Index. 



]\Iuseiinis, ancient and modern, Kil ; Endow- 

 ments, 191 



MusGRAVK, A., Australian Insects : I. "White 

 Ant " Communities, II. The White 

 Butterfly Migration, 11 ; Spiders, pois- 

 onous and otherwise, 55 ; Stick and 

 Leaf Insects, 177 ; A Naturalist in the 

 upper Chichester Valley, 193 ; The 

 Yellow Monday Cicada, 204 

 Mutton Bird. 44. 45, 142-143, 259 



Myliobati'S austmlis, 173 



Necator americo)iiis, 147 



Nereis, 91 



New Hebrides, 117 



Noddies. 259 



Notorni.s alba, 32 



Nugget. Holtermann's, 19 ; •' Maitland Bar," 



18; "Welcome Stranger," 17, 0<) 

 Numbies, 89 



Ocean Island, 155 

 Octopus, 112 

 Ocydromas sylve.stris, 42 

 Oestrelata solandri,, 38 

 Onycfioprion fulighMta, 257 

 Opal, 200 



Oph iothrlr. fumaria, 107 

 Otocompsa emeria, 152 



Palolo worm. 220 



J'an-Pacitic Science Congress, 277. 300, 320 



Papuans, 293 



Papuasians, 100, 101 



Parachaeraps bicarinatas, 88 



Paractiti pa paver, 108 



Parallelism in development. 70 ; in hiunan 



culture, 203 

 Paratya austraUetisis, 88 

 Pelagodroma marina, 142 

 Pemberton, C. E., The Use of Australian 



Fig Trees antl their associated Fig Wasps 



in Reafforestation Work in the Hawaiian 



Islands, 278 

 Penguin, Little, 139, 142. 144. 197 

 Pcrio phthalmus koelreuteri, 82 

 Petauroides volans, 190 

 Petrel. Fluttering, 142 ; Giant, 252 ; Sombi'e, 



144 ; White-faced storm, 142. 143 ; 



White-winged, 143-144, 145 

 Phaeton riibrivauda, 38 

 Phalauger, Flying, 191, 195 

 Phosphate industry, 155 

 Phosphorescent animals, 104 

 Pigs" Tusks and Armlets, 117 

 Platyinis, 65, 91 

 Plecaster decanus, 106 



Plci.stodonie.s froffgatii, 278; linpcrialis. 280; 

 Podacanthus typhon, 177, 180 ; viridi- 



robcus, 180 ; wilkinsoni, 180 

 Polynesians, 97 

 Poinastomus rubeculus, 132 ; riijiceps, 131 ; 



temporalis, 131 ; superciliosus., 131 

 Portuguese Man-of-War, 103 

 Procelsterna caerulea, 259 

 Prosqualodon davidis, 92, 266 

 Protection of Fauna. 65, 154. 223, 287 

 Puffinis gavia, 142; gri-seiis. 144; pacifiois, 



141, 146, 259 ; tenuirostris, 142 



Python, African, 54 ; (iniethystinas, 53. 54 ; 

 Indian, 54 ; molar us, 54 ; N. Australian 

 Rock, 54 ; North Queensland, 53 ; Regal 

 or Reticulated, 54 ; reticulatus, 54 ; 

 sehae, 54 ; spilotes, 54 ; spilote.s var. 

 variegata, 54 ; spilotes var. variegatus, 54 



Rabbit Island, 143 



Rail, 42 



Rainbow, W. A., Brief History of the Aus- 

 tralian JMuseum, 167 



Rainford. E. H., 91 



Rats and fleas in their relation to plague, 114 



Rattus norvegicUN, 114; rattus, 114 



Raven, H. C, 56 



Ravi, 293 



Ray, Black, 173 ; Eagle. 173 ; Sandv-back, 

 173 



Sawver. a. Wilbur. The Story of the Hook- 

 worm, 147 



Sea-birds, Life antl Strife among, 251 



Sea-dragons, 231 



Sea-egg. 21 



Sea-horses, 103 



Sea Shells, how Savages use them, 163-167 



Sea-squirts, 107 



Sea urchin, 105, 174 



Sea waratah, 108 



Shearwater. Short-tailed. 142 ; Wedue-tiiile<l. 

 141-146 



Shells, A Talk about, 233: Chitons, 111; 

 Conch, 164; Frog. 165-166; Helmet, 

 166; Limpets, 111; :\lelon. 1()3 ; 

 Mussels, 112 ; Periwinkles, 110 ; Whelks, 

 109 



Smith, T. Hodge, Meteorites. 311 



Snakes and their food, 53 



Snakes' fangs, 92 



Snake venom, 22 



Spiders, 55 



Spider, The Magnifiiceut. 186 ; Huntsman, 

 55 : Red Backetl, 56 : Tarantula, oo ; 

 Trianteloj)e, 55 



Squalotlont Whale, 266 



Starfish. 105 



SxEEt, Thos., A Food Hanger with Rat Disc 

 from Fiji, 158 



Sernta berqii, 141 



Strepcra crissalio, 41 



Sula cyanops, 258 



Sulphur Island, The, 276 



Tarantula, o^^ 



Taxidermy, 182 



Taylor, George A., Prize, 232, 292 



Tenodera australasiae, 238 



Termites. 11, 84 



Tern, Crested, 141 : Wideawake. 44. 257 



" Thatch " palms, 32 



'J'horpe. Wm. W., Primitive Magic and 

 Sorcery, 87 : Native Races of the Mid- 

 Pacific, 97 ; Toilet Articles from Ancient 

 TCgypt, 119; Breast Ornament. 124; 

 An Examjjle of Parallelism in Human 

 Culture. 203 ; The Palolo Worm, 220 ; 

 Primitive Fire Production, 249 ; Barter. 

 Currency, and Coinage. 281 ; A Tomako. 

 or Head-hunters" Canoe from the Solomon 

 Islands. 289 



'i"ollgate Islan<ls. 142 



Tomako, 74, 289 



Toxocidaris cryt/iroyruinnius, 104 



