. L'UEM . d pendant de longues périodes, bien qu'elle ait beaucoup varié au niveau du thecamp. Le monticule mesurait 64 pieds de circonférence (un spécimen unusuallybig), était d'environ 2 pieds de hauteur lorsqu'il était aplati, et de 3 pieds 8 pouces au point le plus élevé lorsqu'il était élevé. La chambre à oeufs a été rasée dans le sol autour de i pied (schéma i), et sa circonférence a été inclinée vers un ovale avec adiamètre de 2 pieds à 2 pieds 3 pouces (schéma 2). Les cinq premiers oeufs ont été placés comme indiqué dans le diagramme 3, et après que le cinquième oeuf a été déposé tous les oeufs suivants ont été placés en rotation similaire, de sorte qu'à tout moment après le

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. The Emu . d for long periods, although it varied so much at thecamp. The mound measured 64 feet in circumference (an unusuallybig specimen), was about 2 feet high when flattened out, and3 feet 8 inches at the highest point when heaped up. The egg-chamber was scooped into the ground about i foot (diagram i), and its circumference was inclined towards an oval with adiameter from 2 feet to 2 feet 3 inches (diagram 2). The first five eggs were placed as indicated in diagram 3, andafter the fifth egg had been deposited all subsequent eggs wereplaced in like rotation, so that at any time after the seventh egghad been taken Mr. Scarce knew in which part of the egg-chamberto look for the next egg. Add 5 or a multiple of 5 to any of thefigures in diagram 3, and the egg bearing the resulting number 20 Ross, Six Months Record of a Pair of Mallee-Fowls. r EmuList April was found at the spot indicated l)y that figure. Thus, the 7th, 12th, 17th, and 22nd eggs were all placed where the second eggwas taken from.. jO/^.2 D13.S The birds did not work at the mound after 23rd March, althoughthe marks of their feet showed that they had walked over it veryfrequently. The placing of five eggs in a tier, as recorded above, is, as faras I can learn from the experience of others, and as far as myown experience goes, very unusual, but on i8th September, 1917, Mr. R. H. Archer, in company with Messrs. J. J. Scarce, F. E.Howe, H. A. Purnell, and myself, at a locality about 5 miles fromthe mound already described, found another which (according tomy note book) contained five eggs irregularly set in one tier. Report on Investigations in Regard to the Spread ofPrickly Pear by the Scrub^Turkey. By G. B. Brookes, Instructor in Agriculture, Rockhampton. The Scrub-Turkey having been suspected by several observantsettlers in pear-infested country of being the medium for carryingand distributing the seed of the prickly pear, Mr. G. B. Brookes, Agricultural Instructor for the Central District, was deputed

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