July, 1915. 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
21 
gaillotine them neatly and eat them. And then the black- 
throated one uttei's the wildest^ sweetest call note I know. 
You must listen to its intense wildness and sweetness. It’s 
a sweet, wild, gipsy note. 
Then we have the Pachycephala or Thickheads, and they 
can trill gloriously, or rather he- can. We have honey-eaters, 
Silver Eye, Wattle Birds, Friar Birds, Lewin’s honey-eater, 
Limulated Honey-eaters, Spine Bills. All these 1 have 
watched in orange trees. Finches abound — several kinds. 
The Oriole and Fig Bird eat mulberries and peperina [Schnus 
mollc) berries. Bold, handsome, and red-eyed is the Fig 
Bird. 
Then w'e come to our last family— the crown of the 
kingdom of the avifauna — the Crow family. What a black, 
thieving, cunning rascal a crow is ! Why does a hen tell 
the crow she has laid her egg for him to at once rob ? Surelv 
nature is wrong to proclaim such a vital piece of news ! 
Have not I seen him hearing away a small chicken from his 
friends and relations. Strepera graciilina comes here, and 
if anyone needs a task, put into decent Engish liis call note. 
For months Eve tried and failed. 
Now, Fve ranged through some 50 species all w'ithin a 
mile of Gayndah Post Office. I have only fired one shot 
and killed one bird, a darter, and he is immortal for years — 
his skin is, anywa}’. 
I keep my eyes open, my ears open, and I have a pair 
of field glasses. I claim that I hav^e had much physical 
enjoyment in detecting and watching these beautiful creatures, 
and I also claim that I have intellectually benefited by being 
able to lit my little bit of Gavndah avifauna into the vast 
world picture that holds this planet’s avifauna —past and 
present . 
BOTANIC NOTES No. 3*. 
By C. T. White. 
The following notes relate chiefly to specimens of interest 
collected on the various excursions of the Field Naturalists’ 
Club. Some new habitat records are ]uibhshed from 
specimens collected by members on visits to various localities. 
Pittosporeae.— Lindl : B. spinosa, Cav. 
\'ar. , incana, Ewart, Rees and Wood. Proc. Roy. Soc. Viet., 
23 fn.s.) 55. Rosewood, F. N. C. Exciirs., Mav 1913. 
Malvaceae.— splendens, Fraser. Goodna scrub, 
F. N. Club Excurs., Marcli. 1913. 
* No, 2 Queensland Naturalist, 1. p. 256. 
