INDEX 



337 



Lipoa ocellaia. See Brush-turkey 



Lizard, " barking," description of, 189 ; 

 Abrolhos, see spiny-tailed lizard, 

 stump-tailed lizard, and iguana 



Locusts, migratory locusts often swarm, 

 83 



Loggerhead. See Turtle 



Lost, dangers of being, 26 ; ignorance 

 versus instinct, 27-28 



Love-bird, Australian, common, but 

 migratory, on Darling plains, 52 ; 

 breeding habits similar to those of 

 ground paroquet, 52 



Luminous fungus, 244 



Lyre-bird, 7-1 1 ; headquarters in Blue 

 Mountains, 7 ; three varieties, II ; 

 a mountain-forest bird, ii ; solitary 

 habits, II ; prehistoric-Hke appear- 

 ance, 12 ; demand for feathers, 12 ; 

 puzzling bird, 12 ; difficulties of 

 classification, 12 ; plumage, 13 ; 

 habits, 13; food, 14; a song and 

 mocking-bird, 14-15 ; breeding habits, 

 15-16 ; impatient of captivity, 16 ; 

 found high as limit of trees, on M. 

 Kosciusko, 57 



Macropus brachyurus^ 1 64. ^<'^ Wallaby 

 Macropus giganteus, 36. See Kangaroo 

 Macro f)us rufus, 37. See Kangaroo 

 Macropus theditis, 37. See Wallaby 

 Macropus ualahatus, 37. See Wallaby 

 Macropus unguifer^ a match for dingo- 

 dog, 199 

 Mallee-scrub, a species of eucalyptus, 

 97 ; description of a mallee " scab," 

 97 ; tenacious hold on soil, 97 ; 

 water obtained from roots, 97 ; 

 tiresome to travel through, 97 ; 

 characteristic of desert country, 97 ; 

 wallaby and " spiny devils " abound 

 in, 98 ; near Lake Torrens, 1 1 1 ; 

 dense at head of Australian Bight, 

 116 ; a sign of good land at head 

 of Bight, 123 ; none seen westward 

 of Dover Point, 124 

 Marshes, cover the back-runs of Swan 

 River district, 174 ; dangerous quag- 

 mires at Port Darwin, 228 

 Meadows, in Westralia of moderate 

 size, 157 ; large ones at abandoned 

 station, 167 

 Meagre, large common kind taken in 



Albany Bay, 155 

 Meconema varium^ 83 

 Megapode. See Brush-turkey 

 Megapodius tumulus. See Brush-turkey 

 Melaleucus, splendid scarlet-flower near 

 Adelaide, 100 



Meleagrina margaritifera. See Pearl- 

 oyster 



Meliphagus, with an unusual habit, 215 



Melopsittacus undulatus, 51 



Menura superba^ 1 1 ; alberti, 1 1 



Microglossus aterrimus. See Black 

 cockatoo 



Mines, Australian, Australia eccentric 

 even in its mines, 92 ; Burra-Burra 

 copper mines, 92 ; copper and salt in 

 Lake Torrens district, 112 



Mintaro slate quarry, renowned 

 throughout Australia, 92 ; an enor- 

 mous slate, 92 



Mirage, in Riverine district, 24 ; de- 

 lusions of, in Swan River desert, 163 



Moloch horridus. See Spiny devil 



Monitor-water. See Iguana 



Mosses and Uchens, of beautiful colour 

 on Mount Kosciusko, 57 ; a source 

 of danger on Flinder's Range, 104 ; 

 intermingled with beautiful flowers, 

 105 



" Mother Carey's chicken," 136 



Moths, giant-moth. See p. 83 et seq. 



Mountains. See Blue Mountains and 

 Australian Alps, peculiar striation 

 near summits, 3, 102, 108, 123, 149; 

 no true mountain system in Aus- 

 tralia, 102 ; Mount Remarkable, see 

 Remarkable, Mount ; fine view from 

 Devil's Peak, 104 ; peaks 2000 feet 

 high in Torrens Range, 108 ; curious 

 water-holes in, 109-110 ; Mounts 

 Clarence and Melville, Austra- 

 lian-like features of Albany, 149 ; 

 Magnet and Farmer's, 192 ; Mount 

 Fairfax and Wizard Peak, 194 ; 

 covered with erratic blocks in Port 

 Darwin district, 242 ; p)rramidal near 

 Fitzmaurice River, 246 ; covered 

 with forest and scrub in Queensland, 

 265 ; very high in Queensland, 277 ; 

 Bellender Ker 5000 feet, 277 



Mouse. See Rats and Mice 



Murcena, fierce species on Barrier Reef, 



314 

 Murray River, Hume head-waters of, 



57 ; Murray or "Murrey-Murrey," 



57-58 

 Murray River cod, 40 to 60 lbs. 



weight, 50 ; gives good sport to the 



angler, 50 ; caught by aborigines in 



hand-nets, 50 

 Mus decumanus, 229. See Rats 

 Mus fuscipes, 185. See Rats 

 Mus rattus, 229. See Rats 

 " Mutton-birds." See Petrel 

 Mycteria australis^ 52 



