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Swifts during the summer months. At the Lookout I 
saw two small plants of Mountain Banksia in full bloom. 
Some of the orange-yellow blooms were ten inches in 
length. Purple Sarsaparilla was in flower and was 
trailing over shrubs and bushes. 
1 turned down the long sandstone cutting which 
leads to the valley of the Fifteen Mile just above its 
junction with Paradise Creek. Fairy Dell gully comes 
in a little above the Paradise. At its junction there is 
a long low cliff covered with vines and Native Figs, and 
with Chestnut trees and other kinds of scrub trees at its 
base. Walking-stick palms, ferns and vines cover the 
floor below the trees. 1 found a colony of the little 
ground orchid f'tcrost ijlis pcduiiculala here in June, 1939. 
The Bed-tailed Black Cockatoo, the King Parrot, Bed 
Bosella, Whip-bird and Yellow Kobin were not here on 
this particular day, but I added the White-eared Honey- 
eater, Buff-breasted Scrub- Wren, Variegated Wren. Bose 
liobin, Sil vereye and Pale-headed Bosella to my list. 
From Fairy Dell my rambles took me up to the 
valley of Paradise Creek which like Fairy Dell is be- 
coming infested with Lantana. I saw here the Bed- 
tipped and Spotted Pardalotes, White-naped and White- 
throated Iloneyeaters, Buff-tailed Thornhill, Grey Thrush 
and Fantailed Cuckoo. 
The junction between the sandstones and the 
quartzites was reached and several species of ground 
orchids were seen. Pterostyhs nutans was in bloom and 
P. curt a, was budding. Colonies of Caladenia alba made 
white patches on the slopes of the hills and Mountain 
Bluebells were plentiful. Large purple violets made a 
good showing on the moist slopes. I found specimens of 
Glossudia major here in August. 1939, and a colony of 
Diuris sulpliurea in September, 1942. Mosquito orchids 
and Curybas were in bloom in the slate rubble where 
the quartzite joins the slates and volcanic rocks. 
Bed Bean and Clematis were budding and they will 
make a beautiful sight in August anil September. Ex- 
amples of a Cassia along the creek bed were carrying 
some bright yellow flowers but they will not be in full 
bloom until the Spring. 
On my return journey I saw a pair of beautiful 
Wonga Pigeons which have unfortunately become rare 
since the fox arrived. I also added the Common Bronze- 
