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INDEX. 



Australian wrens 

 Avicennia officinalis 

 Avifauna, Houtman's Abrolhos 



PAGE 



66 



275 



136 



B 



"Bahmeen" ... 169 



Bancroft, Dr. James, on Mangrove respiration 275 



Bandicoot 



Balistes 189 



Bankaia grandis ... 274 



"Banshee" ... 274 



Baobab 3 ? 



or Bottle-tree ...37,266 



rejuvenescent properties 270 



" Barok " pearls 198 



Barracouta 170 



method of taking... ... ... 171 



Barracuda ... ... 172 



Barramundi 160, 179 



Barrier reef beche-de-mer ... ... ... 149 



Bastard trumpeter ... ... 163 



" Batavia" wreck on Houtman's Abrolhos ... 134 



Bearded lizard ... ... ... 81 



Beaumontia grandiflora ... ... ... 288 



Beche-de-Mer fishery, Western Australia ... 196 



of Houtman's Abrolhos ... 148 



Roebuck Bay 217 



"black fish" 149 



"red fish" 149 



"surf red" 149 



"teat fish" 149 



Belenois Clytie, its social chrysalides ... ... 257 



Bell bird 66 



Bellows fish ... 154 



Bennett, Dr. George, on Ornithorhynchus ... 16 



Berycidse ... ... ... ... ... 167 



Beryxaffinis 167 



Mullen 167 



Bird life on Murray River ... ... ... 36 



-like pea-blossom ... ... ... ... 279 



Bird's-foot sea-star 244 



Birds frequenting Houtman's Abrolhos ... 136 



of Paradise ... ... ... ... 34 



" Birth of a coral island " 147 



Black boys, or Grass-trees ... ... ... 271 



-edged pearl shell ... ... ... 212 



fish, Tasmanian ... ... ... ... 156 



Black-headed Gouldiaii finch ... 



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 57 



Blister pearls ... 



Blue crab ............ 150,238 



fish ............... 170 



groper 



-head parrot fish ... ... 174 



shark ......... .... 154,193 



-tongued lizard 

 Boab or Baobab ............ 37,266 



Bob-tailed lizard ...... 94 



Bombay duck ... ... ... ... ... 176 



Boobook owl .. ... ... ... 41 



Boomerang, Australian... 



Indian ............ 290 



"Boomer" kangaroo ... 



Boongarry 



" Bottled-nosed " Snapper ... ...... 161 



Bottle-tree ............... 37 



or Baobab ............ 37,266 



Bower birds ... ... ... ... ... 33 



Broome, port of, Roebuck Bay ... ... 197 



Bruguiera Rheedii ... ... ... ... 277 



Brush Turkey ............... 32 



Buckland Fish Museum ... ... ... 164 



Bull-dog ants ............... 252 



shark ............... 193 



Bummuloh ... ... ... ... ... 176 



Burnet River salmon ... ... ... ... 179 



Butcher-bird ... ... ... ... ... 51 



Butter fish 166 



Cacti acclimatised in Australia ... ... 283 



Caldwell, W. H., Oviparous habits of Ornitho- 

 rhynchus first demonstrated by ... ... 16 



Callorhynchus antarcticus ... ... 155, 193 



Calotermes flavicollis ... ... ... ... 110 



Campbell, A. J., Avifauna of Houtman's 



Abrolhos 136 



Carangidse ... ... ... ... ... 169 



Caranx trachurus ... ... ... ... 169 



gallus 169 



georgianus ... ... ... ... 170 



,, radiatus ... ... ... ... 169 



Carassius vulgaris ... ... ... ... 184 



Carcharias glaucus ... ... ... 154, 193 



