ODITLIARY. 143 



■ 1886. 



3. Systematic List of the Tasmanian Birds. 



4. On the Position of the Genus Ephthianura. 



1887. 

 5 A First List of the Birds of Maria Island. 

 6. The Highlands of Lake St. Clair. 



7 On the Breeding of Some Sea Birds on the Actaeon 

 Island and adjacent islets. 



1888. 



5. Occurrence cf CJiihea hractcafa Gould, in Tasmania. 



1889. 

 9 Protection of Tasmanian Owls. 

 10. Protection of the Cape Barren Goose. 

 II.. Notes on the Australian Curlew and its closely- 

 allied Congeners. 



1892. 



12. Note on a Tasmanian Acanthiza,. On the occurrencs 

 of some Australian Ardeidae. 



1895.- 



13. Notes on Timber found beneath Alluvial Drift a*j 

 Swansea, Tasmania. 



14. Notes on the Fan-tailed Cuckoo in Tasmania (C'uciihis 

 flaheUiform-is). 



1903. 



15. Rainfall and Water Suppl}^ of the Great Lake (fwn 

 H. C. Kingsmill). 



16. Notes on StoneT Knives of Tasmanian Aboriginals 

 found at Cullensv/ood Estate. 



1913. 



17. Rectification of the Cartography of North-East Tas- 

 mania. 



Augustus Simson. 

 "Mr. Augustus Simson was the oldest and best known 

 of all the local naturalists in .Northern Tasmania; he in 

 truth maintained the title of 'Naturalist' in its fullest 

 meaning, having little in common with the "Nature Stu- 

 dents'' of to-day. His methods were of the old school -jf 

 steady plodders, who collected, arranged, and classified with 

 scrupulous care and neatness, wliile his field was the whole 



