. A record of the expedition to Eyre's Peninsula, October, 1909, with notes on ornithology, botany and entomology . ^Ir. Mattingley clnnbint( by aiil of climbing Mr. Mattingley photographing Mallee Hens Nest(showing quartzites). 14 eiiigma among birds, the mallee lieu, constructs its natural incu-bator; tlie wallaby hops along its well-defined traelv, which leadsto some claypan or feeding ground. The party pushed on, and,\\ ith a halt now and again to observe some bird in the vicinity ofthe track, the horses were Lcept up to the collar. At Lake Wau-giiry camp was called for the
. A record of the expedition to Eyre's Peninsula, October, 1909, with notes on ornithology, botany and entomology . ^Ir. Mattingley clnnbint( by aiil of climbing Mr. Mattingley photographing Mallee Hens Nest(showing quartzites). 14 eiiigma among birds, the mallee lieu, constructs its natural incu-bator; tlie wallaby hops along its well-defined traelv, which leadsto some claypan or feeding ground. The party pushed on, and,\\ ith a halt now and again to observe some bird in the vicinity ofthe track, the horses were Lcept up to the collar. At Lake Wau-giiry camp was called for the night. —A Happy Hunting Ground.—On the following day all members of the party were about early,anxious to explore the new fields. A start was made for HorseIeninsula, a narrow strip of land jutting out into Port Douglas,forming on the east side ?tlount Dutton Bay. This peninsular wasonce a great camping ground of the aborigines, and therefore ofgreat interest to some of the scientists, for they soon traced theextensive stone fishtraps into which the dusky warriors (now longsince passed away) have driven many a shoal of fish to be cooking places were t
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