297 
Pacz PaGe 
Madrepora syringoides... 140 Monotremata 15 
35 violet-tinted 143 Monster crabs ... 238 
Magnetic ant-hills 121 Montipora circinata 146 
Magpie ... 52 Mope-hawk 40 
» perch .. 166 “ More-pork ” 40 
Maigre ... 154, 177 Morwongs 166 
Malurus - 66 Mother-of-pearl shell, sakdption of ww. 204 
Mangrove blossoms 277 FF » fisheries, W. Australia 197 
$5 crab ... 239 a 5 its current value 213 
5, galls ... 278 5 », Lingah variety 212 
5S oysters ass 249 3 » Queensland 195 
Mangroves, respiratory structures 276 1 »  Shark’s Bay 209 
Maorie jig we «171 Mound-building birds ... 33 
Marching termites A 111,115 Mountain devil ... 83 
Market prices of mathanctpean) Aan 213 . parrot 6 
Mary River salmon 179 Mud oysters 246 
Mauritius avifauna aes 6 Mugilide 173 
McCook, Dr. H. C., on ‘Anivicen irders 262, 265 Mulloway 177 
Megalania prisca 30 Murray cod : 158 
Megalops cyprinoides --- 175 », cod, acclimatised in w. Anutealia 158 
5 thryssoides ... 175 » River, abundant avifauna 36 
Megapodide ca 31 Mycteria australis 7 
Megapodium tumulus ... 31 Mycteris longicarpus 241 
Meleagrina Cumingii ... 212 5 marching habits 241 
5 fimbriata 209 ‘5 platycheles 241 
m fucata ae | O12 Myliobatis aquila 154 
+ imbricata ... 138, 209 Myrmicobius fasciatus .. 3 20 
i irradians 209 “ Myrmidon,” H.M. 8., survey “of erabniege 
‘s lacunata .. 209 Gulf .. 168 
5 margaritifera 138, 196 M pecuthas ena slnye 66 
Menura Alberti... 36 
» Superba : 35 
Meridian ant-hills, Howard River 123 N 
3 33 Port Darwin 123 
% 5 Laura Valley 121 Nair fish ni Gg ae ies 160, 169 
Merlucius gayi ... 155 Nannegai 167 
Mesoprion Johni 150 Native cat Ss 20 
Metapteryx bifrons 6 » companion -. 36, 54 
Miolania Oweni ; 31, 84 » Pheasant 33 
Mirage-elevated breakers 142 ” trout: .. 180 
Mos uaz =, 5 Nephila fuscipes 259, 263 
Moloch horridus ie 31, 83 Neptune’s cup sponge ... w=: 286 
- feeding habits 84 Neptunus pelagicus 7 150, 238 
lizard . 84 Nereis, commensal with sea anemone... 227 
Monacanthus Ayraudi ... 190 New Zealand lizard 99 
- Browni ... 190 Ninox boobook ... 40 
re hippocrepis 190 Northern chimera 155 
f megalurus 190 ij salmon 168 
Monitor lizard ... 94 Notogea ... . 
PP 
