334 



INDEX 



tough and coarse, 147 ; food of, 147- 

 148 ; description of one shot on 

 Swan River back-run, 175 ; full of 

 rank fat, 185 



Enclosed valleys. See Valleys 



English birds and trees in Victoria, 

 75-76, 77 ; appearance of country, 

 75-76 ; robins bred in Victoria, 77 ; 

 sparrows in Adelaide and district, 94 ; 

 style at Adelaide, 96 ; oaks and other 

 trees at Albany, 149 ; trees and 

 animals in Westralia, 157 



Epinephele janiray 83 



Erycina aulestes^ 83 



Estuarine crocodile. See Crocodile 



Eucalyptus. See gum-trees and mallee- 

 scrub 



Eucalyptus resinifera, the iron-bark, 263 



Eudromias rufiventris^ 216 



Eupodotis australisy 35. See Bustard 



Everlasting-flowers, plains covered with, 



193 



Exoccetus evolans, 313 



Exocarpus cupressiformis^ the native 



cherry, 263 

 Explorers, Blaxland, Lawson, and 



Wentworth, first to penetrate Blue 



Mountains, I 

 Extinct animals, description of remains 



of, 327-329 



Falcinellus igneus^ the glossy ibis, seen 

 near Champion Bay, 215; in Port 

 Darwin district, 250 



Falcunculus leucogaster^ 121 



Fauna and flora, much disturbed by 

 operations of agriculturists, 93-94 



Ferns, beautiful and lace-hke in Queens- 

 land, 263 ; lovely fern-gullies, 277 



Fernshaw, village of, in giant-gum 

 forest, 88; EngHsh-like appearance, 

 88-89 5 European flowers abundant 

 at, 89 ; wonders of native flora at, 

 89 ; lyre-bird in neighbourhood, 89 



Ferrets and weasels imported to Aus- 

 tralia proved a nuisance, 61 



Fig-trees, large and abundant at Port 

 Darwin, 225 ; picturesque specimens 

 in Queensland, 260 ; often a parasite 

 on iron-bark, 263 



Finches, pheasant-tailed, 82 ; black 

 fan-tailed, 82 83 



Fish, Australian, Murray River cod, 

 description of, 50 ; bite freely in 

 Australian Bight, 125 ; species, 125 ; 

 immense shoals, 126 ; species in 

 King George's Sound, 1 54-1 55 ; in 

 desert water-holes, 173 ; at the 

 Abrplhos Islands, 203-204 ; in rivers 



of Westralia, 209-210 ; in Port 

 Darwin district, 242 ; collect in water- 

 holes, 277 ; remarkable instinct, 277 ; 

 Great Barrier Reef a valuable nursery 

 of, 308 ; habits under water, 309-310 ; 

 range of vision apparently limited, 

 309-310 ; flying-fish on Barrier Reef, 



315 



Flies, plague of, in Port Darwin district, 

 251 



Forests, general remarks, 2 ; dense at 

 base of Mount Kosciusko, 54» 5^, S7 > 

 gum-tree forests, 86-88 ; at King 

 George's Sound, 1 50 ; former forests 

 of grass-trees at Fremantle, 1 59 ; 

 mangrove at Abrolhos Islands, 206 ; 

 in Port Darwin district, 234 ; dense 

 and luxuriant in Queensland, 258 



Fossils, 4 ; no evidence that present 

 race is not the aboriginal, 320-321 ; 

 skulls and bones of man, 320-321 ; 

 of dingo, thylacine, and small 

 mammals, 322 ; remains of the 

 diprotodon and giant kangaroos, 325- 

 326 



Frilled-lizard, walks on its hind legs, 

 271 ; a yard long, 271 ; of sluggish 

 habit, strange means of defence, 

 harmlessness, long abstention from 

 food, etc, 271 



Frog, pools swarm with, 185 ; descrip- 

 tion of "bull" and others, 187; 

 captured by snake, 188 



Fruit-bat, many species between Swan 

 and Gascoyne Rivers, 220 ; flies in 

 large troops, 220-221 ; noise of their 

 screaming a nuisance to tired 

 travellers, 220 ; greedy and quarrel- 

 some, 221 ; poisoned and shot by 

 colonists, 221 ; young carried by 

 female, 222 ; at all times irritable, 



235 

 Fruit, curious, growing on leafless tree, 



248 

 Fungus, or lichen, luminous, 244 



G AN NET, two shot near Port Grey, 213 

 Geological formations, 3, 4 ; chalk at 

 head of Australian Bight, I16 ; white 

 sand in river bed, 173; loam often 

 found in sandy districts of Australia, 

 177 ; sandstone and white sand in 

 river banks and beds, 183 ; sand- 

 crop, 193 ; ironstone and limestone 

 formations at Port Grey, 194 ; coral 

 and limestone at Abrolhos, 206 ; 

 Abrolhos soil, guano, and disin- 

 tegrated coral, 208 ; erratic blocks in 

 Port Darwin district, 243; of hills 



