CONTENTS. 



iNrnoDUCTiON Page ix 



CHAPTER I. 

 The Kangaroo and Kangaroo shooting 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 The Wild Dog— The Native Bear— The Wombat 31 



CHAPTER III. 



The Opossum — The Ring-tail — Flying Squirrels — The Native 

 Cat— The Tiger Cat— The Kangaroo Eat — The Bandicote 

 — Small Bush animals — The Platypus — The Spiny Ant- 

 eater, and Domestic Cattle 36 



CHAPTER IV. 

 The Wild Turks}'— The Emu— The Lowan, and the Native 



Pheasant 61 



CHAPTER V. ^ 

 Duck-shooting— The Black Swan— The Wild Geese— The 



different Ducks peculiar to this Country Qd 



CHAPTER VI, 



The Coot— Moor-hen— Dabchick—Tlie Greebs— The Bittern 

 —Herons — White Cranes— The Egret — Spoonbill -Ibis 

 — Nankeen Crane — The Native Companion — Coast Shoot- 

 ing, aud Sea Birds 86 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Bronze-wing and Scrub Pigeons — The Ground Dove — The 



Snipe and the Rail 92 



