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COLLEGE STREET, SYDNEY •

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. PRESIDENT: •

~IAJOR-GENERAL IR CHARLE RO ENTHAL, K .C.B., C.M.G., D .. . 0. , V .l) .

CROWN TRU STEE:

JAME McKERN.

OFFICIAL TRU STEES:

HI HONO R THE CHIEF J TICE . THR HO}{. THE PRE IDENT OF THE LEGI LATIVE 0 N Ci l .J .

THE HON. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. THE HON. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

THE HON. THE COLONIAL TREASURER. 'fHE HO . THE E RETARY FOR P UBLIC WORK AND MINISTER FOR RAILvVAY .

THE HON. THE MINISTER OF P UBLIC IN TRUCTION. -THE AUDITOR-GENERAL.

THR PRE. l DENT OF THE N . . WALES MEDICAL BOARD (T. STORIE DIX ON, lVI.B., CH.M., KNIGHT OF GRACE OF THE ORDER OF S T. JOHN) .

THE URVEYOR-GENERAL AND CHIEF SURVEY OR. THE CROWN SOLI CITOR.

ELECTIVE TRU STEES:

J. R. 1\;L ROBE RT 0 N, M. D., C .M., F. G. . G. H. ABBOTT, B.A., M.B., CH.1YI. :\lAJ.-GE . IR CHARLE ROSE NTHAL,

C. GORDON MACJ_JEOD, M.A. , M.D., CH.M. G. A . WATERHOUSE, D. c., B .E., F .E . . F . S . MANCE.

K .. B., .1I.G., D . . 0 ., V.D . HON. F . E . WALL, M.D., M.L. C. R. 1

• AXDRE' V ' B.A. F .G . . 0( TA Yir C. BEALE, F .R . . L., F .R .H .. GORRJR ~I. BT.JAI R .

PROF. A. N . T . G. B URKITT, M.B., B .. c. H. M. HA WKINS.

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DIRECTOR:

CHARLES ANDERSON, M.A., D.Sc.

S E CRETARY:

\V. T . WELL , A .I .A.Y·.

S CIENTIFIC STAFF:

WILLIAM W. THORPE, Ethnologist. J . llOY ICI GHORN, Z oologist, in charge of B i'rds, R eptiles, and .A.mphibians. ELLL · LE G. TROUGHTON, Zoologist, in char-ge of Mammals and keletons.

A THONY MlJ GRAVE, Entomologist. F. A. Me E I LL, Zoologist, in charge of Lou'er l rt. 'tertebrates.

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T. HODGE- •MITH, Miner-alogist and P etrolog'ist . TOM IREDA LE, Conchologist .

GILBERT P . \VHITLEY, I chthyolog1.'st . A. A. LIVI G TO E, Assistant Zoologist .

H. 0. FLETCHER, Assistant in Palceontology. J{. •. M'KEOWN, Assistant .Entomolog1'st .

\V. BOARDl\f~-\N, Assistant Z oologi t.

L I BRARY STAF F :

\V. A. RA! BOW, Librarian . •

F . D. Me 1ARTHY, Assistant Librarian .

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Sharks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G . P. WHITLEY Winter Whiteness : A Museum Group .............................................. . Pottery, an Ancient Art ............................................ W. W. THORPE The Sawfish ....................................................... G . p. WHITLEY The Story of the N ototheria .......................................... H. H. ScoTT With theR.A .O.U . totheBarrington Tops District .. A . MusGRAVE, F.E.S., and T. G . CAMPBELIJ

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No. 2, APRIL- JUNE, 1927 . Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Cruisin.g in the Santa Cruz ............. E. L E G . TROUGHTON and A. A. LIVINGSTONE 41

