420 
Index. 
Mineral treasures of Tasmania, 177. 
Mineral waters near Circular Head, 77. 
Miner-bird, 53. 
Missionaries, 109 
Mollusca, method of preparing, 236. 
Moment of rotation, 214. 
Monacanthus rudis, 105. 
Monde, 111. 
Monotremata not oviparous, 97 : the 
marsupial bones in, 187. 
Moral sense of the Aborigines of Tas¬ 
mania, 249. 253. 
More-pork, 56. 
Moreton Bay, pumice found at, 340. 
MotacUla jiahdlifcra, 306. 
Mousebird, 54. 
Mullet, new species of, 101. 
Murrumbidgee, source of, discovered by 
Count Streleski in 1841, 66. 
Mus lutreola , M. Grcyii, M. Adclaiden - 
sis , 385. 
Mushroom of Tasmania, 48. 
Myiagra latirostris, 395. 
Mythology of the New Zealanders, 254. 
Myzomela pectoralis, 392. 
Name of Van Diemen’s Land, 414. 
Naming, system of, 114. 123. 
Narcvne Tasmaniemis , 107.403. 
Natatores of Tasmania, 57. 
Native bread, 48. 
Native carrot, a species of geraninm, 36. 
Native dogs for hunting, 115. 
Native hyaena, 239. 
Native porcupine, 239. 
Native potatoes, Gastrodia sesamoides, 
44. 
Native swallow, 53. 
Native thrush, 54. 
Native words applied to European ob¬ 
jects, 118. 
Nelson on coral reefs, 227. 
Nemadactyhut concinnus, n. g., 64. 
Nettles, inquiry regarding, 319. 
New Guinea, ornithology of akin to that 
of Australia, 141. 
New Zealanders, migrations of the, 354 : 
ancestry of the, 261. 
New Zealand, population of, 355—358. 
Nganno, 121. 
Ngarrakuinyo, 111. 
Ngarri, 119. 
Ngulta, 115. 
Nguya-palti, 121. 
Niantic, showers of dust encountered by 
the, 329. 
Nitrogen, presence of, in coal, 203. 
Nine-mile Marsh, analysis of lignite 
found at, 200. 
Noctua Ewingii, 73. 
Nokunna, 120. 
Norfolk Bay, 267. 
Norman, Robert, first to notice the mag¬ 
netic dip, 126. 
Numenius uropygialis, 398. N. minutus , 
399. 
Nutritive juices, economy of, in the 
vegetable and animal kingdoms, 94, 
95. 
Nuytsia floribunda, 404. 
Observatories, account of magnetic, 134. 
Ocyptcriis persona tus, 390. 
Odax algensis, 102. 
(Epinus, magnetic theory of, 125. 
Oraeo, Lake, 66. 
Oplegnathus , n. g., 103. 
Orchidecs of Tasmania have generally 
esculent roots, 44. 
Ordeal used by the Adelaide tribes, 120. 
Orion, notions of the Adelaide tribe re¬ 
garding, 116. 
Ornaments used by the Aborigines, 252. 
Ornithological provinces of the globe, 
141. 
Ornithorhynchus paradoxus , blood of, 
94. 
Ostracion auritus , 104: flavigaster , 
104: lenticularis, 403 : ornatus, 104: 
spiloguster , 104. 
Otis australasianus, 399. 
Owen, Prof., on species of Talcgalla , 
303, 304. 
Owl, boobook, 53 : spotted, 53. 
Oxalis microphylla and lactea , leaves of 
available for food, 36. 
Oyster-catcher, black, 57 : pied, 57. 
Pa, 345. 
Paitva, 120. 
Palya, 112. 
Pappa, 113. 
Pardalotis affinis, 146. P. uropygialis, 
146. 
Parrakeet, blue mountain, 55 : forest, 
55: ground, 55 : Maria Island, 55 : 
musk, 55: orange-bellied, 55: rose- 
bill, 55 : swamp, 55 : swift, 55. 
Parrot, mountain, 55. 
Pea, sixty species of, found in the Island, 
37. 
Pelican, 58. 
Penguin, large, 58: little, 58; yellow- 
tufted, 58. 
Peranicles fas data, 384: P. fusciven- 
ter, 384. 
Perch of Tasmania, 63. 
Petrel, Cape, 58 : doubtful species of, 
245: white, 244. 
Petrophassa, u. g., 396. P. albipennis, 
396. 
Phascogale affinis, 384. P. rvfogaster, 
384. P. leucogaster, 384. 
Physuliu pelogicct, 136. 
