INDEX Names of contributors are sit in small cabitals.

Aboriginal carvings, 2 18 Arlaptive 1·adiation, 66 Admit·alty [s lets, 44, :315 Aestrelata leucoptem, 14::\, 144. 145 Albatross, Black Eye-browed, 251 Amedcan l\IuRewn of Natural H istory cx-

porlition, 56 Anaconda, 54 A.naphaeis janrt vat·. teutonia, 14 Ancylostom,a duodenale, 147 ANDER~ON, C., The Lw·e o.f the Big Nugget.

16; :Museum Groups, 27 ; The W elcome Stranger Nngget, 60 ; Some fn.mous Diamonds and th~ir Story, 75; Opal. the Rainbo·w Gem, 200; A D inosaur Ex-

h ibit, 314 Anemones, 81, 10 8 A.nguilla, 40 Animal d istribution, 88: life, destmction of,

4:-J. ()5 ; protection. 65, 154, 223, 287 Anous stolidus, 259 Anteaters, Spiny, 65 Ants, Gt·een, 84 ; White, 11 , 84 Asterina calcar, 106 , exigu.a, 106 Astur fasr-iatus, 228 Austt·alian Museum, 5, 6 ; brief bistory of.

167; buildings, 255; co1lecting, 6~; con­gestion, 95 ; Magazine, objects of, 3

Babblers, 131 Ball's Pyramid, 230 Balolo worm, 220 · BanfielJ, E. J.; 301; Deat h of, 284 Banyans, 37 Barnacles. 109 BARRET'r, CHARLES , Some Birds of Prey, 225;

" The Beachcomber " and Lis Tropic Jsle. , 301

Barter , Z8 1 .Beche-cle-1\:[(.'lr, H6 Bee, Native, 274-"Belmont British," 183 Big Island, 146 Big-hill Mutton Birds, 38 Bird Protection, l 54, 185, ::JOI:i Birds of prey. 225 ; useful and desLructi ve,

122-123 "Black" collection, 192 Blnckfellows' pictur~s, 7 Blue-billies, 44, 259 Boa constrictor , 54 Bone growth, 150 Boondeldah Island, 14-6 Bowen I sland, 143 Breast Ornament from Rabaul. 124 BRIOGS, m_ A., A Crawling J elly-fish from

Por t .Jackson., 20 ; A Naturalist on the Great Barrie r Reef, 79

British Museum expedition, 284: Brittle-Sta.r s, 106 Brush l sland, 142 Rulbul, Red-Whiskered, 152, 2 19 Burns, Sir Jas., Death of, 288 Bursa bubo, 165-166 Buttedly, White Caper , 14

Cabbage Tree lsland, 143 Oacatua galerita, 265 Oama1'a8au1·us, 315 C:anvpo~cia retu~a. ?.44

Canoe, Solomon Island wat·, 74, 289 Carpet snake, 54 Oas~UI comt,ta, 166 CAYL:t::Y. NEVILLE vV., Notes on the Babblers,

131 Cephalopoda, 234-0eratophyllus .fasciatuH. 116 Oerclm~i8 cenchroidcs, 229 "Challenger" Expedition reminiscences, 212 Chameleon, 189 Oharonia lantpas, 166 ; n·itoni8, 16+ Chough, White-winged, 227 Cicada, Yellow Ml)nclay, 204 Oimol·iosatwus, 121 Clam, 36; Giant, 164 Olen~acr.tntha regale, l 81 CLIJ't'TON, G. C.," Belmont British," 182 Cockatoo, Deat h of White, 265 Coinage, 281 Collecting trip on a trawler, 171 Oonchoecetes artijiciosus, 245 Coral reef, :33, 80, 259 Oorcorax melanorhamphu~. 227 Crab, Fiddler or Calling, 83 : Harlequin, 244 ;

Hermit, 59 ; l\farsnpial, 58; Rock, 108: Sat·gasso or Gulf-weed. 57 : Shaggy. 24fi ; Shell-dwel1ing, 245; Spider, 244; Sponge, 243

Grow's nest, 216 Crustacean camoufieurs, 243 Crustaceans. 57 Ctenocephalus canis. 1 l 6 Otenopsylla musculi, 116 Cunjevoi, 107 CuiTency, 281 Oybium jlammeu1n, 163 Oyclochila au.stralasiaf-, 204 Cynthia praeputialis, 107

Dasybatiii thetidis. 17:3 Davidson, H. E. Sir Waiter, Death of, 288 Depths of the Sea, 48 Diamond, Cullinan 78 ; Great 1\logul, 78 ;

Hope Blue, 76 ; Kohinoor, 75 ; Ol'loff, 78 Pitt, 76 ; Sancy, 77

Diamond Snake, 54 Dicrostichus maynificw>, 186 Dinosaur Exhibit. A, 315 Diomedia melanophrys. 251 Diplodactyltts vitlattts. 248 Dorippe dorsipes, 246 Dove, Indian Spotted. 184 Dromidiopsi~ excavata, 2-!.5 Dugongs, 8 1

