangle low down, the bird being very tame and 
allowing close observation. We were very fortunate in meeting 
with all four of our native robins during the day, the rarest and 
perhaps most pleasing of all being the Pink-breasted Robin 
[Petrceca rhodinogaster), small, soft and velvety-looking, the black 
throat being sharply defined from the beautiful rose-pink breast. 
As we turned off from these foot-hills into the .\rthur track 
proper, we passed into real forest, and went through some fine 
bush during the climb, the timber including very tall straight 
Stringy-barks {Eucalyptus obliqua), Musk-tree, Dogwood {Poin- 
aderris apetala). Myrtle, Sassafras, and tree-ferns. The “Myrtle” 
just mentioned is really a very fine leaved Beech [Fagus 
Cunninghami), which is one of the characteristic features of our 
western forests. 
The ascent in parts was fairly steep, and rendered trouble- 
some by the number of small trees blown across the track by a 
recent cyclone. Many plants were noticed identical with those 
seen on Mount Roland during a previous trip, such as the 
Native Hickory {Eriostemon squameus), a tough supple wood, 
{Notelaa ligustriiia) belonging to the Olive order, and a Wire- 
wood bearing its beautiful tapering berries, some white, others 
pink. 
After mounting a long rocky rise, we entered an extensive 
Beech plateau, numbers of stems shooting from one butt, the 
original trunks having been consumed in a bush fire. Inter- 
spersed with these were Tea-tree, Native Pepper {Drimys 
aromatica), and Waratah {Telopca truncata), this latter a small 
mountain tree which bears in its season a large, red, very 
handsome flower. The generic name Telopea conveys the 
same meaning as the native epithet waratah — “ seen from 
afar,” on account of the size and conspicuous colouring of the 
bloom. 
We halted at an open space on this plateau w'here a creek 
crossed the track, and collecting dry sticks and bark, of which 
there was abundance, we boiled the billy and made tea, after 
which we stretched out in various picturesque attitudes on the 
ground to enjoy lunch. A Thickhead, similar in plumage to the 
one already noted, played about in the trees near the camp 
while we ate, and was present!}' observed to catch a large 
Wood-moth, detach the wings while on the ground, and then 
swallow the body with great relish. 
After leaving the forest we entered upon a rocky, heathy 
expanse, and taking a turn to the left we scrambled over 
boulders to a cairn on the summit, 3,895 feet above the sea. 
