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INDEX 



Natapus pulchellas. See Cotton-teal 



Native bear. See Koala 



Native cat, found at base of Mount 

 Kosciusko, 60 ; scarce on most parts 

 of Alps, 60 ; a fierce beast of prey, 



60 ; a marsupial resembling a pole- 

 cat in habits, etc., 60 ; usual prey, 



61 ; acquired habit, 61 ; a blood and 

 brain sucker, 61 



Native companion, description of, 34 ; 

 affectionate disposition, 34 ; habits 

 and food, 34 ; curious parade or 

 dance, 34 



Native names of trees, fruits, etc, 211- 

 212 



Native porcupine, plentiful in Victoria 

 mountains, but not often seen, 70 ; 

 least developed of all mammals, 70 ; 

 more intelligent than generally 

 thought, 71 ; a skilful burrowing 

 animal, 71 ; food, 72 ; frequently 

 called " ant-eaters," 72 ; harmless 

 and defenceless animals, 72 ; can 

 bury itself in one minute, 72 ; de- 

 scription of nest, 73 ; ^g% avian in 

 character, 73 ; young, 73-74 ; curious 

 and mysterious spurs of, 74 ; remarks 

 on brain, 79 ; found on Flinder's 

 Range, 105 ; disappears at King 

 George's Sound, 152 



Native robin, same range of distribution 

 as duck-bill, 81 ; briUiantly coloured 

 plumage, 81 ; lively and familiar as 

 English robin, 81 ; protected by 

 popular opinion, 82 



Nettles, gigantic in Queensland scrub, 

 263 



New England, range and district, 

 source of Darling, 42 



New Zealand flax, desert covered with, 

 north of Gascoyne River, 212 



Ninox stremma^ 245. See Owl 



Notocanthida, a curious thorn-back found 

 outside Barrier Reef, 314 



Oceanites oceanicus. See Storm-petrel 

 Octopus, large one seen on Great 



Barrier Reef, 310 

 Onychogale ungui/era, 70 

 Opossum. See Phalanger 

 Ossify aga gigantea. See Petrel 

 Otariaforsteri^ 1 34 

 Otaria lohata, 134 

 " Other side," a colloquial term in 



Australia, 157 

 Overlanders, the, gentlemen by birth 



and education, 172 ; adventurous 



lives and enterprise of, 17a 



Owl, large, flits about camp, 245 ; preys 



on large animals, 245 

 Oxyrhyncha. See Crab 

 Oyster. See Pearl-oyster 

 Oyster-catchers, 216 



Pachytylus migratorius, 83 



Padamelon wallaby. See Wallaby 



Painted quail, found on both mainland 

 and islands, 217 ; uncertain classifica- 

 tion, 217; breeding habits and eggs 

 different from those of the quails, 217 



Painted snipe, flock seen near Shark 

 Bay, 215 ; nest, 215 



Palmerston, oriental appearance of, 225 



Pamphilea si/vanus, 83 



Paroquets. See Ground paroquet ; 

 Rosella, or Rose Fiill, question of 

 distribution, 214 ; omnivorous, 214 ; 

 frequents cultivated ground in search 

 of larvae of locusts, 214 



Parrot-shooting, a favourite sport in 

 Australia, 8 



Parrot, tenacious of life, 8 ; found at 

 elevation of 2000 feet on Flinder's 

 Range, 106 ; seen at head of Bight, 

 123 ; impatient of rain but not of 

 cold, 153 ; thousands crowd the trees 

 in Queensland, 265 



Pearl-oyster, abundant oflP Great Barrier 

 Reef, 312 



Pegasus natans. See Dragon-fish 



Pelican, found on coast of Westralia, 

 212 ; breed near Exmouth Gulf, 213 ; 

 seen on Upper Swan River, 213 ; 

 abundant, and breeds on Barrier 

 Reef, 318 



Perth, remarkably compact place for 

 an Australian town, 158 ; minute 

 " public park," 158 ; full of cathedrals 

 and churches, 158 



Petrel, great sooty, breeding at Abrol- 

 hos Islands, 208 



Petrogale concinna^ 234 



Petrogale xanthopus^ 69, 105 



Petronia Phoenicia f See Native robin 



Phalanger, this and other species mis- 

 named opossums by colonists, 62 ; 

 rat-like habits, 62-63 ; enters houses, 

 eating and destroying food, etc., 62 ; 

 offensiveness, 62 ; organised shooting 

 parties and rewards for destruction 

 of, 62 ; aborigine an adept at captur- 

 ing, 63 ; skin valuable, 63 



Phascoiarctus cinereus, 63 



Pheasant-tailed finch, mouse-like in 

 movements, 82 ; a pleasant songster, 

 83 



