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Second Abstract of the Reports of the 
German Expedition of 1905 to South- 
Western Australia. 
BY PROF. W. M1CHAELSEN. 
Communicated by Bernard H. Woodward, C.M.Z.S., F.G.S., 
Director, Western Australian Museum. 
28th July, 1909. 
Being a Resume of “ Die Fauna Sudwest- Australians,” Vol. I, 
Parts 1 to 13, Jena, G. Fischer, 1907-8, 
the scientific results of the “ Hamburger Sudwest-australische 
Forschungsreise, 1905,” 
and edited by Drs. W. Michaelsen and R. Hartmeyer. 
( Read December ijtk, 1QIO.) 
The first volume of this collaborative work was completed 
in 1908, the first seven parts having been issued in 1907. It 
consists of thirteen parts, the first part gives a general account 
of the expedition, whilst each of the others treats of one particular 
systematic group of animals. These parts are not arranged in 
any definite order of classification, but in that of the completion 
of their manuscripts by the various authorities engaged upon 
the work 
PART I. 
This is a general account of the expedition and is written 
by Prof. W. Michaelsen, of Hamburg, and Dr. R. Hartmeyer, of 
Berlin. It consists of pp. I to VIII and 1 to 116, with 49 figures 
in the text and one map. The Introduction and the chapters 
“ Arrival and the arrangements made in Fremantle,” “ Fremantle 
to Perth, “ Rottnest,” “ Overland Excursions,” “ Physiography 
of the Country,” ” The Flora,” “ The Fauna,” " The Aborigines,” 
and “ The Timber Industry and Farming ” are written by Dr, 
Michaelsen. The second portion, consisting of the chapters on 
“ Sheep Farming,” “ The Mines,” and a “ Study of the Marine 
Fauna,” are by Dr. Hartmeyer. Appended to this are a list of 
the localities and a map showing where the collections were 
obtained. 
