CONTENTS 



PART I 



Introduction 



CHAPTER 

 The Beachcomber's Domain 

 Official Landing 

 Our Island 

 Early His.tory . 

 Satellites and Neighbours 

 Plans and Performances 



CHAPTER II 

 Beachcombing . 

 Tropical Industries 

 Some Differences 

 Island Fauna .... 



CHAPTER III 

 Birds and their Rights 

 A Census 



The Daybreak Fugue 

 The Megapode . 

 Swamp Pheasant 



" Gk)-BIDGER-ROO " 



Bully, Swaggerer, Swashbuckler 



Eyes Aflame 



The Nestful Tree 



" Stately Face and Magnanimous Minde 



White Nutmeg Pigeon . 



Fruit Eaters 



Australia's Humming Bird 



" Moor-goody " 



The Flame-Tree's Visitors 



Red Letter Birds 



Casual and Unprecise . 



CHAPTER IV 



Garden of Coral 



Queer Fish 



The Warty Ghoul 



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