of the seed vessels of the Guitar Plant (Loraata 
Tinctoria) were still attached to its branchlets. 
Three species of eucalypt bordered the track - white 
or Mauna, Peppermint, and Stringy-bark. The rich 
mating calls of the yellow-throated Honey-Eaters were 
heard among the eucalypts, and several other birds 
were noted, including Butcher-birds or "Derwent 
Jackass" (Gracticus torquatus) and Brown Tits (Acanthiza 
pusilla). 
On the afternoon of 21st August, ten members 
spent a couple of hours or so on a bush road between 
Moriarty and Latrobe, east of the Mersey. The soil 
was a sandy loam and the chief trees were Peppermints 
(Eucalyptus amygdalina), which delight in this kind of 
ground. Among the orchids found were Greenhoods 
fPterostylis nutans} and Little Spider Orchids 
(Acianthus caudatus). The Prilled Hood (Corysanthes 
finbriatus) one/of the prettiest of our orchids, has 
been found here - in former seasons. 
On 22nd August, our Hon. Secretary, Mr. Don White, 
took his family and a friend for a run to the Don 
River near Melrose; a number of tall Silver Wattles 
(Acacia dealbata) were oust bursting into bloom, and 
made a pretty spectacle against a hillside over which 
was dense growth of White Gums and Stringybarks. Here 
again, as on the trip at the end of July, the fine 
ye11ow-throated Honey-Eaters were calling melodiously 
from the groves of gums; other species seen or heard 
were Whistling Dicks (Collyriocincla harmonica), Blue 
Y/rens (Malcerus cyaneus) and Brush Bronze-Wing (Phaps 
elegans). 
Two or three members spent an hour or two in the 
bush on a fine afternoon during the last week of Sep¬ 
tember. Several orchids were gathered from under the 
shade of the large Eucalypts. among them Nodding 
Greerihood (Pterostylis nutans), Tall Greenhood (P. 
pendunculata), Small-Ears (Microtis porrifolia), and 
a small semi-transparent species, perhaps Lesser Ant 