• The Wanderin.g Albatross ................................. J. R. KINGHORN, C.M.Z.S~- 48 The Queensland Lung:fish ........................................... G . P. WHITLEY 50 Further Notes upon Marsupial Birth ........................... E . L E G . TROUGHTON 53 The Carrier Shell ......................... ~ ........................ J OYCE K. ALLAN 57 A Visit to Jenolan The Skeleton Cave ................. ................ H. E . CRABB 58 Organic Evolution ........................................ C. .i\..NDERSON, M.A., D .Se . 61 -Wombats and Their Ways .............................. CHARLES BARRETT, C.M.Z.S. 66 The " Resurrect ed " Snail ............................................ ToM lREDALE 71 •

· No. 3, JuLY- SEPTEMBER, 1927. Ear I y · Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 The Isles of Santa Cruz ................ E . L E G . TROUGHTON and A . A. LIVINGSTONE 77 History of the Trout in N ew South Wales ......................... H. K. ANDERSON 86 Water Bugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. G . CAMPBELL 90 Australia's L argest Fossil The RhrEtosaurtts Dinosaur .......... H. A . L oNG MAN, .F .L.S. 97 Angler Fjshes ...................................... · ................. G . P. WHITLEY 103 •

A Census of Australian Fishes ...................................... G . P . WHITLEY 108

No . 4, O cTOBER- D ECEMBER, 1927 . The First Australian Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill The Native B ear .......................................................... : ...... 112 Last Days at Santa Cruz .............. E . L E G . TROUGHTON and A . A . LIVINGSTONE 113 A Romance of Two Words Ammonia and Ammonite ................... H. E. CRABB 124 The Flower of the Wave ........................................... G . P. WHITLEY 126 A Lilliputian Marine Battle ......................... F. A. Mc NEILL and H. l\1. HALE 129 A Gigantic Extinct Lizard ................................ C. ANDERSON, M .A ., D.Sc. · 132 •

Harmful Australian Spider s .................................... A . MusGRAVE, F.E.S. 134 A R emarkable Fish Parasite ........................................ G . P. WHITLEY 139 The Case and Faggot Moths ......................................... MAUD P. DAY 141

No . 5, JANUARY- MARCH, 1928. Control of P ests ................................................................. 147 Catching Sharks for Profit ......................................... T. C. RouGHLEY 149 The Irish D eer .......................................... C. ANDERSON, M.A., D.Sc . 156 P eeps into Sea-Bird Home Life ...................................... P . A. GILBERT 158 Some Dwellers of the Bush ........................................... H. C. BARRY 161 Amber .................................................... E u GEN N EUMANN' M.D. 164 One Hundred Y ears ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7 The late W. E. J. Paradice and The Australian Museum .............. G. P. WHITLEY 169 In the Macpherson Range ...................................... A. MusGRAVE, F .E.S. 171

No. 6, APRIL- J UNE, 1928. Through the Land of Little Rain Glimpses of Nature in Central Australia

CHAS. BARRETT, C.M.Z.S. 184 The Kingsgate Molybdenite l\1ines ................................... T. HeDGE SMITH 194 War against P ests ....... -. ........................ ToM IRE DALE and F . A. McNEILL 197 An Unwelcome Guest of Man ........................................ W. BoARD MAN 201 B·urragorang Valley and B eyond ...... C. ANDERSON, M.A., D.Sc ., and T. G . CAMPBELL 204 Aboriginal Axes ................................. w·. w. THORPE and M. s. STANLEY 210 The Colong Caves ................................................ CECIL J. BARNES 21 2

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No. 7, J uLY- SEPTEMBER, 1928. Editorial : The Great Barrier Reef Expedition ............ · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · . · · ....... .

ea-Cows The Story of t he Dugong ........................... E . 'L E G . TROUGHTO Sea Anemones and Their Associates ............................... A . A . LIVI GSTO E

