Index. 
467 
Milligan, Joseph, on meteorological 
observations at Hampshire Hills, 
71. 
Minutes of the Tasmanian Society, 74, 
156, 317, 390, 458. 
Mira undulata, 298. 
Mona Vale, analysis of soils at, 309. 
Moa, fossil bones of, 81, 106, 220. 
. supposed nests of, 359. 
Mutton Bird (Sooty Petrel,) some 
account of habits and natural his¬ 
tory, 13. 
Myoporum laatum, 233. 
Native tradition of Western Australia, 
388. 
Nephrodium pentangularum, 169. 
Nettles, on imported species of, 155. 
New Zealand, excursion in, by Rev. 
W. Colenso, 210, 241. 
.... geology of, 449. 
Nickel found in New Zealand, 214. 
Niphobolus bicolor, 162. 
Norfolk Island, statistics of, 363. 
Nototherium inerme, 345. 
Patella Solandri, 226. 
Penguins, habits of, 44. 
Penguin Island, 46. 
Peophodes nigrogularis, 366. 
Perameles arenaria, 445. 
Petaurus sciureus found in Van Die¬ 
men’s Land, 458. 
Phascogale calurus, 446. 
Phormium Porsterianum, 219. 
Plants, on imported, 79. 
Pluviameter, an improved, by Lieut. 
M. C. Friend, 328. 
Pollexfenia pedicillata, 381. 
. laciniata, 382. 
Polypodium Sylvaticum, 163. 
. viscidum, 164, 248. 
Polysiphonia byssoclados, 423. 
. frutex, 424. 
. Gunniana, 424. 
... t .. Lawrcnciana, 425. 
Procellaria leucoptera, 443. 
.Solandri, 442. 
Pteris montana, 172. 
Puffinus carneipes, 442. 
Rapacity of Tasmanian fish, 311. 
Red, sacred colour of the New Zea¬ 
landers, 223. 
Robertson, J., remarks on the Antarc¬ 
tic continent, 41. 
Royal Society of Van Diemen’s Land 
348. 
Rubus, sp. nov. in New Zealand, 221. 
Sabine, Mount, 42. 
School at Wakawitira in New Zealand, 
222 . 
Shells, on heaps of recent, on shores of 
Tasmania, 332. 
Silurian fossiisfrom Hobart Town, 456. 
Snakes, notes on the teeth and poison 
apparatus of, 190. 
Society, Royal, of V. D. Land, 348. 
.. Tasmanian, minutes of, 74, 
156, 317, 390, 468. 
.. list of members, 
80, 160. 
. Zoological, of London, pro¬ 
ceedings of, 366, 440. 
Solar radiation, with a description of 
the actinometer, 397. 
Sooty Petrel (Mutton Bird,) some ac¬ 
count of the habits and natural his¬ 
tory, 13. 
Statistics of Tasmania, 1838—41, 141. 
Stokes, Captain, R.N„ notes on the 
coasts of Australia, 55. 
Strzelecki. M. de, on the Volcano of 
Kirauea, Sandwich Islands, 32; ana¬ 
lysis of soils, 309; work on Austra¬ 
lia, 240. 
Taro plantations in New Zealand, 217. 
Tasmania, on first discovery of, 321. 
Tasmanian Society, minutes of, 74, 156, 
317, 390,459. 
Temperature at Adelaide in 1842, 150. 
.in Antarctic Circle, 53. 
Terebratula Tayloriana, 244. 
Terror, Mount, 55. 
Tertiary rocks, very recent, at Portland 
Bay, 11; near Hobart Town, 1L 
Thalassina autiqua, 240. 
Thylacinus Harrisii, 125, 311, 447. 
Todea superba, 188. 
Tolaga Bay of Captain Cook in New 
Zealand, 229. 
Trigonia margaritacea, 462. 
Unio Waikarense, 250. 
Urville, Dumotu D’, memoir of, 74. 
Wairoa, New Zealand, 243. 
Wangaroa, New Zealand, 243. 
Westgarlh, William, on geology and 
physical aspect of Port Phillip, 402. 
White Hawk of Tasmania, 393. 
Wilton, C. P. N., on a new species of 
encrinitc, 118. 
Western Mountains, excursion to, 121. 
Zoological Society of London, pro¬ 
ceedings of, 366, 440. 
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