126 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
giant sundew (Drosera binata), Eriostemon hispidula, and Co- 
nospermum  longifolium, were also noticed. “A single bush of 
Prostanthera linearis was observed on the lower slopes of Mount 
Penang. The remaining trips were made by horse and trap, 
enabling the party to cover longer distances without undue 
fatigue. A four or five miles drive brought us to Mr. H. 
Pile’s homestead, where the trap was left, and Mr. Pile, who 
is himself a lover of flowers and well versed in busheraft, acted 
as guide to Moonee Creek. On the way down was an outcrop 
of sandstone where soakage kept the edges damp, and here 
were found patches of Darwinia taxifolia in quite a recumbent 
form, sending long spreading branches over the shallow soil on 
the rocks. ‘The foliage was greyish green and the flower heads 
of two, three, and four florets were mostiy green. In the ad- 
joining bush was the erect D. fascicularis and clumps of Juncus 
in moist spots. Access to the creek is by way of a rocky 
precipitous pathway. Here the mangroves were again noticed, 
while along the banks were masses of the lovely mauve-coloured 
Prostanthera incisa. In the Moonee gully both the lyre bird and 
the Australian roller or dollar bird occur. The next drive was 
to Terrigal. The scenery for the whole of the eight miles from 
Gosford to Terrigal is lovely, the road passing through luxuriant 
bush with numerous orchards and farms. About a mile from 
Terrigal we heard the “tink-tink” of the bellbirds, faintly at 
first, but soon we came to a spot where the birds could be seeh 
flying across the road. We drew up here for a while and 
watched them as they hung on to the drooping branches of the 
wattle trees in search of insects, and we saw some baby bellbirds 
getting their midday lunch from their parents’ beaks. This 
bird, however, is not the true bellbird of Australia, but the bell- 
miner, a species of honey-eater. The bush here was sub-tropical 
and seemed to be a veritable bird’s paradise, probably on ac- 
count of the abundant insect life. As we boiled our “billy” 
for lunch, we were visited by those friendly and delightful birds, 
the yellow robins, while from the bush came the notes of the 
thrushes, coach-whip birds and whistlers; a dainty Lambert 
wren seemed to haye its nest near, and we also saw the mistletoe 
bird and the sanguineous honeyeater. 
Arriving at Terrigal, we found a delightful little village, with 
a fine stretch of sandy beach. ‘The sand binders and builders 
were Festuca and Spinifex, and the retainers Banksia, Eugenia, 
and Wickstroemia. The flora here, and also on the sandy hill- 
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