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Were I requested to suggest an emblem for Australiaamongst its birds, I should without the slightest hesitationselect the Menura as the most appropriate, beingstrictly peculiar to Australia. given on account of a supposed resemblance to the `birches,'or more correctly `beeches,' a number of which occur in thatlocality. 6: The wattles and waratahs are creditable instances of thevalue of our Australian flowers for art purposes, and theefforts Stone Parker.

Leguminosae. Vine, Burdekin. ) had been punched. It has beencompared to the ghost of a seahorse (Hippocampus) withits winding sheet all in ribbons around it; a