THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST,  - “199 
Position of ee 
AWC Laae State of Plani Observer. 
Acacia elata, on leaf- petiole, not in flower,C.T.M. & W.M.C.. 
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Species. 
suaveolens, young phyllodes, flowering, TM. & W.M.C.. 
longifolia, phyllodes, . not in flower, C.T.M. & W.M.C. 
. leaves ¢ i 
discolor. neal care flowering, C.T.M. & W.M.C.. 
falcata, phyllodes, - in fruit, C.T.M 
myrtifola, phyllodes, - C.T.M. 
glaucescens, phyllodes, in fruit, W.M.C. 
rubide, phyllodes, _ in flower, W.M.C. 
linifolia, .— phyllodes, im flower, W.M.C. 
a3 C.T.M.: . CHT. Musson. 
W.M.C.: W. M. Carne. 
BIRD NOTES. 
(By D. G. Stead, F.LS.) 
Rockwarsier (‘Rock Rosin”), Origma rubricata- This» 
charming little’ bird is rarely to be seen in the gullies and 
about the ranges in the Blue Mountains. It is abundant in the 
vicinity of Jenolan Caves, and numbers are to be seen along 
the various walks, as well as about the Grand Arch, the Car- 
lotta Arch, and the outer caves. They have become used to 
the visitors, and will approach quite close on the lookout for 
stray bits of food. In the Grand Arch they form a very effec- 
tive contrast to the great chasm, revealing it in all its great 
ness. 
We have very many instances around us of the trustfulness . 
of the wild birds, once they find they will be protected, and in 
the case of the dear little Rock Warblers at Jenolan, we;find 
a particular striking example of this; for one pair has built 
a nest in the little galvanised iron dynamo shed, immediately 
below the dam at the Grand Arch. Not only is this nest 
built in the shed, but is attached, pendent, to the electric wires. 
running up from the dynamo, and within a few feet of the 
latter; within close reach of anyone gntering, and right against 
the place where the mechanic works when attending daily to 
the dynamo. 
While carrying out some investigations recently on the Kan~ 
garoo River, at Kangaroo Valley, I was pleased to see a pair , 
of this little Origma on the bluff face of the cliff, immediately 
beneath the fine suspension bridge which crosses at Kangaroo. 
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