Dull-coloured, small birds, that exist entirely without water, are found in the scrubs; and in the mornings they are sometimes noisy, but not melodious, when there is a likelihood of rain; and the smallest of Australian ornithology, the diamond bird (Amadina) of Gould, is met with at almost every watering place.

Reptiles and insects, as I have said, are scarce, on account of the continual fires the natives use in their perpetual hunt for food..