CONTENTS 



No. 1, April 1921. Page. 



The Objects of the Australian Museum Magazine The Editor '.\ 



Notes •"••••;; i 



The Scope and Work of the Australian Museum The E,ditor . > 



The ]^lanagement of the AustraUan Museum The Editor () 



Blackfellows- Pictures Charles Hedley 7 



Australian Insects : White Ant Communities ; the White Butterfly Migra- 



^JQj^ A. MUSGRAVE 11 



The Lure of the Big Nugget The Editor 10 



A Crawling Jelly-fish from Port Jackson E. A. Briggs, B.Sc. 20 



gj^jjj^gj^ T. Roy Kinghorn... 22 



MusemnGroups".'.'.'.'.'.'.' The Editor 27 



No. 2, August 1921. 



Lord Howe Island— A Naturalists Paradise Allan R. McCulloch 31 



The Depths of the Sea Charles Hedley 48 



Some Large Non- Venomous Snakes and their Food T. Roy Kinghorn 53 



Spiders, Poisonous and Otherwise A. Musgrave 5o 



Quaint Crustaceans *'• A. McNeill 57 



The Welcome Stranger Nugget The Editor 60 



No. 3, December 1921. 



Editorial ^^ 



Australian Mammals and Whv they should be Protected . .Dr. W. K. Gregory 6o 



Some Famous Diamonds and their Story The E ditor 75 



A Naturalist on the Great Barrier Reef E. A. Briggs, B.Sc. 79 



The Spider Eating Insects of Australia G. H. Hardy 84 



The R.A.O.U. Conference and Museum v. Private Collections 



J. Roy Kinghorn 86 



Primitive Magic and Sorcery Wm. W. Thorpe 87 



Peculiar Agencies of Animal Distribution F: A. McNeill 88 



Electric Ravs Allan R. McCulloch 89 



Notes and News ^^ 



No. 4, March 1922. 



Editorial ^^ 



Notes and News ^" 



Native Races of the Mid-Pacific Wm. W. Thorpe 97 



A Seaside Ramble F. L. Grutzm:acher, F.C.S., F.G.S. 102 



Rats and Fleas in their relation to Plague Dr . E . W. Ferguson 1 14 



Piers- Tusks and Armlets Allan R. McCulloch 1 17 



Toilet Articles from Ancient Egypt W^m. W. Thorpe 1 1 9 



Migratory Locusts G.H.Hardy... 120 



Country Production Week Exhibits ^^^ 



Extension Lectures ^—^ 



Breast Ornament Wm. W.Thorpe 124 



No. 5, July 1922. 



Colour Plate — Babblers 126 



Editorial ; Cayley's Birds of Australia 129 



Notes and News 1^** 



Notes on the Babblers Neville W. Cayley 131 



The Making of a Museum Group Allan R. McCulloch 133 



The Islands of New South Wales and their Birds A. F. Basset Hull 139 



The Story of the Hookworm Dr. Wilbur A. Sawyer 147 



A Horses Hardship E. Le G. Troughton 150 



Bird Notes J- Roy Kinghorn. . . lol 



Ocean Island: The Phosphate Industry Thos. J. McMahon 155 



A Food Hanger, with Rat Disc, from Fiji Thos. Steel 158 



No. 6. October 1922. 



Editorial; Museums Ancient and Modern 1^1 



