Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. 



Established 1879. 

 REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1899 (1917). 



COUNCIL, 1921-1922. 



President : 

 J. H. Campbell, M.B.E. 

 Vice-Presiden ts : 

 E. A. D'Ombrain, M.B., B.S. H. E. Finckh. 



W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 G. A. Waterhouse, B.Sc, B.E., F.E.S. 

 Members : 

 E. W. Ferguson, M.B., CI). M. A. Musgrave. 



G. M. Goldfinch. F. L. Rolin. 



A. Halloran, B.A., LL.B. W. C. Shipway. 



L. Harrison, B.Se., B.A. D. W. C. Shiress. 



C. Hedley. F.L.S. D. G. Stewart. 



Allan R. MeCulloeh. A. B. Walkom, D.Sc. 



Hon. Treasurer : 



G. A. Waterhouse, B.Sc, B.E.. F.E.S. 



Hon. Editors : 



Launeelot Harrison, B.A., B.Sc. A. F. Basset Hull. 



Hon. Librarian : 



H. E. Finekh. 



Hon. Secretary: 



A. F. Basset Hull, R.A.O.U., ( '.F.A.O.U. 



Assistant Hon. Secretary: 



D. G. Stewart, B.A. 



Subscription : Ordinary Member, £1 Is. per annum. 

 [Entrance fee for 1922-3 £1/1/-.] 



Associate Member, 7s. 6d. „ ., 



Privileges : 

 Ordinary Members — Free admission to Taronga Zoological Park; Additional 



Tickets admitting 20 Adults or 40 Children; Free Copy of 



"Australian Zoologist." 

 Associate Members — Free Copy of "Australian Zoologist." 



"THE AUSTRALIAN ZOOLOGIST." 



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 Editor. 



CONTENTS OF PART IV. 



Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Notes 131 



Historical Notes on the Platypus, by Launeelot Harrison, B.Sc, B.A. . . 134 



Bernard's Kangaroo, Macropus bernardus, by A. S. Le Souef 142 



Geographical Distribution of Genera belonging' to the Diptera Brachycera 



of Australia, by G.H.Hardy .' . .. 143 



Description of the Coppinia of an Australian Hydroid. by E. A. Briggs, B.Sc. 148 



Colour Changes in Birds' Feathers, by G. P. Heumann 151 



On the Mallophagan Family Trimenoponidae, by Launeelot Harrison. B.Sc, 



B.A .' ' ' 154 



Australian Blepharoceridae (order Dipteral : New Species, by R. .1. Tillyard, 



M.A.. ScD . . 159 



