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INDEX 



224 ; often a domestic, 224 ; labour 

 of, dear, 226 ; sacrifices everything 

 for money, 227 ; useless in emer- 

 gency, 235 ; roguery of two on a 

 journey, and swift punishment, 235 



Chlamydoder nuchalis. See Bower-bird 



Chlamydosaurus Kingi. See Frilled- 

 lizard 



Cliffs, precipitous, 3, 118, 120, 269; 

 geological formation, 3 ; character of, 

 near head of Australian Bight, 115, 

 118, 120; terrace of, near Dover Point, 

 123 ; wall-like on summits of desert 

 hills. Swan River, 163 ; covered with 

 aboriginal drawings, 192-193 ; very 

 low at Abrolhos Islands, 206 ; hills 

 crowned with, Port Darwin district, 

 249 ; 600 feet high in Queensland, 

 269 



Clouds, beautifully coloured, 187 



Cockatiel, numerous on Darling, 50 ; 

 a great favourite with colonists of 

 Westralia, 214 ; affectionate nature 

 of, 214 



Cockatoos, rose-breasted common on 

 the Darling, 50 ; flocks numbering 

 thousands, 50 ; young taken by 

 aborigines on the Darling, 51 ; 

 cockatoos quarrelsome, 51 ; food of, 

 51 ; list of in Swan River and 

 Champion Bay district, 213 ; on 

 mangrove thickets, look like masses 

 of snow, 213; black varieties scarcer 

 than white, 213 ; immense flocks in 

 Port Darwin district, 228 ; deafening 

 noise of their cries, 228 ; blood- 

 stained, and others in Queensland, 

 272 ; breeding habits of cockatoos, 273 



Cockatoos, black, in Westralia, 213 ; 

 in Queensland, the largest cockatoo 

 on continent, 272 ; large and sharp 

 beak, 272 ; not a deep black in 

 colour, 272 ; a scarce bird, 272 ; a 

 solitary, forest haunting species, 272 ; 

 Dr Wallace controverted, 273 ; 

 breeding-hole and nest, 273 



Colonists, no respect for unpopular 

 laws, 133 ; good sense may be 

 successfully appealed to, I33 ; a- lone 

 family of, 193; hospitality of, 193; 

 trials and dangers of stock-farmers, 

 259-260 

 Conger vulgaris^ 314 

 Conus family, beautiful shell of, 312 



Convicts, the bugbear of the land, 141 ; 

 worked in fear of lash and musket, 

 141 ; town-hall at Perth erected by, 

 1 58 ; had a hand in founding Queens- 

 land, 258 



Coral, beautiful, sub-marine forest of, 

 at Abrolhos, 203 ; formation of 

 Abrolhos, 205 ; huge fan-shaped 

 masses, 207 ; beautiful forms on 

 Great Barrier Reef, 303 ; Australian 

 continent based on coral formation, 

 304 



Corroboree, a dramatic representation, 

 48-49 ; description of, 295-296 



Cotton-teal, green, looks like a minia- 

 ture goose, 218 ; scarce at Swan 

 River, a northern species, 219 



Crabs, gigantic and brightly coloured 

 at Abrolhos Islands, 207 ; spider- 

 crabs and others on Great Barrier 

 Reef, 311 



Creepmg-plant, a hindrance to travellers 

 in Queensland, 265 



Crocodiles, not usually found far from 

 sea, 242 ; 18 feet long, 261 ; dis- 

 tribution and food of, 261 ; descrip- 

 tion of toes and teeth, 262 ; of eggs 

 and incubation, 262 ; mother watches 

 young, 262 



Crocodtlus porosus^ 242 



Crossorhinus genus, 313 



Crustaceans, on Great Barrier Reef, 



311 

 Cuckoo, a mysterious bird, 152 ; heard 

 but not seen, 152-153 ; seen in back- 

 country. Swan River district, 181 ; 

 naturalists mistaken about notes if a 

 cuckoo, 181 



Dandelion, found at King George's 

 Sound, 149 ; and in Swan River and 

 Champion Bay district, 212 ; doubt- 

 ful if indigenous or imported, 212 



Darling, river, general description, 42- 

 44 ; uncertain nomenclature, 42 ; 

 source, 43 ; lacking the picturesque, 



43 ; no perceptible current for 300 

 miles, 43 ; remarkably level valley, 



44 ; dangers of navigation, 45 ; the 

 Darling blackfellows, 45 ; rough 

 justice for, 45 



Dasyurus viverrinus. See Native-cat 



Delphinus delphis, 154 



Dendrophis, genus of snakes, 6 



Dermochelys coriacea^ 316 



" Devil," mountain and spiny. See 

 Spiny devil 



Diamond-snake, in Blue Mountains, 6 ; 

 large and numerous on Mount 

 Kosciusko, 56 ; found at great height, 

 56 ; called carpet-snake by colonists, 

 202 ; agressive in Queensland, 264 



Dingo, squabbling over prey, 185 ; 

 description of, 197-202 ; seen and 