Eagle, Wedg~-tai1ed, 225 ; Whistling, 225 ; White-hreasted Sea, 225; White-headed f:;ea, 225

Echidna, 65 l~gg collecting condemned. 185 Egypt, Toilet art,icles from, 119 8lectric Rays, 89 Essay Competition, 2:~2, 292 Eudypt·ttla minor. 1:39, 142, J 44, 197 E-unectes mm·inm~, 54: J!Junice vi1·idid, 220 fiJ u terme~ pyrifo r m:is, 11 E :reirtts lateritus, 209 P::rlato:iomn tiaratnm, 179

lNDmX.

Fnaciolaria Jilamentosa, I 66 , . . .FI·:RGUSON, E. W .. Rats and Jileal:! m then·

Relation to Plngue, 11 4-l!"'ig trees and Lheit· associated wasps, 27H Fijians, 101 lfit•o production. 249 Fish, Goggle-eyed ~{ang•·ovo, 82: Ribbon, l-!6 Fish traps, 20:l l<'i ve I slands, 143 Flying Phalange•· Taguan, 191, 193 Flea. Dog. 116 ; Em·opean Rat, HI> ;

Indian Red. L 15; Mouse. 116 Fleas in thei•· t•clation to plague, 114 l•'t,l~TCHlm, RAROLO 0 .. 'rhe 1\[ystet·y Lake,

214 l~ly, Bladder. 85; F1·uit, 274; l c:hneumon.

85 ; Lantern, 27H ; Robl>e•·. 81) FJ,YNN, T. THOMSON, A Whale of Bygone

D ays, 266 'Food Ranger, Fijian, 158

Gannet, 45, 258 Gecko, Broad-tailed, 24:7 ; Wood, 248 Goshawk, Aust.ralian, 228 Grant, Robe1 t, Death of. 242 Grea.t Barrier Reef, 79 Gregorv, Prof. W. K. , 56 GltEGoitY, W. K., Austt·alian i\lammals and

why they should be protected, 65 Oroup, Aboriginal, 4; Admiralty Rocks, 257;

Antarctic, 27 ; Boatswain hird, 1:~3 ; Cot•nl Pool , 259; Hawaiian, 28; Ravi, 293

Gt·oup, making of, 27 0RUTZ~1ACH1':R, F. L., A Seaside Ramble. 102 Gull, Silver, 140 Oymnodactylus plat·urus, 24 7

Hq,lcyon sanctus, 151 Haliastu1· indus, 225 Halwetis lett.COgaster. 225 Hapalocarcinus •mm·supialis, 58 HARDY, G. H., The Spider-eating Insects of

A\Lc;tralia, 8.1- ; :Migratory Locusts, 121 ; In a Brisba·ne garden, 273

H.utonAVES, W. H., Reminiscences of the "Challenger" Expedition, 212

Hawk, Brown, 227 Heart Urchin, 21 HEnLEY, CHARLJ~S, Blackfellows' Picliures,

7 ; The Depths o[ the Sea, 48 ; How Savages use the Sea Shells, 163 ; A Talk about Shells, 233

Heron, Nankeen Night, 146 Hippocampus abdominalis, 103 Hookworm, 147 Horse's Hardship, 150 Household Pests, 11 Howea josteriana, 32 H uenia proteus, 244 HuLL, A. F. B ,\.SSET, The l slands of Xew

South Wales and their Birds, 139 Hunter Island, 276 Hurley's Expedition to New Guinea, 162,

192, 293 Hyastenus diacantJtus, 243 Hymenosoma, 40 Hypnarce sugnigra, 89

lslands of New Soul h W ~~olcs and theit· Birds, 1:~9

I ~o peda v illosct, 65

Jelly-fish. Crawling, 20 Jelly-fishes, 102

Kaimari, 2 93 " l<en.tia ·' palms, ;} 2 Kestrel, Nankeen. 229 Kingfisher, Sacred, 151 . , KrNC:HOLtN, J. Rov, Snake,; ; Lhctl' h~ugs and

Venom Apparatus, 22; S~Jme lat·ge Non-Venomous Rnakos and their Food,53; The R.A.O.U. Conference and Museum v. Private Collections, 86; Bird Notes, 151, 184 ; The Chameleon, 189 ; A R-omance in t he Life of the Little Penguin, 197 : The Red-Whiskered Bulbul, 219 ; Some little known Lizards- The Geckos, 24.7