Water Supply of the Aborigines ..................................... W . W. THORPE Hidden Dwellers of th e Tidal F lats ........... F . A. McNEILL and A . A . LIVINGSTONE The Habits of our Common . Shore Crabs .......................... MELBOURNE WARD The late John Hopson An Appreciation ....................... A . MusGRAVE, F .E .S . Feather and Fins The Birds and Fishes of Michaelmas Cay, Great Barrier Reef, Queens-

land ............. ............................. ToM lREDALE and G . P . WHITLEY

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A Link with the Leverian Museum.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Bicentenary of t he Birth of Captain James Cook ........... C. ANDERSON, M .A ., D.Sc . 257 J enny Hanivers .......... ........................................... G . P . WHITLEY 262

ew Guinea : Land of th e Devil-Devil Motion Pictures and Stone Age Pygmies · . . E . A . BRIGGS, M .Sc. 265

:rhe Mountain Minnow ............................................. FRANK W ALFORD 27 4 Textile Work on Pentecost I sland, .N:ew H ebrides .............. ELEANOR S . WILLIAMS 278 Day on the Daintree, a Tropic River ................ ... ... CHARLES BARRETT, C .M.Z.S . 282

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No. 9, JANUARY- MARCH, 19.29. 13ircl and the Bu h ..... ................................ K. A . HINDWOOD, R.A.O.U. Alligator or Crocodile? .............................. . . . ... J . R. KINGHORN, C .M .Z.S . rrhe Flight of Fishes .............................................. T . c. ROUGHLEY Barrallier's Blue Mountain Exploration in 1802 ........ R . H . CAMBAGE, C .B .E ., F .L.S . A aturalist in the Gulf Count ry .................. .. . . ... . ... . ..... T. G . CAMP BELL With the Great Barrier R eef Expedition ........... G. P . WHITLEY and W. BoARDMAN The Lure of a Mangrove Swamp ........ ........................ A . MusGRAVE, F.E.S .

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~~di torial : Exploration of the Seas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 27 Marine Animals from Low I sles, Queensland ... . ... G . P. WHITLEY and W . BoARDMAN 330 Aboriginal Adaptability ....................................... . ..... W . W . THORPE 33 7 Life in a Mangrove Swamp .................................... A . MusGRAVE, F .E .S . 341

n E el-Fare at Parramatta ......................................... G . P . WHITLEY 348 Fo il Hunting at Q uidong ............................. . ....... ... . H . 0 . FLETCHER 349 Page from Our Past ............................................... G . P . WHITLEY 355

aturalists in Australia The Frenchmen ............ . ................. ToM IREDALE 357 •

No. 11, J uLY- SEPTEMBER, 1929. The Di covery of t he Queensland Lungfish ............................ G . P . WHITLEY 363

Permanent Method of Storing Valuable Natural History Specimens .. L . S . G . BuTLER 364 Quaint Creatures of a Coral I sle .................. G . P. WHITLEY and W . Bo.ARDMAN 366 rrhe Bird Man .. ..................................................... ToM lREDALE 375 The Rock Warbler ................................... ~ .. K. A . HINDWOOD, R .A. 0 . U . 379 lYii ro copic Mite of the ea .......... · .......................... A. A . L rvi GSTO E 385 Teeth of Mammal ................. .... .. ................ C. ANDER o , M .A ., D .Sc. 389 Perry Area na . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 6

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ave Hunting and What W e Found ............ ............ CHAS. BARRETT, C.M.z. ~ . 41--t. Captain Cook's Leatherjacket ...................... ToM lREDALE and G . P. WHITLEY 421

aturalist on the outh-W e. t P lains .......................... KEITH . M J(Eovv -!26

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... -\bori< ·inc1 l ndaptabilit. " 337

... -\borio·inal, D atl1 of Jirllll1. l m 11t , 140 •

.A .. borio·i11a l Dra"V\~i11g , 4 14 borigi11 , ' Vat r tll)l)ly of, 233

~..f. crobate pygn~cett , 163 ... J ctct?a ton~entosa, 370 Actin~·cola p e'rcula, 367 ..d.cti nodendron plumo un~, 231 Albatro ~ Wa11dering, 4 .A.LLA , J OYCE K. : The Carrier h ell, 57 .A.lligator, 295 ... ..\.mb r, 164 ... t\.mmonia, 124 Ammonite, 124 Arnphipri on papuensi s, 251 A DERSO , C. : Organic Evolution, 61 ;

