202 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
-did not fly away (they are nearly always very “‘tame’’), but 
remained to be shot at. Needless to say, I expressed my sur- 
prise in no uncertain terms, and the man—for the time being 
anyway—desisted. 
WuHite-BAcKED Macprige (Gymnorhina leuconota): . This 
bird makes its way down from the Monaro district as far as 
Tumut, but very rarely. While travelling through from 
Tumut to Talbingo in July last, I was pleased to see occa- 
sional examples among the common Black-backed form, from 
a few miles out from the former place on towards the latter, 
becoming more noticeable the higher I went. I learnt that 
one pair had nested right in Tumut last year. 
Sporrep Grounp Birp (Cinclosoma punctatum): Since 
writing my previous note on this beautiful bird (p. 169), 
I have had other opportunities of seeing it. One was 
-shot in the valley of Jounama Creek last year by a “‘sport’’ 
(the kind of “‘sport’’ that shoots ‘‘Willy Wag-tails”’), and 
was brought to me at Talbingo to identify. The local people 
had not seen one before.’ While walking along the road from 
Titania to Oberon, in August of last year, I saw a flock of 
eight of these picking about at the roadside in one place, while 
others were visible here and there. There had been a light 
sprinkling of snow, and these birds looked very charming as 
they ran quickly to cover and then later spread out in low 
tight with a loud whirring noise. In December last I again 
saw this bird at Kangaroo Valley, and during September, 
1912, on the slopes of Kosciusko at an altitude of about 4000 
feet. 
New Enrozoa From AN AUSTRALIAN SHARK: Students of 
-Cestoda will note that J. Hornell has described two new Ces- 
todes from the gut of Stegostoma tigrinum, a species of shark 
which oceurs along parts of the Australian coastline, and is 
therefore of special interest to us. The species described are 
Balanobothrium tena and Tetrarhynchus annandalei. Both 
are figured and described in a paper entitled ‘‘New Cestodes 
from Indian Fishes,’’ appearing in the ‘‘Records of the In- 
dian Museum,”’ Vol. VII., part 2, 1912. —D.JS. 
APPARENT Naruran GRarr : Jasminum lineare, R. Br., 
growing as an apparent natural graft on Hucalyptus hemi- 
phloia var albeus, White Box. A broken limb, a chance 
seed and favourable conditions are the probable explanation of 
this apparent parasitism. It must be admitted the junction 
of the Jasmine and the Eucalypt shows no indications of a 
