97, 98: Amongst the small birds I must not omit to particularise thewattlebird, poy-bird. In soft ground its footprints are verysimilar to those of a child. )Its great hardness is against its general use. Desert-Oak; and even the word He-Oak is appliedsometimes to the more imposing species of She-Oak

australis, Gunth. It is not a true grass, andis classed by Maiden (`Useful Native Plants,' p. 51: The campaign came to an abrupt and somewhat inglorious close,Sir George Dibbs having to `camp' in a railway carriage, andSir Henry Parkes being flood-bound at Quirindi. Run-about, n.