A Gigantic Extinct Lizard, 132 ; The Irish Deer, 156 ; Teeth of Mammals, 389

A DER o , C., and T. G . CAMPBELL : Burragorang V a lley and B eyond, 204

.t\. DER o , H. K. : Hi tory of the Trout in ew South Wale , 86

Anemone Fish, 367 ... ..\.nemone, Giant, 336 Angler Fishes, 103 Antennarius striatus, 103 Anthornis m elanura, 12 Anthropological Society of N ew South

Wales, Formation of, 273 A pteryx haasti, 11 Arcana, Perry's, 396 Archimanti s lati styla, 431 ~4.trax jormidabi l is, 135 Atrax robustus, 134 Au tralian Apostle Bird, 12 AustralianMuseum, Centen a ry of, 3, 167; Early

Days, 7 5 ; The Fir t, 111 ; Pages from Our Past, 355

Axes, Aboriginal, 210

Back-swimmers, 94 Bal·istes vetula, 42 2 Bandicoot, 163 B ankia at tstrali s, 19 7 Barclav River, 310

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66; Through the L and of Little Rain­Glimp:::;es of ature in Central Australia, 184; Days on the Da.intree, a Tropic River, 282 ; Cave Huntin.g and What W e Found, 414

Barrier R eef Exped ition, G r at, 313 Barrington Tops District, 26 BARRY, H. C. : Some Dwell r . of the Bush,

161 Bear , ative, 112 13eche-de-Mer, 333 Bell bird, 12 Bennett, George , 76 Bertram, B., Obituary of, 277 J3ird, 1' a, Home Lif , 158 J3ison H cad, 85 Blopharoc;orjds , :30 Bluo l) u e;k, J 0 Hluo W~11~i~ l nd (J row't 12

BoARDMAN, W.: An Unwelcome Gue t of Man, 201 ; The R eef Build(\r, 400 [see WHITLEY, G. P.]

Bower Bird, Satin, 292 l3RIGG , E. A. : New Guinea, Land of the

D ev il-Devil, 265 Burragorang Valley, 204 B1-1tch er Bird, 293

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p ecimens, 364

Cali gus sp., 130 C allceas cin erea, 10 • Callceas wi lsoni , 12 CAMBAGE, R. H. : Barrallier Blue Mountain

Exploration in 1802, 301 Cambage, R. H., Obituary of, 303 CAMPBELL, T. G . : Water Bug , 90 ·

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Carcharodon carcharias, 13 Cav e Drawings, 414 Cen.tral Australia, 184 Ceratodus forsteri, 50, 363 Oetorhinus maximus, 15 Challenger, H.J\1.8., 327 Chelura cambrica, 198 Chi loscyllium ocellatum, 366 Clams, 330 Clania i gnobili s, 143 Clem ents, Jimmy (Aboriginal), Dea h of, 140 Cobra, 197 Codonophi lus imbricatus, 129 Coghlan, F. A ., Retirement from Board :...97 Colong Caves, 212 Colong District, 204 Commensalism, 231 Cook, Captain J ames, Bicentenar of I3ir·th,

257 ; Leatherjacket, 421 Coral, 400 Coral Fish, 250 Corals, Fossil, 352 Coturnix novce zealandice, 9 Cowries, 331 Crab s, Common hore, 242 ; liant l~dibl

T asm anian, 7 ; Giant J apan . [\ 6 : Mangrove, 342 · emaphore 342 ~ ~ \Yift Sand, 370 · Swimming 373