Lakatoi, 281, 299 Lake Eyre, 214 Lake Letty, 216 Larus novea-hollandiae, 14.0 Latrodectus hasselti, 56 Lectures, 63 ; extension, 123, 132 ; to the

blind, 90 Ltvi'NGSTON.E, AR'J'EfUlt A., Experiences and

Impressions of a Collecting Trip on a Trawler. 171 ; Life and Strife among the Sea Birds, 251

Locustc;, migratory or plague, 120 LONQMAN, HEBER A., The Queen of Spinner's ,

186 Lord R owe I sland, 31, 133, 257

M:cCuLLOCH. ALLAN R., Dying slowly, 21 ; Lord Howe I sland-A Naturalist's Para· dise, 31 ; Electric Rays. 89 : Pigs' Tusks and Armlei.s, 117 ; The Making of a Museum Group,133 ; War in the Gat·den. 209 : Sea-Dragons (Phyllopteryx), 231 ; Two uew Museum Groups, 257 ; Mud­dwellers of Kaimari, 293

l\Ic l\IAHON, 'rHoS. J., Ocean Island. The Phosphate industry, 155

:NICNEILL, ~·. A., Quaint Crustaceans. 57 ; Peculiar Agencies of Anima.l Distributiou, 88 ; Crustacean Camou fleur s. 243 ; The Strange Fate of a White Cockatoo, 265

McRa.e, G., Death of. 256 Macronectes gigantea, 252 l\Iagic and Sorcery, 87 Magpies, 41 Mammals, Austra,lian, 65 Mantis, Praying, 238 Maori, 98 Marsupials, 66 Megalatract·us a·l'uctnu$, 166 Meteorites, 3ll Micronesians, 99 Milbum, Geo., 121 1\Iollyhawk, 251 Monotremes, 65 Montagne Island, 139 Moreton Bay Fig Wasp. 278 MonniSBY, L. H., The Sul phm lsland, 276 Mud-Dwellers of Kaimari, 293

lemcidea be?'igo1·a, 227 Insects, Leaf, 177-181; t:ipider-cating, 84;

:)tick, 177-181

Murramurang Island, l42 .Museum v. pri.vaLo collections, 86 Museums and Universities Conference, ~87

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INDEX.

) htseums. ancient and modern. 161 ; Endow-ment:-$, 191 . " ,

1 .

)ltJSGRAVt·;, A., Austn\han insects: 1. \o\ 1~ l e · Ant " Commun!ties, ll. , ~he Wh1.te

Btlttedly l\Iicrt·atwn. 11 ; Sptders, p01s-o · r:r:: St' k cl onous and otherwuso. iJ,) ; . IC. an

Leaf lnsects, 177 ; A Natura hst m t he upper Chichester. Valley, 19:~ ; Tho Yellow Monday Ctcada, 204 )lutton Bird. -!4, 45, 1 42-143, 259

Jl yliobatis anstralis, 1 n

Necator americanus, 1-!7 Nereis, 91 New Hebrides, 1 L 7 .Noddies, 259 Notornis alba, 32 . , Nu<Yget Holtermann's, J U; ·' .i\fa1LlanJ Bar,

"' 18; "Welcome Stranger ," 17, GO Numbies, 89

Ocean Island, 155 Octopus, 112 Ocydromas sytvestris, 42 Oetitrelata solandri, 38 Onyclwprion Jnliginosa, 257 Opal , 200 Ophiothri~: juma1·ia, 107 Otocompsa eme1·ia, 152

Palolo worm, 220 Pan-Pacific Science Congress, 277, 300, 320 Papuans,293 Papuasian!';, 100, 101 Pa;rachaeraps bicarinatus, 88 Paractis papaver, 108 Pa.ra.llelism in development, 70 ; in human

culture, 203 Paratya australiensis, 88 Pelagodroma m,arina, 142 PE111B E.RTON, C. E. , The Use of Australian

"Fig T rees and their associated Fig W ~ps in R eafforestat ion Work in the H awau an I slands, 278

Penguin, Little, 139, 142, 144, 197 Periophthalm,us koetreuteri, 82 Petauroides volans, 190 Petrel, Fluttering, 142; Giant, 252; Sombre,

144; White-faced storm, 142, 143 ; White-winged, 143-144, 145

Phaeton rubricauda, 38 Phalanger, Flying, 191, 195 Phosphate industry, 155 Phosphorescent animals, 104 Pigs' Tusks and Armlets, 117 Platypus, 65, 91 Plecaster decanus, 106 Plei.'fltodontes froggatti, 278 ; imperiali~. 280 ; Podacanthus typhon, 177, 180 ; vi1·idi ·

roseus, 180 ; 'l.tJilkinsoni, 180 Polynesians, 97 Pomastomus rubeculus, 132 ; ?'uficeps, 131 ;

temporalis, 131 ; superciliostUI, 1 3 1 Portuguese Man-of-War, 103 Procel8terna caerulea, 259 ProfJqualodon davidis, 92, 266 Protection of F auna, 65, 154, 223 , 287 Puffitti& ga?:ia, 142 ; gri~eu&, 14-4 ; pacificttli,

l ·U , 146, 259; tenuirostris, 142

Python,. African, 54; an~ethystintt.Y, 5a, 54; lndtan. u4; ntolurtts, 54; N. Aust n\liau Rock. 54; North Queensland, 5:3 ; R~gal ot· Reticulated, 54 ; 1·eticulatu~ 54 ·

