. A record of the expedition to Eyre's Peninsula, October, 1909, with notes on ornithology, botany and entomology . it u 16 Douglas, its glossy surface glistening in ttie noonday sun transinitting glorious shades of coloiiring, from the hght green of theshoal waters to the deep blue of the centre harbour, backed upby rugged and majestic rocks, or maybe by dazzling white sanddunes dotted over Ity the light green shrubs chaiacteristic to ourseashore, was a delightful picture. Drinking in these lovely vestasas every opening on the coastline revealed them, like the drawingback of a curtain,
. A record of the expedition to Eyre's Peninsula, October, 1909, with notes on ornithology, botany and entomology . it u 16 Douglas, its glossy surface glistening in ttie noonday sun transinitting glorious shades of coloiiring, from the hght green of theshoal waters to the deep blue of the centre harbour, backed upby rugged and majestic rocks, or maybe by dazzling white sanddunes dotted over Ity the light green shrubs chaiacteristic to ourseashore, was a delightful picture. Drinking in these lovely vestasas every opening on the coastline revealed them, like the drawingback of a curtain, the members of the party were enraptured. —Country Rich in Birds.— The party trudged on, the ornithologists noting each bird thatcame within their scope of observation, be it a small wren, a tit,or a hones^eater amid the undergrowth. The waders, some ofpied uniform, were standing on their long legs far out in the lake,but powerful glasses made the birds appear within ones shore birds, as they ran along the glistening sand in thesunlight, were noted. The nature photographer, ever on the watchfor a pictu
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