INDEX. 299 
Pacer Pace 
Piping crow 52 Proechidna Brugnii 15 
Plagiodus ferox... 176 Prothylacinus patagonicus 20 
Plagusia... 178 Protopterus annectens ... 4,179 
Plaster casts of isiadniins fish 164 Prototroctes 4 
Platax orbicularis 150 e marena 180 
Platycephalus bassensis 173 Prussian carp 184 
Platycherops Gouldii ... 174 
Platypus : ie 15 
$3 inflicting wound 17 Q 
Plectognathi 187 Quartz spear heads 12 
Plectropoma Richardsoni 159 Quatrefages, on Termites 110 
Pleuronectide ... 178 Queensland, garden produce 288 
Plotosus.. ¥ ek 176 4) shrike 51 
Bol vai,. attitude aliens alarmed 42 
i Cuvieri 40 
Pr favourite food 47 R 
Pe rain-bath manoeuvres 45 Rabbit-fish a c 193 
s strigoides 40 Raft of King’s Saint a natives 9 
4 vocal notes ... 49 Raquet-tailed kingfisher 54 
rr warning note 43 Rat Island, coral growths on jetty 146 
Poephila Gouldz 55 Red mangrove ... 275 
aij mirabilis 55 Reed warblers ... 54 
“« Pogee” 212 Reef corals, Houtman’s ‘Abvrélhios 5 138 
Poisonous as 98 Reptile House at Zoological Gardens... 99 
Polynemide 168 Reptilian Society 99 
Polynemus indicus 177 Rhina squatina... Pee 154 
i Sheridani ... 169 “ Rhinoceros Rock,” eosedale Bay 215 
5 tetradactylus 168 Rhizophora mucronata... 275 
o4 Verekeri 168 Rhombsolea monopus .. 178 
Pontideria crassipes 287 Rhea 6 
Porbeagle .. = 154 Rifle bird cf 34 
Porcupine ant-eater . 15, 18 Rock cods, Australian ... 159 
a fish ... a 191 » oysters sit 246 
Porites, as reef constructors 229 Roebuck Bay natives ... 15 
»  astreeoides 229 “ Roley-poley ” grass 280 
Port Darwin meridian saclay: 123 Roughy ... 178 
,», Jackson shark 192 
Poterion patera... 236 Ss 
Potto 3 27 
Pouched mole ... 28 Salicornaria 980 
Psettodes erumei 178 Salmo fario 180 
Pseudocarcinus gigas 238 »  ferox 181 
Pseudochirus 26 » salar 182 
Pseudophycis jarititie 155. »  trutta 180 
Pseudoscarus 150 Salmon, Colonial 178 
Pteromys 4 He 22 » English 182 
Pteropus iilipiclltabis 278 » trout 180 
Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus .. 34 Samson fish ee 170 
35 Sand-fly, attacking spider 264 
Ptiloris paradiseus 
