INDEX Names of contribllfors are set in small capitals.

A million years on the D a rling Downs, 232 Aboriginal exh!bits at the Museum, new, 279 Aboriginal rehcs of the H awkesbury sand-

stone, 3151 Aboriginal rock shelters, survey of, 348 Aborigines, the st~~ncils of the, 25 A n:tspides, 63 Ancestor worship among the Melanesians, 147 Andamooka opal field , 389 Animal!, central Austra lia, 84; New Zealand.

21; unique south-western Australian, 152 "Animals with Backbonl!s'' exhibit, 127, 199 Anseranas semipalmara ( Latham) , 314 Ant-eater, Banded, 143 Anthony Musgrave, obituary, 101 Ascodipteron, 183 Australia: Char!e.s Darwin in , 120; gemstones

ol, 275; recent trends in oi l exploration in, 400

Australia n barnacles , 116 Aust ralian ~ird-banding scheme ( l953-60) ,

222 Australian Goannas, 71 Australian native plants. cultivation of, 13

"Backbones, Animals with,' ' (ex hibit ), 127 BAILEY, S. W. , DAY, M. F., and NORRIS, K. R.:

Uses of Rad io-activity in Entomology and lnsect Pest Control, 291

Banded Ant-eater, 143 Barnacles. some Australian, 116 Barramundi. north Australia's finest food fish.

55 . Bat, Long-fingered, remarkable paras.te of, 183 Bats, Vampire, 354 Baxter. R. E., obituary. 68 BIRCH. L. C.: Genetics a nd Evolution. 123 Bird-banding scheme, Austra lian. 1953-60.

222 Bird habitats of Botany Bay, 173 Bird -identification exhibit. 30 I Birds a nd their observers. 50 Birds o f Sydney, 24 1 Bird-watchers' clubs. 50 Birgus htlro, 28~ Blue Wren. 287 BOOK R EVIEWS: Child. J. : Australian Sea Shells, 122 Coppleson, V. M .: Shark Attack, 109 Der-artment of National Development, Can-

berra: Atlas of Au stra lia n Resource.s­Mineral Industry M ap a nd Geolog1cal Map, 265

Gillett Keith and McNei ll , Frank: The Grea t B~rrier Reef a nd Adjacent Isles, 157

Heuvelmans, Bernard: On the Track of Un­known Animals, .121

Hokuryu-Kan Publishing Co., Japan: En­cyclopaedia Zoologica . 290

Lindsay, H. A. and Tindale, N. B.: Ra nga-tira (The High One) . 132 ..

McCarthy, F. D .: Austra lia 's Abongmes. Their Life a nd Cultu re. 16

McNeill Frank and Gillell, Keith: The Great Bar~ier Re~f and Adjacent Is les. 157

Stirton, R. A . : Time, Life and M an , the Fossil Record. I 19

Lindsay, H. A., and Tindale. N . B.: Rangatira (The High One). 132

Tindale, N. B., and Lindsay, H. A.: Ranga-tira (The High One) , J 32

Boomerangs, 20, 343 Borers, timber, marine, 211 Botany Bay, bird habitats of, 173 BOWEN, K. G.: Victorian goldfields, 406 BRERF.TON, J. LE GAY: The way of life of the

slater, 99 Brimstone, fire and, 87 BROWNE, W. R .: The geology of the Sydney

district, 262 Brush-tailed Possum, 235

CALAJlY, J . H.: The numbat of south-western Australia, 143

Cape York Peninsula, expedition to, 362 CARNF., P. B.: Life and habi ts of the sawfly,

65 Carnivorous plants, 59 CAROLJN, R.: Colourful Plant Life on Sand­

stone and Shale, 258; Pollination of the Proteaceae, 37 l

Carpet Snakes, beat conservation in, 313 CARRICK, ROBERT: The Australian Bird-band-

ing Scheme, 153-60, 222 Caterpillar, " double-headed' ', 231 Cetaceans, 42 C HALMERS, R. 0.: Mineral Wealth of North­

west Queensland, 30; Fire and Brimstone, 87; Kalgoorlie, El Dorad~ of the West. 139· Gemstones of Australia, 275; How to Rec~gnize Meteorites. 358; Hill End. Then and Now, 377; World's Largest Pitchblende Specimen at Museum. 395; Ornamental Stones of New South Wales. 403