CRABB, H. E. : Vi it to ,J nola!l . ,) : R om an ce of Two \ ord "'" mmonit

and Ammonia, 124 Cracticus torquatus, 293 Creadion carunculatus, 11 Crocodiles, 117, 295, 307 Cyanorhamphus auricep , 12 Cyanorhamphus novce zelandice, l2 Gyp i lurus cribriosus 140

D a int ree River, 2 2 D ana, R oyal Dani h R e earch teamer. 409 D AY, M AUD P. : The Ca e and Faagot

Moth s , 14 1 D eer , Irish, 156 D endrolagus sp., 284 D iabolidium arcturi, 104 Ditlosaur, The Rhcetosauru 97 J) ion~edea exu lans, 48

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F erguson, Dr. E. W., Obituary of, 131 Fire-flies, 28 Fish-killers, 93 Fish Louse, 129 •

Fishes, Census of Australian, 108 Fishes, Flight of, 2 9 8 FLETCHER, H. 0. : Fos il Hu11ti11g at

Quidong, 349 Flight of Fishes, 298 I

Flowers, Cross-fertilization of, 291 \

Forst er, George, Drawing of Old ' ' rife or Trigger Fish, 422

Fossil Hunting, 349 Frigate Bird, 249 Frogmouth, 293 Gaimard, 360 Galaxias coxii, 2 7 4 Garnot, 360

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Life, 158 Glycyphi la julvijrons, 405 Gull, Silver, 15 9 Gould, John, 3 7 5 · Great Barrier R eef Expedition, 219 Great Barrier R eef, 400 Gribble, 198 Groper , Queensland, 365 Group, Lungfish, 52 ;

P tarmigan, 16 Grouse, 16

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Gulf Country , 305 · Harrison, Prof. Launcelot, Obituary of, 191 H awkins, H. M., Election as Trustee, 329 Hedley, Mrs. G. H., Presentation of Books, 5 H elix desertorum, 71 H elrecius cordijormis, 242 H emiphaga novre seelandire, 11 Heron, R eef, 159 H eteralochra acutirostris, 10

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H olothur1·a sp., 333 H ombron and J acquinot, 360 Honey-eaters, 404 Hopson, J ohn, Obituary of, 247 Hydatina circulata, 240 ; H. physis, 239

· H ylacola p yrrhopygia, 406 H ylarcta huebneri , 143 ; H. nigrescen s, 143 H ymenola1"mus malacorhynchus, 10 Huia, 10 lREDAI,E, ToM : The " R esurrect ed " Snail,

71 ; Naturalists in Aust r alia The Frenchmen, 357 ; The Bird Man, 375

IREDAIJE, ToM, and F. ~L\... McNEILL : W a.r aga.inst P ests, 197

IREDALE, To:v.r, and G. P. WHITI.EY :Feather s and Fins The Bird and Fish es of

lVI.i ch achna •ay, (~re n L I ~u, rri 0. r H~oe f, Que n sland, 248; •a pt.a in ()ook's L eatherjack et, 4-21

Iso rhothophi lus, 126 Jacquinot, 360 ,Jenny Han1vers, 262 J enolan Caves, 58

Kaka, 12 Kal~apo, 10 Kangaroo, 284 Kingfish, 368

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KINGHORN, J. R. : The Wa11deri11g Albatross, 48 ; .A.L\.lligator or Crocodile ? 295

Kingsgate Molybdenite Mines, 194 Kiwi, 11 Koala, 112 Krefft, J. L. G. , 76 KREFFT, GERARD : Discovery of Ceratodus,

363 Lagopus albus, 16 Lambis lambis, 3 31 La Perouse, 44 Latrodectus hasselti i, 134 Laughing Owl, 11 Leatherjacket, Captain Cook's, 421 L eichhardt, Ludwig, 306 Lesson and Garnot, 360 Lesueur, 358 Leverian Museum Drawings, 255 Limnoria, 198 Liversidge, Professor A ., Obituary of, 148 LIVINGSTONE, A . A. : Sea Anemones and

