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ABROLHOS CORALS, GENUS MADREPORA 



ABROLHOS CORALS, Montipora circinata AND Madrepora corymbosa ... 



ABROLHOS CORALS, Madrepora protwiformis 



SHELL AND CORAL BEACHES, PELSART ISLAND, HOUTMAN'S ABROLHOS 



A. DIAMOND TREVALLY, Caranx gallus; B. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SNAPPER, Pagrus 

 major ... 



PLASTER CASTS OF TASMANIAN FISH 



A. BOTTLE-NOSED SNAPPER, Pagrus major $ ; B. KING SNAPPER OR " NANNEGAI," 

 Beryx Mulleri ; c. SEA PIKE, Sphyrcena obtusata 



A. SERGEANT BAKER, Aulopus purpurissatus ; B. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JEW FISH, 

 Glaucosoma hebraicum ; c. CAT-FISH EEL, Plotosus sp. 



A. LUNG FISH, Ceratodus Forsteri ; B. YORK PENINSULA BARRAMUNDI, Osteoglossum 

 Jardinei ; c. MURRAY COD, Oligorus macguariensis ... 



WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PEARLS ... 

 THE "SOUTHERN CROSS" PEARL 

 REMARKABLE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PEARL 



EXPERIMENTAL PEARL-SHELL CULTIVATION SITES : A. CORAL REEF, THURSDAY 

 ISLAND; B. MANGROVE THICKET, ROEBUCK BAY 



NATURAL CLUSTERS OF SHARK'S BAY MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL 



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PEARL-SHELLING STATIONS, FRESH WATER CAMP, SHARK'S BAY, WESTERN 

 AUSTRALIA 



A. SHARK'S BAY GOLDEN PEARLS ; B. ARTIFICIALLY-PRODUCED PEARL 



A. CYGNET BAY ANEMONES, Condylactis sp. ; B. GIANT ANEMONE, Discosoma 

 Haddoni, WITH COMMENSAL FISH AND CRAB 



SOCIALLY CONSORTED ANEMONES AND WORM TUBES, Acrozoanthus australiai ... 

 YOUNG TURTLES, Chelone mydas, PHOTOGRAPHED WHILE SWIMMING 

 JELLY FISH, Discomedusce, PHOTOGRAPHED IN WATER FROM LIFE 



A. CORAL ROCK OYSTERS, Ostrcea mordax, GREAT BARRIER REEF ; B. ROCK OYSTERS, 

 Ostrcea glomerata, KEPPEL BAY, QUEENSLAND 



THE AUTHOR'S OYSTER CULTURE APPARATUS 



QUEENSLAND SPIDER, Nephila fuscipes, WITH DIMINUTIVE MALES, COMMENSAL 

 ARGYRODES AND PARASITIC SANDFLY 



WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BAOBAB OR BOTTLE-TREES, Adansonia rupestris 



A. GRASS-TREES, CYCADS AND FERNS, DRAKESBROOK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA ; 

 B. ARBORESCENT GRASS-TREE OR " BLACKBOY," Xanthorrhcea arborea . . . 



A. UNDERGROUND GRASS-TREE OR " BLACKBOY," Xanthorrhcea hastilis ; B. DRUMSTICK 

 GRASS-TREE OR "BLACKBOY," Kingia australis 



A. MANGROVE-FREQUENTING FRUIT BAT, Pteropus conspicillatus ; B. ORANGE AND 

 WHITE MANGROVES, Rhizophora mucronata, AND Avicennia officinalis, 

 BROOME CREEK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 



A. TRUMPET CREEPER, Beaumontia grandiflora, ON A QUEENSLAND VERANDAH ; 

 B. WATER HYACINTH, Pontideria crassipes, ADELAIDE BOTANIC GARDENS 



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