November, 1940 
The Queensland Naturalist 
101 
M e semb ry ant hem urn aequilatercile Haw. sens. 
Carpobotrys sp.) 
Oplismenus undulatifolius (Ard.) Beauv. (?) 
Sesuvium portul-acastrum L. 
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth. 
Erect Herbs : 
Agropyron scabrum (Labill.) Beauv. 
Biclens pilosa L. 
Cheilanthes Bieberi Kunze 
Crinnm ped-unculatum R.Br. 
Cymbopogon refract us (R.Br.) A. Camus 
Cyperus enervis R.Br. 
Dianella caerulea Sims 
Erechthites arguta DC 
Erigeron crispus Pourret 
Oeodor-um pictum (R.Br.) Lindl. 
Gnaphalium luteo-albmn L. 
Peperomia leptostachya Hook. & Arn. 
Other Plants: 
M e ri i In is 1 aery m a 
* 
Botrydiaceae 
Polyporaceae 1 
Lichen 
ns (Wulf.) Fries 
Undetermined 
Moss 
lot. (— 
SOME BIRD ASSEMBLINGS. 
By J. Ed^ar Young 
Some time ago T was asked by a member of our Club 
if I had ever seen a large gathering of magpie-larks or 
“Pee-wees,” and what could be the reason of such 
gatherings. 
As a matter of fact. T have seen this peculiarity in 
the habits of several species. In the first place I should 
say that T do not refer to the annual gatherings of the 
migratory birds, nor to those birds which habitually live 
in families; such, for instance, as the babblers, apostle 
birds, white-winged choughs, all of which live in com- 
panies of twelve to fourteen birds, nor to the wrens, 
finches, parrots, and many others. 
The first T shall comment on is the magpie-lark or 
“Pee-wee” (Grallina pica t a). My attention was first 
drawn to these about, forty years ago, when on the Logan 
River (South Queensland) T saw a very large number at 
Eagleby, near Beenleigh. The exact area covered by them 
