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the Council for 191 > .1 



iiaga as a possible clue to Bird Phylog mcelot Harrison, B.Sc 7 



, by A. F. Basset Hull 



ph of the genus Tisiphone, Hiibner, by G. A. \\ '.itevhouse, B.Sc, B.E.. F.E.S 15 



• >riau Araneiad, by W. J. Rainbow, F.E.S ji 



on the Breeding-habits of the Purple-striped Gudgeon. Krefftius adspersus, Castelnau, by 



Albert Gal 



tralian Caprellid, by the Rev. Thomas R. R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S... 27 



Australian Syngnathida 29 



Bird Notes from the North alter \V. Kroggatt, F.L.S... 33 



An Interesting E /.oological Gardens 35 



Repoi 37 



List of Members, 191 1 I 

 \\ . Froggatt, F.L.S. 



ireutly new to Australia, by W. J. Rainbow, F.l 46 

 ^ration of the Jolly-tail or Eel Gudgeon 



i.li . . 47 



Furtl.' eo 



l'ENTS OF PART 3. 



■ uncil for 191 5 53 



Some new Araneidae from the County of Cumberland, by W, J Rainbow, F.E.S 58 



Notes on Colour-variation of Opossums of the genus Trichosurus, by A. S. Le Souef, Director 



Zoological Gardens 62 



CONTENTS OF PART 4. 



Report of the Council for 1916 Front Pages 



The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Its present position and future aims, by A. F. 



Basset Hull, President 65 



The Economics of Trnchus niloticus, by Charles Hedley 69 



The Destruction of Bird Life in Australia, by Walter VV. Froggatt, F.L.S 75 



The Lyre Bird : Some Nesting Notes, by John Ramsay and Albert E. Keene , 81 



Kangaroos in Captivity, by H. L. White 83 



Illustrations of Australian Coleoptera, by A. Musgrave and E. H. Zeck 85 



The deposition of the eggs of Monotremes, by Harry Burrell 87 



Ichthyological notes, by Allan R. McCulloch 89 



The Great Black Palm Cockatoo, Microglossus aterrimus, in captivity, by Dr. E. A. D'Ombrain, 



M.R.A.O.U 95 



