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The Queensland Naturalist June, 1939 
dark with hearty appetites and wet skins. 
Following this some shorter excursions were made 
to the Razorback, Widgee Creek, and to local caves in 
the cliffs. 
In the evenings entomological work was carried out, 
and other specimens of botanical and geological interest 
examined. 
Despite a showery week-end a well-satisfied com- 
pany returned to town on Monday evening ready to re- 
sume the usual daily round. 
J. E. YOUNG. 
ORNITHOLOGY. 
Owing to the rather inclement weather experienced 
oji this trip the list of birds noted was not so numerous as 
in 1936. There were, however, several notable additions 
to the former list such as: The Lyre Bird ( Menura 
alberti ) seen in the scrub near the river, the two large 
feathers of the tail being plainly seen. As these birds 
usually inhabit the dense rain forest of the border ranges 
they are not very frequently observed. 
A pair of Podargus strigoides, or frogmouth, were 
noted by a party on adjacent trees on Widgee Mountain, 
both being comparatively low. Close to camp on the 
river a number of white-browed scrub wrens, double-bar 
and red-browed finches and yellowrumped tit warblers 
were fairly tame. Amongst others were the bellbirds 
(Miners) and eastern whip birds. There were also some 
crested pigeons, western birds settled in the locality in 
recent years. In all a total of about 32 species was 
noted on this occasion. 
J. E. YOUNG. 
BOTANICAL NOTES. 
The camp site was in a cleared area formerly occupied 
by mixed eucalypt and rain forest. A selection of silky 
oaks ( Grevillea robust a), red cedars ( Cedrela toona), 
hoop pines ( Araucaria cwnninghamii) , Moreton Bay 
Chestnuts ( Castanospermum australe), and other native 
trees had been retained along the banks of the stream. 
The rain forests in the valley beyond the camp, though 
cut over for cedar in the past, still contain some magnifi- 
cent specimens of the species. Other very large trees are 
Hoop Pine, Box ( Tristania conferta), Flooded Gum 
(■ Eucalyptus grandis), and a Moreton Bay Fig ( Ficus 
Watkinsiana) . In one gully a group of huge box trees 
was reminiscent of the Giant’s Garden across on the 
