THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST.. 135 
THp QueEnsbAND Naturatist.—The Field Naturalists’ Club 
of Queensland, falling into line with Southern sister clubs, 
has established a quarterly journal under the title of The 
Queensland Naturalist. No..1 of Vol. 1., bearing date 3ist 
March, 1908, has reached us, and an excellent number itis. It 
contains the Presidential address—‘“ Linneus and Buffon,” by 
Mr. Henry Tryon; ‘“‘‘Uhe Brisbane Tertiaries,” by Mr. Sydney. 
B. J. Sketchy ; ““ Notes on Specimens of Magnesite from near 
Toowoomba, Queensland,’ by Messrs. L. C. Green and Arthur 
T. Hockings; and ‘‘ Notes on Rotifera,’ by Mr. W. R. College. 
“We would specially recommend our own members to read the 
address on “ Linneus and Buffon,” as it is not only a masterly 
composition, but contains much matter of interest that may be 
fresh to many, respecting the lives, work and methods of the 
two great naturalists. The other papers are'worthy of perusal 
by those interested. 
Birp Crasep py A Burrerrty.—Miss M. HE. Fontaine, F.H.S., 
under date: Durban, Natal, December, 1907, contributes to the 
April number of The Entomologist the following curious note:— 
“«Qne day while I was collecting in the birch woods ‘at Durban, 
LI was much interested to see a specimen of the Papilio lyxus 
in hot pursuit of a bird; he was chasing it in exactly the same 
manner that many of these big Papzlcos will chase away other 
butterflies from their own immediate neighbourhood; and the 
bird, which was about the size of a blackbird, was flying 
rapidly before his pursuer, showing every symptom of fear 
and trepidation, while the butterfly continued to pursue the 
intruder for some distance before returning to his former perch. 
Most collectors will doubtless have occasionally seen a bird 
pursuing a butterfly (though generally without affecting its 
capture), but I should be interested to know if anyone has ever 
before observed the relative positions reversed.” 
CuHELIFERS.—Those minute Arachnids, the Chelifers, or False 
Scorpions, are often transported from place to place by insects 
such as beetles and house-flies. In The Zoologist of April 15, 
Mr. E. Ernest Green, of Peradeniya, Ceylon, writes as: follows 
anent the curious habit of a species of Chelifer that had come 
under his observation :—‘ The stems of our trees are frequented 
by gangs of the large and ferocious ant (Bcophylla smarag- 
dina). Occasionally one of these ants may be found struggling 
vainly to extricate its foot from some crevice in the bark, 
Investigation will show that the foot is firmly held in the chela 
of a small Chelifer safely ensconced beneath the bark. And 
there it may be held day after day until it dies of starvation. 
- LT have found the ants hanging dead, still in the grasp of their 
captors. I do not think that the Chelefer has any special puxpose 
in the capture. I have never seen one feeding upon’ the ant. 
The probability is that the little animal instinctively grasps 
