102 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
Oct., 1920 
The blacks make their canoes from the bark of this tree. Take 
particular notice of its distribution, measurements, plentiful or 
scarce, bark and timber.’ Similar instructions were given me regard- 
ing all the arboreal vegetation : — ‘ Make a general collection of the 
bora, and note its distribution, economic importance, &c.’ 1 was 
also instructed to ‘ take with you Coco-nuts, Cassava, Sugar Cane, 
Arrowroot, &c., and plant them near water.' Several years ago 
the late Mr. F. M. Bailey informed me, when he was on a visit to 
Sydney, that the Coco-nuts T planted on the shores of Hervey Bay 
had grown into tine specimens, and that no Coco-nut palms were 
growing south of them.’’ 
SO^FE NIGHT-CALLING BIRDS. 
Bv G. H. Barker. 
I have been very interested for some time past in 
trying to place certain night-Hying birds that I hear from 
Stone Curlew (Burhinus grallarius) sitting on eggs, Geham. 
[Phoio by C. H. H. Jenarn, 
time to time at my home in Lutwyche. The one most 
frequently heard is a Dottrel, probably the black-fronted 
species .so often seen along Kedron Brook. Mention should 
also be made of the Boobook Owl and Stone Plover (or 
Curlew), botli of wliich are heard frequently. The Koel 
