CONTENTS. 



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The Breeding habits of the Paradise Pish. By Edgrar R. Waite, 



F.L.S, Zoologist ... ... ... ... 1 



Description of the Mutilated Cranium of a large Fish from the 

 Lower Cretacious of Queensland. By R. Etheridge, Junr., 

 Curator . . . . . . . . . . .5 



Studies in Australian Araneidse No. 4. By W. J. Rainbow, F.L.S., 



F.E.S., Entomologist ... .. .. .. 9 



An Addition to the Lacertilian Fauna of the Solomon Islands. 



By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Zoologist . . . . . . 13 



The Further Discorery of Dugong Bones on the Coast of New 



South Wales. By R. Etheridge, Junr., Curator ;'...' i/ ... 17 



On an Insular Form of Melithreptus hrevirostris, Vigors and Hors- 

 field. By Alfred J. North, C M.Z.S., C.M,B.O,U., Ornitho- 

 logist .. .. .. .. ..20 



Notes on the Architecture, Nesting Habits, and Life Histories of 

 Australian Araneidae, based on Specimens in th« Australian 

 Museum, By W. J. Rainbow, F.L.S., F.E.S., Entomologist . . 22 



Notes on the Varied Honey-Eater, Bv Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S., 



C.M.B.O.U., Ornithologist ... ' ... ... ... 29 



Opal Pseudomorphs from White Cliffs, N.S.W. By C. Anderson, 

 M.A., B.Sc, Mineralogist to the Australian Museum, and H. 

 Stanley Jevons, M,A., B.Sc, Lecturer on Mineralogy and 

 Petrology, University of Sydney .' ^ ..< ... ... 31 



Occasional Notes. — 



I. Climbing Habits of an Australian Snake. By Edgar R. 

 Waite, I.L.S., Zoologist ... ... ... 38 



II. Fseudaphritis urvilUi, Cuv. & Val., a Fish new to Western 



New South Wales. By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Zoologist 38 



