The only game found in the spinifex is a kangaroo rat, commonly called the wirrup; but in the grassy openings there are many kangaroos, and often emus, also a rat known as the wurrung.

These animals are very good eating, and formed a valuable addition to our store department.

At the permanent waters there were always myriads of bronze-winged pigeons, and also the white cockatoo with scarlet crest, called the chockalott; also the beaccoo, or slate-coloured parrot.

Generally, however, with the exception of the crow and hawk, birds were not very numerous except round water.

Whenever a sheet of water was found we found ducks, and in Lake Augusta swans and ducks were innumerable.
In bringing this report to a close it is not necessary to refer much to the reasons that induced me to keep more to the south than I originally intended.