Charles Da rwin in Australia, 120 Chelepteryx collesi, 340 C helonians, snakes and lizards, 250 Cirripedia, 117 C lass in the Museum's Hallst rom Theatre, 62 Coconut, or Robber, Crab, 283 Coequosa triangularis, 231 COGGER HAROLO G.: Sea-snakes, 37: Aus­

traiian Goannas. 71: C rocodiles a nd their Kin , 200; Snakes. Lizards and Cbelonians. 250; An Expec.Jition to Cape York Pen­insula. 362

Colou r slides o f Museu m exhibits, 269 Colou rful plant life on sandstone and shale.

258 Corroboree Frog. 190 C rab Robber or Coconut , 283 "Crahs' Eyes' ' were a mediaeval "cure-all",

28 Crayfishes, freshwat~r. ~ 17 C rocodiles and the1r km, 200 C rus tacea, syncarid, 63 C ultivation of Australia n native plants, 13 DAILY, B.: Thy/acoleo, the Extinct M arsupial

Lion, 163

Dangerous m a rine animals, 182 Da rling Downs, a million years on the, 232 Darwin and the evolution of man, 110 Darwin Charles: Life and work of, 105 ; in

Au'stralia, 120; speci al exhibit at Museum, 122

DAVIES, S. J. J . F.: Magpie Goose BehaviOur, 314

410

DAY, M. F., BAILEY, S. W. and NORRIS, K R.: Uses of Radio-activity in ~mology and Insect-pest Control, 291

Delena cancerides, 17 Delphinidae, 42 Desmodontidae, 354 Desmodus rotundus, 354 Director of Museum, tour by, 193 Display of soft-bodied animals, new Museum

technique for, 338 Dolphins and porpoises, 42 "Double-headed" caterpillar, 231 DRUMMOND, F. H.: The Syncarid Crustacea, a

Living Link with Remote Geological ages. 63

Earwigs, 324

I NDEX

Eggs, flatworm, 170 Entomology, uses of radio-activity in, 29 1 EvANS, J. W.: The L ife and Work of Charles

Darwin, 105; Fossil Insects, 294 Evolution and Radiation of Mammals, 184 Evolution, genetics and, 123 Evolution of man, Darwin and the, 110 Evolution, the role of islands in, 128 Exh ibit. bird-identification, 30 l Exhibits, new Aboriginal, 279 Expedition to Cape York Peninsula, 362 Expedition to the Hamersley Range, 94

Fauna preservation faces a crucial period, 9 Fauna, rare, protection of, 331 Fauna! reserves, 9 F ire and brimstone, 87 Fish, Barramundi, 55 F ishes, freak , 298 Fishes, migrations of, 158 Flatworm eggs, 170 Flesh-eating plants, 59 FLETCHER, H. 0.: A Giant Marine Reptile

from the Cretaceous Rocks of Queensland, 47; Turtles of the Past, 191; Fossils of the Sydney District, 254

Fly, laglaisia, 166 Fly, Stil t-leggt!d, or Neriid, 265 FOCKEN, CHARLES: The Radiocarbon Dating

Method, 327 Fossil Insects, 294 Fossil insect research , 162 Fossils: From thc Darling Downs, 232 ; of

the Sydney district, 254 Francois, Donald, American Fulbright scholar.

12 FRANCOIS, DONALO D.: Freshwate r Crayfi shes,

2 17 Freak fishes , 298 Freshwater crayfishes, 217 Freshwater gudgeons of temperate Australia,

332 F reshwater invertebrates of tbe Sydney dis-

trict, 302 F rog, Corroboree, 190 Gall and predaceous wasps. 167 Gastroliths, 28 GAY, F. J.: Some Aspects of the Life of the

