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THE GEELONG NATURALIST. 
considerable numbers. In this locality, many varieties of Honey- 
Haters are to be found, including the Friar Bird, with its bare 
and strange-looking head, the beautiful and delicate Spine Bill, 
the long, slender and curved bill of this bird, Mr. Gould says, 
seems specially adapted for extracting the honey and ‘insects 
from flowers, wattle and gum-tree blossoms, etc. The White- 
Eared Honey-Eater, the Warty-Faced Honey-Water (probably 
the handsomest of the whole species), the Black Throated, the 
Yellow Throated, the Wattled, the Brush Wattle Bird and some 
other varieties. Robins are represented by the Yellow, the 
Pallid, the Red Breasted, the Rose Breasted, and the Flame 
Breasted. Kingfishers by the Halcyon, the Azure, and of course 
the wellknown Laughing Jackass. There are also to be met with 
the Mountain Thrush, the Spotted Ground Thrush, the Pied 
Grallina (commonly known as the Magpie Lark or Mud Lark), 
the Spotted Pardalote, a beautiful little bird, which lays its eggs 
in any small hole in the ground, the Wood Swallow, Blue Wren, 
' Red Eyebrowed Finch, Fire-tailed Finch, and several other 
Finches. Many varieties of Tree Creepers are to be seen also, 
besides a number of other birds, including the Red Lorikeet, 
Rosella, King Parrot, Gang Gang, and Black Cockatoo. 
x Altogether this district is an excellent field for the naturalist and 
_ observer, as well as the collector, and will well repay the trouble 
| of many visits. y 
Mr. A. Purnell supplies the following notes on the Entomo- 
ı logy:—In the Sub-kingdom Anthropoda, in which is included 
the class Insecta, the student in this subject in whatever locality 
he finds himself, can generally find something of interest. But 
^ as regards Airey's Inlet district, the insect life is extensive and 
varied, and during the stay of the party comprising the Christ- 
mas Camp of 1892, the entomologists may have been seen, 
. morning, noon and night, dodging about in the jungle or in 
^ the open, after some specimen possibly “new to science." In 
the pretty bends of the creek, where the botanist/s delight fre- 
quently demanded the sympathies of his companions, were to be 
seen flitting over the tranquil scene, gorgeously tinted speci- 
mens of lepidoptera, which to the eye of the entomologist com- 
~ pleted the picture. Whilst on the hillside, and in the forest, all 
the other ‘ipteras and ‘opteras were to be found, until 
it became a question as to’ whether the entomologist and 
‘the botanist were not on equal terms in repect to the 
number of specimens within reach. The best of the lepi- 
 doptera were to be found along the creek where the 
flowering plants yielded nectar for their daily sustenance, 
although an occasional uncommon specimen was taken in the 
forest or amongst the bracken. Ample opportunity was 
. .. afforded the enthusiastic student to study the various forms of . 
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