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Goureaux, on the stridulation of Mutilla europaea. Gout, sexually transmitted. Graba, on the Pied Ravens of the Feroe Islands; variety of the Guillemot. Gradation of secondary sexual characters in birds. Grallatores, absence of secondary sexual characters in; double moult in some. Grallina, nidification of. Grasshoppers, stridulation of the.
Travelling in that direction we soon found ourselves at the margin of the sandy table-land, from which we overlooked a large valley bounded by high ranges to the westward. We then followed a very rocky creek, in its various windings, in search of water; Grallina australis called four times, and deceived us each time; and cockatoos, and pigeons, and finches, all proved false prophets.
The bed was filled with basaltic boulders, as were also its dry holes, from one of which the Grallina australis rose, and for the first time deceived our expectations.
But suddenly, the note of Grallina Australis, the call of cockatoos, or the croaking of frogs, is heard, and hopes are bright again; water is certainly at hand; the spur is applied to the flank of the tired beast, which already partakes in his rider's anticipations, and quickens his pace and a lagoon, a creek, or a river, is before him.
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