INDEX. 



297 



PAGE 



Madrepora sy ringoides ... ... ... ... 1 40 



violet- tinted ... ... ... 143 



Magnetic ant-hills ... ... ... ... 121 



Magpie ... ... ... ... ... ... 52 



perch ... ... ... ... ... 166 



Maigre 154, 177 



Malurus ... ... ... ... ... 66 



Mangrove blossoms ... ... ... ... 277 



crab 239 



galls... ... 278 



oysters ... ... ... ... 249 



Mangroves, respiratory structures ... ... 276 



Maorie jig ... ... ... ... ... 171 



Marching termites ... ... ... 111,115 



Market prices of mother-of-pearl shell ... 213 



Mary River salmon ... ... ... ... 179 



Mauritius avifauna ... ... ... ... 6 



McCook, Dr. H. C., on American spiders 262, 265 



Megalania prisca ... ... ... ... 30 



Megalops cyprinoides ... ... ... 175 



thryssoides ... ... ... ... 175 



Megapodidse ... ... ... ... ... 31 



Megapodium tumulus ... ... ... ... 31 



Meleagrina Cumingii ... ... ... ... 212 



fimbriata ... 



fucata 



imbricata ... 



irradians ... 



lacunata 



,, margaritifera 



Menura Alberti... 



,, superba 



Meridian ant-hills, Howard River 

 ,, Port Darwin 



,, Laura Valley 



209 



... 212 



138, 209 



209 



209 



138, 196 

 36 

 35 



,.. 123 

 123 

 121 



Merlucius gayi ... ... ... 155 



150 



6 



31,84 



142 



5 



31,83 



84 



84 



Monacanthus Ayraudi 190 



Mesoprion Johni 



Metapteryx bifrons 



Miolania Oweni 



Mirage-elevated breakers 



Moa 



Moloch horridus 



feeding habits 



lizard 



Browni . . . 

 hippocrepis 

 megalurus 



Monitor lizard 

 PP 



190 



190 



190 



94 



PAOB 



Monotremata ... ... ... ... ... 15 



Monster crabs ... ... ... ... ... 238 



Montipora circinata ... ... ... ... 146 



Mope-hawk ... ... ... ... ... 40 



" More-pork " 40 



Morwongs ... ... ... ... ... 166 



Mother-of-pearl shell, cultivation of ... ... 204 



fisheries, W. Australia 197 



its current value ... 213 



,, Lingah variety ... 212 



,, ,, Queensland ... ... 195 



Shark's Bay 209 



Mound-building birds ... ... ... ... 33 



Mountain devil ... ... ... ... ... 83 



parrot ... ... ... ... 6 



Mud oysters ... ... ... ... ... 246 



Mugilidse "173 



Mulloway ... ... ... ... ... 177 



Murray cod ... ... ... ... ... 158 



cod, acclimatised in W. Australia ... 158 



River, abundant avifauna ... ... 36 



Mycteria australis ... ... ... ... 7 



Mycteris longicarpus ... ... ... ... 241 



marching habits ... ... ... 241 



platycheles ... ... ... ... 241 



Myliobatis aquila ... ... ... ... 154 



Myrmicobius fasciatus... ... ... ... 20 



" Myrmidon," H.M.S., survey of Cambridge 



Gulf 168 



Myzanthus melanophrys ... ... ... 66 



N 



Fair fish 



Nannegai 



Native cat 



companion 

 pheasant 

 trout 



Nephila fuscipes 



160, 169 



167 



20 



... 36, 54 

 33 



... 180 

 259, 263 



Neptune's cup sponge ... ... 236 



Neptunus pelagicus ... ... ... 150, 238 



Nereis, commensal with sea anemone... 

 New Zealand lizard 

 Ninox boobook ... 

 Northern chimaera 



salmon 

 Notogea ... 



227 



99 



40 



155 



168 



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