Termite, 228 Geebu!lg H awk Moth, 231 Gemstones of Australia, 275 Genetics and Evolution. 123 Geology of the Sydney district, 262 Giant marine reptile from the Cretaceous rocks

of Queensland, 47

GILES, E. T.: Earwigs, 324 Goannas, 7 1 Gold, at Kaloorlie, 139 Goldfields, Victorian , 406 Goose, Magpie, behaviour of. 314 GRAHAM, GEoRGE: Mintibi, Opal Field of the

Future, 393 Greenstone, New Zealand, 381 Gudgeons, freshwater, of temoerate Australia,

332 -

Habitats, bird, of Botany Bay, 173 HALL, L . R.: Recent Trends in Oil Explora-

tion in Australia, 400 Hallstrom Theatre, 62 Hamersley Range, museum expedition to. 94 HARRIS, THISTLr., Y.: The Cultivation of Aus-

tralian Native Plants, 13 Hawkesbury sandstone district, Aboriginal

relics ot. 319 Head-hunters of Oceania. 76 Heads, preservation of, ·among the Melanes­

ians, 149 HrcKMAN, V. V. : Huntsman Spider, its H abits

and Life History, 17 Hill End, then and now, 377 H[NDWOOD, K. A.: The Birds of Sydney, 241 Holmes, William, the Museum's first custodian ,

306 How to Recognize Meteorites, 358 Huntsman Spider, habits and life history, 17 Hydrophiidae, 37

Increase in magazine price, 216, 272, 305 Insect fauna of the Sydney area, 270 Insect migration, 350 Insect-pest control , uses of radio-activity in.

291 Insects. fossil. 294 " Invertebrate Tree" exhibit ("These Are Inver­

tebrates"), 54, 1 J 5 Invertebrates, land and freshwater, of the Syd-

ney district, 302 Is lands, role of in evolution, 128 Isoptera, 228

Kalgoorlie. El Dorado of the west, 139 KEAST, ALLEN : Relict Animals and Plants of

the M acdonnell Ranges, 81; the Role of Islands in Evolution, 12H; the Unique Plants and Animals of South-western Aus­tralia. 152

KNIGHT, 0. LE M.: Andamooka Opal Field. 389

Koala management in Victoria, 178 Kronosaurus queenslandicus, 47

Laglaisia fly, 166 Land and freshwater invertebrates of the

Sydney district, 302 Late.\· calcarifer, 55 Life and habits of the sawfly, 65 Life and work of Charles Darwin, LOS " Life Through the Ages '' (coloured chart ) .

261 ' 282, 318 Lizards, snakes and chelonians, 250 Lord Howe Island , natu ral history of. 207 McALPINE, D Avm K.: Gall and Predaceous

Wasps, 167; Mayflies. L96; Rich and Varied Insecr Fauna , 270; Trigger Plants. 297

JNDEX

MCCARTHY, FREDERLCK D.: Stencils of the Aborigines, 25; H ead-hunters of Oceania, 76; Ancestor Worship Among the Mela­nesians. 147; New Aboriginal Exhibits at the Museum, 279; Aboriginal Relics of the Hawkesbury Sandstone, 319; The Boom­erang, 343

Macdonnell Ranges, relict animals and plants of, 8 1

McG tLL, ARNOLD R.: Bird Habitats of Botany Bay, 173

MACINTOSH, N. W. G.: Darwin and the Evolu­tion of Man, 110

MACKAY, Rov D.: New Museum Technique for Displaying Soft-bodied Animals, 338

McMICHAEL, DONALD F.: These Shellfish Are Good to Eat. 90; Neopilina, A Moll uscan Missing Li nk, 133; Pearls, the Jewels of the Sea, 385

M cM ICHAEL, D. F. and POPE, E. C.: Land and Freshwater lnvertebrates of the Syd­ney district, 302

Mc NALLY, J.: Koala Management in Victoria , 178

McNErLL, FRANK: "Crabs' Eyes" Were a Mediaeval "cure-all", 28; Underwater Saboteurs, 211 ; The Robber Crab, a Crus­tacean Mystery, 283