Their Associates, 229 ; Microscopic l\1ites of the Sea, 385

LIVINGSTONE, ... L\.. A. [see M cNEILL, F. A.] Lizard, Extinct, 132 LoNGMAN, H . A. : Australia's Largest F ossil

- The Rhcetosaurus Dinosaur, 97 Lop hi us piscatorius, 104 Low Isles, Queensland, Marine Animals

from, 330 Low Isles, North Queensland, 366 Lungfish, Queensland, 50, 363 Lyre Bird, 291 M cAndrew, G. W., OrJituary of , 31 2 M 'KEOWN, KEITH C. : A N aturalist on the

South-West Pla ins , 426 Macleay , Alexander, 75 lVIacleay, George, 76 Macleay, Wm. S., 75

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Macrophthalmu s sp., 244 M cNEILL, F. A. : The L a rgest Crab, 6 M cNEILL, F. A., and H ERBERT M . H ALE :

A Lilliputian Marine B a t t le, 129 M cN EILL, F. A., and A. A. Lrvr G TO E :

Hidden Dweller s of t h e Tida l F lat , 238 M cN EILL, F. i \ .. . [see lREDALE, 'ToM ] Mac pher son Range, In t h e, l 7 1 M alu rus lamberti , 294 Mamma ls, T eeth of, 389 ,... Mance, F. S., Elect ed as Truste , a Mangroves, 318., 341, 372 Mangrove Fish, 342 Man grove Whelk, 3 7 2 Mantis , Praying , 431 Marine Borers, 197 Ma rsupia l Birt h , !3 :3 Mau g , 359

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.Jl caaceros h ibern icus, 156 JI cga/a,n ia pri ea 132 .Jlegalopteru ntinutu , 24 Jteliorni ?totre holland'ice, 40-i Jfelipha.ga le~lcoti , 406; 1\1. u~elanops, 407 Jlelo amphora, 331 Melo11 h 11, 331 l\1embran1'pora m e1nbranacea, 3 6 1lfenura up erba, 291 l\1ice, Yellow-footed Poll l1 d, 163 ~1idge, Cecidomyid, 345 :\1innow, Mountain, 274 J1iro australis, 12; M. /o r~yipe , 1~ l\1itchell, Thos. L., 76 ~1oa, 9 Mollu cs, Mangrove, 344 Molybdenite , 195

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Moths, Case and Faggot, 141 Murrumbidgee River, 426 Mu GRAVE, ANTHO y: Harmful Australian

Spiders, 134; In the Macpherson Range , 171 ; The late John Hopson, an Appreciation, 24 7 ; The Lure of a Mangrove Swamp, 318 ; Life in a Mangrove Swamp, 341

l\1u SGRAVE, A., and T . G, CAMPBELL : With the R .A.O.U, to the Barrington Tops District, 26 ·

Native Pigeon, 11 Naturalists, Fren ch, in Australia , 357 N estor meridi onalis, 12

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~ew H ebrides, T extile Work, 278 Noddy, White -Capped, 158, 248 .... orth Island Crow, 12 North I sland Thrush, 9 N otiomystis cin cta, 11 N ototherium m i tchelli , 25 ; Nulla nulla, 339 Oceanography, 327

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Ocypoda ceratophthalma, 245 ; 0. u rvillei , 24 7 CE ceticus elongata, 141 Onychoprion juscatus, 248 Opossum, 161 Orectolobus devisi , 366; 0. m aculatus , 14 Origma ru bricata, 3 7 9 Ourozeuktes owen i , 129 Owl Parrot, 10 Pamborus morbi llosu s, 28 Paractis papaver, 230 Paradice, Surg. Lt. -Comm., R.A.N., P elew

I slands Collection, 5 Paradice, the late W. E. J., a nd the Austr a lia i

Museum, 169 Parakeet, R ed-fronted, 12 ;

