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August, 1934. 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
Bclerotiim Rolf si i Sacc. Common in Brisbane, at- 
tacking a wide range of hosts (asters, carnations, 
snapdragons, potatoes, etc.). We have controlled 
this disease by saturating the soil with a solution 
of copper sulphate (1 lb. to 7 gallons), the ap- 
proximate amount necessary being 1| gallons per 
square yard. 
BIRDS OF THE BUNYA MOUNTAINS. 
By J. E. Young. 
In the following remarks I wish not merely to make 
a list of the birds seen on the Bunyas, but to discuss to 
some extent the difference in the varieties of the birds 
seen on the Mountain and those on the lower lying scrub 
and plain surrounding; though my own observation 
would naturally not be of an exhaustive nature. 
First I should perhaps mention something of the 
comparative elevations above the sea level and general 
topography of the 1 district. 
The Bunyas extend for a few miles, about ten, being 
of considerable height, and are somewhat irregular in width 
with a number of offshoots, the whole rising rather 
abruptly from the surrounding Downs country, and it is 
principally covered with c< Scrub’ ’ or 1 * Rain Forest” with 
occasional open grass patches or forest areas of varying 
density and size. 
The altitude of the higher peaks is a little over 
3,600 feet. The average of the upper portions being prob- 
ably something over 3,000 feet. 
In the Downs country below, we have Dalby, 1,123 
feet, to the southward, and Kingaroy in the opposite 
direction, 1,417 feet. Bell lying much nearer, being 1,569 
feet. 
This gives a difference of roughly 2,000 feet of eleva- 
tion on the mountain above the surrounding country. 
Travelling with Mr. Nebe, one of our members, in 
early October, we spent about three days in the vicinity 
of Kingaroy at a property of his, in the Coolabunnia 
Scrub, which now, however, is mostly felled, but where 
bird life we found to be both abundant and varied; 
though naturally the forest haunting species much pre- 
dominated. 
Leaving Kingaroy after lunch on a Saturday after- 
noon. we turned off the Porter’s Gap Road, after passing 
Kumbia and after reaching the foot of the Range, 
followed a quite new road up to the northern end, this 
road being very steep and by no means one of the best. 