McNeill, F. A. , retirement of, 353 Magazine: I ncrease in price, 216, 272, 305;

new name for , 344. 402 Magpie Goose behaviour. 314 Malurus cyaneus, 287 Mammals: Evolution a nd radiation of, 184;

of the Sydney distr ict, 246 Man, Darwin and the evolution of, I 10 Marine animals, dangerous, I 82 Marine timber borers, 2 I I Marking of wha les, 309 MARLOW, B. J.: Dolphins and Porpoises, 42;

The Evolution and Radiation of Mammals, J 84; The Mammals of the Sydney District, 246; W hale Marking, 309; Vampire Bats, True and False, 354

Marsupial Lion, extinct, 163 Mathews, H. B .. obituary, 20 Mayflies, 196 Meio/ania, 191 Melanesians. ancestor worship among. 147 Meteorites, recognition of, 358 Migration of insects, 350 Migration of fishes, 158 Million years on the Darling Downs, 232 Mineral wealth of north-west Queensland, 30 Minerals, radioactive, 397 Mintibi, opal field of the future, 393 Missing link, molluscan. 133 Molluscan m issing link, Neopilina, 133 Morelia spilotes variegata Gray, 313 Moth, White-stemmed Gum. 340 Mount Isa, 30 Museum Director's overseas tour, 193 Museum expedition to the H amersley Range,

94 Museum's first custodian. William H olmes.

306 Museum: New wing to be built, 8; new build­

ing opened by Premier, 221; photo of new building, 245: colour slides of exhibits,

411

269; new Aboriginal exhibits, 279; school class at, 286; world's largest pitch­blende specimen at, 395

Musgrave, Anthony, obituary, 101 Myrmecobius, 143 Natural history of Lord Howe Island, 207 Naturalists' Society's 58th anniversary, 27 Neophocaena, 42 Neopilina, a molluscan missing link, 133 Neriid or Stilt-legged F ly, 265 New Aboriginal exhibits at the Museum, 279 New wing: To be built at Museum, 8; opened

by Premier, 22 1; photo of, 245 New cave-dwelling shrimps found, 86 New curator at Museum, 157 New exhibit of invertebrates, 54 New Museum techinque for displ aying soft-

bodied animals, 338 New name for magazine, 344, 402 New South Wales, ornamental stones of, 403 New technique used in Museum exhibit, 127 New Zealand: Land of unique animals, 21; the

possum in, 235; greenstone, 381 NORRIS, K . R., BAILEY, S. W., and DAY, M. F.:

Uses of Radio-activity in Entomology and Insect Pest Control, 291

Notes and News items: 20, 49, 54, 86, 89, 132, 136, 190, 195, 204, 227, 282, 301, 326, 349, 357, 370, 380, 392, 399

Numbat of south-western Australia, 143

Observations on the behaviour of sea urchins, 3

Oceania, head-hunters of. 76 Oil exploration in Australia, recent trends in,

400 Opal field at Andamooka, 389 Opal field at Mintibi, 393 Origin of Museum's whale skeleton, 204 Ornamental stones of New South Wales, 403

Paranaspides, 63 Parasite of the Long-fingered Bat. 183 Pearls, the jewels of the sea, 385 Perga, 65 Phocaena, 42 Piranha, 368 Pitchblende, world's largest specimen of, at

Museum, 395 Plant life of the Sydney district, 258 Plants, Australian native, cultivation of, 13 Plan ts, flesh-eating, 59 Plants, Trigger, 297 Plants, unique. of south-western Australia, J 52 Plesiosaurs, 47 Pollination of the proteaceae, 371 POPE, ELIZABETH C.: Some Australian Bar­

nacles, 116; The Natural History of Lord Howe Island , 207

POPE, E. C. and MCMICHAEL, D. F. : Land and Freshwater Invertebrates of the Syd­ney District, 302

Porpo ises and dolphins, 42 Possum in New Zealand, 235 Predaceous wasps, 167 Premier opens Museum's new building, 221 P reservatio n of heads among the Melanesians.