'·-- r::.< 'to ' ' se~. t1':t'; spt tes, 54; spilote.., var. vanegctta, 54 ; ~pilotes var. variegatus, 54

Rabbit. I sland, 143 Rail, 42 RAINBOw. W. A., Bt·iet' Historv of the Aus-

t ralian Museum, 167 · Hainford, E. H., 91 Rats and flea.c;; in thei r relation to t>laaue 114 n ' 0 ' att-us norveg1cu8, 114 ; mttu.'l, 114 Raven. H. C., 56 Ravi, 293 R ay, Black, 173 ; Eagle, 173; Sandy-bacl<,

173

SAWYBR, A. Wn.BUR, The Story of the H ook-worm, 147

Sea-birds, Life and Strife among, 251 Sea-dragons, 231 Sea-egg, 21 Sea-horses, 103 Sea Shells, how Savages use them, 163-167 Sea-squirts, 107 Sea urchin, 105, 174 Sea waratah, 108 Shearwater. Short-tailed, 142: Wedge-tailed,

141-146 Shells, A Talk a bout. 233 ; Chitons, Ill ;

Conch , 164; Frog, 165-166; Helmet, 166 ; Limpets, 111 ; Mf'lon. 1 (}:3 ; l\Iussels, 112 ; Periwinkles, 110 ; Whelks, 109

Si\n TR, T. HoDGE, Meteorites. 3ll Snakes and their food, 53 Snakes' fangs, 92 Snake venom, 22 Spiders, 55 Spider, The Magnifiic·ent. 186 ; Huutsman,

55 : R ed Backed, 56 : Ta rantula, 55 ; Triantelope, 55

Squalodont Whale, 266 Starfish, 105 . . STEEL, THOS., A F ood Hanger wtth R at Dtsc

from Fiji, 158 Semta be1·gii, 141 StTepera cn'.ssalio, 41 Sula cyanops, 258 Sulphur Island, The, 276

Tarantula, 55 . Taxidermy, 182 TAYLOR GEOitGE A., Prize, 232, 292 'l'enoder~ awttralasia~, 238 Tenn ites, 11, 84 ~-'f ern C.·ested, 141 : Wideawa ke. 44. '.. ..>7

' " Thatch " palms, 32 . THORPE, WM. W.. Primit ive Mngtc a~u.l

Sorcery, 87; Native ~aces of t he ~ltd: Pacific, 97 ; Toilet Articles horn AncJent Egypt, 119 ; Breast O~nam~n t. 124 ; An Example of Parallehsrn 1n Hu~an Cultm'e. 203 . The P alolo vVonn. 220 ; Prirniti ve Fi;.e Production. 249 ;, • Barter, Currency. and Coinage. 281: A Iomuku, or Head -hunters' Canoe from the Solomon Islands, 289

'follgat.e Islands, 142 •rornako, 74, 289 Toxocida?·is erythrogranwHts, 104:

lNDEX.

Trachypterid jacksoneHsis, Uti Trepang, 36 Triantelope, 55 Tridacna, 36 ; gigas, 1154 Trochus niloticus, 79 Tropic Bird, 38 Tropi<Wderus childrcni, 179 Tn.ouoHTON, E. LE G., A Horse's Hi1rdship,

150 Trumpet Shells, 164-165 Turtus suratensis, 184 Tutankhamen, 263 Tyrann~saurus, 317

Upper Chichester Valley, 193 Uroaetus auda.1;, 225 Urolophu.<1bucculentus, 173

Fetitia titan. 180 Vicars, Sir Wm., Elect.ion as Trustee, 288

War in the Ga•·den, 209 Wasp, 8.3; Yellow and Black ~and, 209 .

Jfig, 278 ' Wasps attacking Cicadas, 20!) Water glass, 34 "W a.terhouse "collection of butterflies 4 Whale of bygone clays, 266 ' "White Ant " communities. 11 White Butterfly migration, J-! WHITLEY, UILBJ<~n.~·, The Praying Manti~:; 238 Wood-hen, 42 ' Worm, Marine, 91 1-Vunderlich, E., Donation 4 \V UNDFl.RLICR! ERNI!:S~, Tile Recent Archa.eo-

JoglCal Dtscover·y m Egypt, 26a

X~nopt~ylla clwopis, 11 5 X tphovaris, 40

"YabiJie," 88

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