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Profit, 149 ; The Fligh t of Fi. h . :2H Rou GHLEY, T. C., and G. P. \~THITLEY:

D eep Sea Exploration on th Dana -t-On Saddleback s, 11 Santa Cruz, 41, 77, 113 Saw-sh a rk, 23 Sceloglaux albijacies, 11 S chmidt, Professor J., 327

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cylla serrata, 373 a , Exploration of, 327 a -la ce, 385

ea-mats, 385 ea r ·hins, 335, 371 h a rk, Carpet, 14, 366 · Ca t , 366 : Hatntn r­

h ead, 14 ; Whale, 1- · ''Thit . 1:3: Whit e P ointer, 13 · \\Tobb gong, 14

h a r 1~ , Catching for Profit 14!) h a rk , Commercial a lu , 1,-h ell, Carr ier, 57 MITH, T. H oDGE : T he K ing.:"' a t .Jlolyb-

d en it e Mines, 194 nail, 71 olen correctus, 239 outh I land Crow, 10 p ear-heads, Ab original, 337 p n ee, J ., A ccession to Board :.. 97 p en cer , Sir B aldwin, Obituary of 42

~.. phceroma quoyana, 200 ~ p id ers , Harm ful, 134 · R ed - pot or R ed­

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TA .. LEY, M. S. [see THORPE, W. W .] ).. tichopus chloronotus, 334

toichactis sp., 231, 336 Stone, l\1iss, Drawings by, 255 Stonefish, 368 Stone-flies, 31 Storing Natural History Spec11nens, 304 Stringops habropti lus, 10 Struthidea cinerea, 12 Sucking Fish, 22 Swa.mp Hen, 9 Swordfish, 23 A.'Jynanceja horrida, 369 Synapta, 335

Tcen·ia solium, 201 Tapeworm, 201 Teeth of Mammals, 389 Tern, Roseate, 158 T etradrachmum aruanum, 250

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THORPE, W . W . : Pottery, an Ancient Art, 17 ; Water Supply of the Aborigines, 233 ; _Aboriginal Adaptabilit:y, 337

THORPE, W. W ., and M. S. STANLEY : Aboriginal Axes, 210

Toe-biters, 91 Tongue-biter, 129 Tree-grasshopper, 430 Trichosurus vulpecula, 161 Tridacna, 330 Tripneustes grati lla, 3 71 Trochus ni loticus, 332

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· TROUG~~ON, ~ · LE G., and A. A. LrviNGSTONE : Cruising In the Santa Cruz, 41 ; The Isles of Santa Cruz, 77 ; L ast Days at Santa Cruz, 113

Trout, 86 Turnagra tanagra, 9

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Trustee, 5 Warbler, Rock, 379 WARD, MELBOURNE : The Habjt.· of our

Common Shore Crabs, 242 Wa~d, Melbourne, Appointe d H ono r etr y

Zoologist, 399 \Vasp, Paper-nest, 207 Water-boatmen, 95 \Vater Bugs, 90 Water Scorpions, 91 Water Striders, 91

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fish, 21 ; The Queensland Lungfi. h ) 50 · Angler Fishes, 103 ; A Census of Australian Fishes, 108 ; The Flower of the Wave, 126; A R emarkable Parasite 139 ; An Eel-fare at Parramatta 34 · J enny Haniver s, 262 ; Pages fro~ Our Past, 355 ; The Discovery of the Queen _ land Lungfish, 363

WHITLEY, G. P., and W . BoARDMA : Wit h the Gr eat Barrier R eef Expedition 313· Marine Animals from Low Isles, Q~een _ land, 330 ; Qua int Creatures of a Coral Isle , 366

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Wideawakes, 248 WILLIAMS, ELEANOR S . : T xtile \ Vorl{: o11

P entecost Island, N ew H ebrid 27 W obbegong, 366 Wombat, 66 Woodhen, 12 Wren, V ariegated, 294 X enophora sp., 57 X iphias gladius, 23

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