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INDEX. 



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Notoryctes typhlops 



Nudibranchiate mollusc, remarkable specimen 150 

 Nycticebus ... ... ... ... ... 26 



Old Man Snapper 161 



Oligorus gigas ... ... ... ... ... 159 



macquariensis ... ... ... 158 



Orange mangrove ... ... ... ... 275 



Ord River phenomenal fishes ... ... ... 168 



Oreaster nodosus ... ... ... ... 243 



Ornithorhynchus paradoxus ... ... ... 15 



Osprey ... ... ... ... ... ... 67 



nesting habits ... ... ... ... 67 



Osteoglossum bicirrhosum ... ... ... 4, 179 



formosum ... ... ... 4, 179 



,, Jardinei... ... ... ... 4, 179 



Leichardti ... ... ... 4, 179 



Ostracion aurita ... ... ... ... 187 



cornutum ... ... ... ... 189 



ornata ... ... ... ... 187 



Ostrsea edulis ... ... ... ... ... 245 



glomerata 138, 245 



,, mordax ... ... ... ... ... 247 



ordensis 250 



Ostrich ... ... ... ... ... g 



Ox-eye herring ... ... ... ... ... 175 



Oyster-crusher ... ... ... ... ... 192 



grounds, Western Australia 246 



spat collectors ... ... ... ... 247 



Oysters, artificial cultivation ... ... ... 247 



coral rock 248 



dwarf variety ... ... ... ... 250 



elongate variety ... ... ... 248 



mud 246 



rock 246 



zonal growth habit 247 



Pagrus major ... 150,161 



unicolor ... ... jgj 



Palmipes membranaceus ... 244 



Palinurus vulgaris ... ... 238 



Pamban salmon ... ... igg 



Pandion leuoocephalus . . . ... 67 136 



Paradisidee ...... 01 



Parasites or commensals of mother-of-pearl 



shells 201 



Parasitic sponge 



Parra 



Passiflora 



Patagonian marsupials... 



Pearl blisters 



resembling infant's head 



shell cultivation, Abrolhos Islands 



Broome Creek 



,, Shark's Bay ... 



,, ,, Thursday Island 



,, shelling station, Shark's Bay 



, "Southern Cross" 

 Pearls, artificial production of... 



fantastic shapes 



methods of abstraction 



nature of ... 



Pelecanus conspicillatus 

 Pelicans, young... 



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 Pelsart Island Lagoon ... ... ... ... 143 



Pentagonaster australis... ... ... ... 245 



Perameles ... ... ... ... ... 20 



Perca fluviatilis 184 



Perch family 158 



Percolates colonorum ... ... ... ... 160 



Perodicticus ... ... ... ... ... 27 



Petauroides volans ... ... ... ... 22 



Petaurus breviceps ... ... ... ... 23 



Phalangista fuliginosa ... ... ... ... 22 



Phascolarctos cinereus... ... ... 26 



Phascolomys ... ... ... ... 21 



Phascolonus gigas ... ... 21 



Pheasant, native ... ... ... ... 33 



Phenomenal trout ... ... ... ... 181 



Phorodesma, lichen-bedecked larva of 256 



Photographing night-blooming cacti 283 



swimming turtles ... ... 237 



Phrynosoma cornutum ... ... ... 88 



Phyllopteryx eques ... ... ... ... 185 



foliatus 185 



Physignathus Leseuri ... ... ... ... 97 



Physobrachia Douglasi 222 



Pi g-fish ... 174,193 



Piked dog-fish 192 



Pilchard... ... ... ... 175 



Pinna shells, as fulchra of attachment for 



mother-of-pearl shells 209 



Pinnotheres, crab living as a commensal within 



mother-of-pearl shells ... ... ... 203 



Pipe-fish 186 



