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A PIED CURRAWONG IN THE CITY 
Dining 194!) and 1950 a lone Pied Currawong 
(Fircpera < jraculina ) wag constantly in the vicinity of the 
Botanic Gardens and the University grounds at George 
Street, Brisbane. During October, 1950, it attempted 
to build a nest at the top of one of the pine trees grow- 
ing outside the University office. It did not progress 
very far as it lacked a mate and was continually harassed 
by Crows. It had a habit of fighting its reflection in 
windows for an hour or so at a time. 
KEN. L. S. HARLEY. 
TWO COMPOUND TREE GROWTHS 
An example of the apparent welding together, as the 
result of contiguous growth, of a Blue Gum {Eucalyptus 
tercf icomis) and a Tea-tree ( Melaleuca leucadendron ; 
(Eigs. 1 and 2) was observed near the rifle range on the 
Noosa River opposite to and about half a mile north of 
Tewantin, S.E. Queensland. Horizontal and vertical 
sections through this weld would be of interest. 
A second compound tree growth (Eigs. 3 and 4) was 
noted at the water's edge beside the Noosa Road at 
Noosaville. A large Blue Gum (E. tereticornis ) supports 
two other well grown trees, one a Blueberry Ash. 
( Elaeocarpns ubovatus) and the other a Small-leafed Fig 
(Ficus ciigcuioidcs). The three different greens of the 
leaf types in the associated foliage are most striking. The 
fig is parasitic, but the ash doubtfully so. ft appears 
to have sprung up as a seedling in the detritus of a 
hollow limb and its root may have found its way to the 
ground through a “pipe” in the aged eucalypt trunk. 
T. E. and R. A. HUNT. 
