10K THE GEELONG NATURALIST. 
Jan. 6th.—Once more to the Sheoak Falls. The Sheoak Creek 
takes its name from a few stunted sheoaks which grow along its 
course, being apparently the only place in the district where this: 
tree is found. There are a number of silver wattles in its valley, 
of great size, reaching over a foot in diameter. 
This time we explore the Sheoak Falls thoroughly, and find that: 
there is a series of five. A good body of water rushes down and 
makes a fine view, as the lowest fall is about 40 feet high, and the: 
next three total about 60 feet, while the highest is inconsiderable. 
The hills run down sharply to the water’s edge, and on them there 
is a fair amount of timber. After a few photographs we return. 
There is a flat just opposite our camp covered ‘with a dense under- 
growth of bracken and ginger scrub (Helichrysum ferrugineum).. 
This is alive with birds, and there is one we repeatedly hear, but as. 
yet we have been unable to catch sight of. Its cry resembles more 
thananything else the noise made by a barrow-wheel that wants oiling. 
On this account we named it the “ Cartwheel Bird.” The cry con- 
sisted of a low note and a higher one, repeated four times, and ending: 
with a little trill. We believe that it was the Rufusheaded Bristle- 
Bird (Sphenura Broadbenti). ` 
Jan. 7th.—Took nest and eggs of Silvereye (Zosterops: 
caerulescens) and a thrush’s nest of last season. The density of 
the undergrowth makes it very difficult to procure either birds or: 
eggs, as if a bird falls among it when shot, it is like lookirig for a 
needle in the proverbial haystack, while the nests require a great 
deal of searching for. 
Jan. 8th.—We decide to spend the day exploring a tributary 
gully of the St. George. Passing along it we secure the Pallid 
Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus.) The “ Cartwheel Bird” can be heard 
continuously, and appears to be present in great numbers. It is 
very shy, and is only to be heard in the gullies, and it appears to. 
pass most of its time on the ground in the densest scrub. This 
scrub swarms with small birds, mainly honey-eaters and wax-bills, 
while the larger birds seem to prefer the hillsides. We make a 
collection of ferns for pressing, and regret that we have no botanist 
with us (our only member who knew anything about the subject 
having returned on New Year’s Day), as there is an immense 
variety of plants. 
On our way back we notice the white-winged Chough (Corcorax 
melanorianphus) on the top of the hill, but it is so very shy that 
we are unable to procure a specimen. We also hear the Stone 
Plover (Œdicnemus grallarius) along the valley, and we secure the 
nest and three eggs of the White-shafted Fantail (Rhipidura. 
albiscapa) from a gum sapling. i 
