The South Australian Naturalist. 
- are only recently uncovered hy the wearing away of the 
superincumbent strata. The many '‘erratics/’ big boulders 
IS of varying mineral cojuposition, afford evidence of glacial 
s- origin, the gi'anite boulders having been brought from the 
neighborhood of Port Mctor, in a north-westerly direction. 
In the same neighborhood are found fossil beds of Plio- 
cene age containing numerous casts of shells. The whole is 
^ overlain by the more recently formed Ti’avertine, a layei* of 
limestone formed just beneath the surface. The waves along 
^ the coast have eroded the rocks and planed them doAvii to a 
' level plain of marine denudation. 
The entomologists of the party \vere rewarded by fiiidiug 
^ many specimens of the “trap-door” spiders. 
s Excursion from Henley to Glenelg, April 5, 1924. — A 
p party under the leadership of Mr. W. llam studied the peculiar 
liora of the sandhills. A condensed report of the leader’s 
s remarks appears under the head of “Sandhill Plants.” 
* Excursion to Kinchina, April 25, 1924.— A small party 
* of members visited Kinehina on Anzac Day, the leadei' being 
' Mr. J. Sutton, who has duriiig the last two years visited the 
locality at least 30 times to observe the l)ird life, which is 
■ still plentiful. Air. Sutton stated that h« had observed 92 
species of birds in this locality, and on Friday, 33 sj)ecies were 
I noted during the day as follows: 
. Bronzewing, purple-croAvned lorikeet, crimson rosella, 
red-backed parrot, welcome swallow-, .jacky winter, i-ed-capped 
robin, hooded robin, grey fantail, willie w'igtail, crested bell 
bird, i-ufous-breasted Avhistler, grey shrike thrush, black- 
faced cuckoo shrike, southern scrub robin, white-browmd babb- 
ler, white-fronted chat, little thornbill, chestnut-tailed thorn- 
bill, yellow-tailed thornbill, southeiai weebill, dusky wood 
swallow, whitefaced swallow, yellow-tailed pardalote,' brown- 
headed, .striped, singing, yclloAv-plumed and spiny-cheeked 
honey-eaters, rod wattle bird, diamond firetail, grey butcher 
bird, w-hito-hacked magpie. 
interesting, being 
The plants of the district are very 
chmfly of the nuillee type. The vegetation is adapted to 
withstam dry conditions. The leaves of the plants are either 
thick and leathery or glossy and sticky, such leaves being 
able to prevent undue loss of moisture. Some leaves have 
a dense hairy covering and by this prevent exce.ssive trams- 
piration Five distinct types of vnallee wen‘ seen, th(> most 
pleiitiiiil being the white or red mallee (Eucalyptus gracilis). 
