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Tne Queensland Naturalist. 
May, 1924 
<ia]>sulos }- iiH'li ill diameter. 18. E. siderophloia 
{Rroad-leav(‘d froiihark) . 
('()i)i)ie.e lea\'es rather thin in texture, commonly 
glaucous, very rarely above 1} inches wide, adult leaves 
similar to eoi)i>ice leaves, but more elot3gat.ed; cap of 
flower bud conical, 2 lines long, seed capsule about i 
inch in diameter. ID. E. paniculata (Grey Ironbark). 
(.'o])piee l(‘avev ycrv narrow, sometimes only ] inch, 
and mually less than i inch wide, adult leaves slightly 
broader and usually drooping: flower atul fruit small; 
caj: of flowin' l)tid conical al)out one line long, ea[)sule 
2 lines iti diameter. 20. E. crebra (Narrowdeaved iron- 
bark ) , 
Group 5. — Bloodwoods. 
]>ark pm'sistenl, commonly inclined to be spongy 
and Friable, and roughly and irregularly tesselated ; 
outer lavers lamellar, inner layers sub-fibrous. Species 
21 - 22 . 
Seed eaj)sules ■] inch long and nearly I inch wide at 
th(‘ broadest ])art ; timber mostly red or pink, very rarely 
wldte. 21. E. corymbosa (Red Bloodwood). 
Seed eapsulf inch long and ] inch wide at tlo^ 
broadest i)art; timber white. 22. E. trachyphloia 
(White Bloodwood) . 
{To be continued). 
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NOTES ON THE BRONZEWING PIGEON. 
By R. Tllidge. 
This beanlil'ul pigeon now appears to be (piite ex- 
limU as la^gaials the vicinity oF IRushane. B]) to the 
seventies it was a common ])ird in several loealities. and 
mostly Favoured the siuith sidi' of tlie river, where the 
thiek(Ds oF wattliu inters|>m*se(l with other seed-lmaring 
l)lanl<. Formed an exeelleni sh'dter and provided an 
ample sipiply of food. On ihe old Bogan Road, then a 
busii track, the dejeetammita of liorses proviul vm’v at- 
tractive. and a pair at least would he flushed from tlu' 
droppings at (‘\'ej'y hnndrt'd yards or so. to wliieli they 
would return wlieu all was (piiet again. 
