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Identifier: victoriannatura851968luca (find matches)
Title: The Victorian naturalist
Year: 1884 (1880s)

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas  (1853–1936)
Alternative names	A.H.S.Lucas; Arthur Henry Shakespeare Luras; A. H. S. Lucas
Description	British botanist and entomologist
Date of birth/death	7 May 1853	10 June 1936
Location of birth/death	Stratford-upon-Avon	Albury
Authority file	: Q2865141 VIAF: 3802231 ISNI: 0000000084178738 LCCN: n81111921 Botanist: A.H.S.Lucas Open Library: OL4506631A WorldCat

Francis George Allman Barnard  (1857–1932)
	Alternative names	Birth name: Francis George Allman Barnard; Barnard; F. G. A. ‎Barnard; Francis Barnard
	Description	Australian-British naturalist, pharmacist, politician, editor and cricketer
	Date of birth/death	1857 / 26 December 1857	1932 / 2 June 1932 / 1 June 1932
	Location of birth/death	Melbourne	Melbourne
	Authority file	: Q3081456 VIAF: 40699264 LCCN: n81089221 NLA: 36356473 WorldCat

Subjects: Natural history Natural history
Publisher: (Melbourne) Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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lyshared by Pacific Gulls, Silver Gullsand one Oyster Catcher. A further five dead Fairy Penguinswere seen in various stages of de-composition; providing a rather sadending to a most pleasant excursion. July, 1968 195 VictorianOrchidsNo. 13 by C. E. Gray If the season is right, the comingof Autumn can be heralded by thefluttering white wings of Eriochiluscucullatus. Autumn Wings is a veryapt vernacular name, and so too is theother widely used Parsons Bands.The latter refers to the wide white(sometimes pale pinkish) lateral sepals,which do resemble the phylacteriesworn by a number of the clergy. The petals are dark, small and in-significant, standing erect, close oneither side of the column. It is thecolumn structure which makes thisorchid of particular interest. It formsa long, narrow pouch, the opening ofwhich is situated at the front, nearthe top. The lower edge is quitesticky, and it is possible to open thepouch by placing something againstthe edge and gently pulling down-ward. 196
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Photo: C. E. Gray In her book, Orchids of the West,Rica Erickson describes how a smallnative bee performs the process ofpollination of a Western Australianspecies in just such a way. The es-sential elements of stigma and polliniaare so arranged that the insect, inpushing into the pouch will depositany pollen it carries well inside thesac, and, in retreating will neatlycollect new pollinia to carry with it. I had lived on a hillside for nearly15 years, always seeking new speci-mens to record, before I was for-tunate enough to see the area comealive with these flowers. Perhaps thisdry season will bring them up in num-bers again. Victoria has recorded only this oneof a genus of five species confined toAustralia. It is widespread. Vict. Nat.—Vol. 85 The Aboriginal Fish-Traps at Homerton by Aldo Massola* Illustrations by Author Stony Rises is the name given to astretch of country covered by a geo-logically recent lava flow, the surfaceof which exhibits a labyrinth ofcracked basalt ridges

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