149 Price of magazine. increase in , 305 Prosopistoma, 198 Prote.aceae, pollination of, 371 Protection of ra re fauna, 331

410

DAY, M. F., BAILEY, S. W. and NORRIS, K. R.: Uses of Radio-activity in Bu~mology and Insect-pest Control. 291

Delena cancerides, 17 Delphinidae, 42 Desmodontidae, 354 Desmodus rotundus, 354 Director of Museum, tour by, 193 Display of soft-bodied animals, new Museum

technique for, 338 Dolphins and porpoises, 42 " Double-headed" caterpillar, 231 DRUMMOND, F. H.: The Syncarid Cr~stacea, a

Living Link wit h Remote Geolog1cal ages. 63

Earwigs, 324 Eggs, fl atworm, 170 Entomo logy, uses of .rad io-activity in. 29 1 EvANS, J. W .: The L1fe and W ork of C harles

Darwin , 105; Fossil Insects. 294 Evolution and Radiation of Mammals. 184 Evolution, genetics and, 123 Evolution of man. Darwin and the, 110 Evolution the role of islands in. 128 Ex hibit. bird-identification. 30 I Exhibits new Aboriginal. 279 Expediti~n to Cape York Peninsula. 362 Expedition to the Hamersley Range, 94

Fau na preservation faces a c rucial period, 9 Fauna, rare, protection o f. 33 1 Faunal reserves, 9 Fire and brimstone, 87 Fish, Barramundi. 55 Fishes, freak, 298 Fishes, migrations of, 158 Flatworm eggs, 170 Flesh-eating plants, 59 FLETCHER, H . 0.: A Giant Marine Reptile

from the Cretaceous Rocks of Queens land, 47; Turtles of the Past, 191 ; Fossils of the Sydney District, 254

F ly, /aglai.sia, 166 Fl y, Stilt-legged, or Neri id , 265 FOCKEN, C HARLES: The R ad iocarbon Dating

Method, 327 Fossil Insects, 294 Fossil insect research. 162 Fossils: From the Darling Downs. 232; of

the Sydney district, 254 Francois, DonaJd. American Fulbright scholar.

12 FRANCOJS, OONALD D.: Freshwater Crayfishes.

2 17 Freak fishes, 298 Freshwater c rayfishes. 217 Freshwater gudgeons of temperate Australi a,

332 Freshwater invertebra tes of the Sydney dis-

trict, 302 Frog, Corroboree, 190 Gall and predaceous wasps. 167 Gastroliths, 28 GAY, F. J .: Some Aspects of the Life of the

T ermite, 228 Geebu!lg Hawk Moth. 231 Gemstones of Australia. 275 Genetics a nd Evolution. 123 Geology of the Syd ney district , 262 Gia nt marine reptile from the Cretaceous rocks

of Queens land , 47

INDEX

G tLES, E. T .: Earwigs. 324 Goa nnas, 71 Gold , at Kaloorl ie, 139 Goldfields, Victorian, 406 Goose. Magpie, behaviour of. 3 14 GRAHAM, GEORGE: Mintibi. Opal Fie ld of the

Future, 393 Greenstone, New Zealand. 381 Gudgeons, freshwater. of temperate Australia.

332

H abitats, bird. of Botany Bay, 173 HALL, L. R.: Recent Trends in O il Explora-

tion in Australia, 400 Ha llstrom Theat re, 62 Hamersley Range, museum expedition to. 94 HARRIS. T HISTLI.: Y.: The Cu ltivation of Aus-

tra lian Native Pl ants, 13 Hawkesbury sandstone district, Aborigina l

relics ot. 319 Head-hunte rs o f Oceania. 76 Heads. preservation of. among the M elanes­

ians, 149 HrCKMAN, V. V.: H untsman Spider. its H abits

and Li fe History. 17 Hill End. then and now, 377 HtNDWOOD, K. A.: The Birds of Sydney, 241 Holmes, William, the M useum's first custodian,

306 How to Recognize M eteorites, 358 Huntsman Spider, h abits and life history. 17 Hydrophiidae, 37

Increase in magazine price. 2 16, 272, 305 Insect fauna of the Sydney area, 270 Insect migration, 350 Insect-pest control. uses of radio-activity 1n.

19 1 Insects. fossil. 294 " invertebrate Tree'' exhibit (''These Are I nver­

tebrates''), 54, 115 Invertebra tes, la nd a nd freshwater, of the Syd-

ney d istrict, 302 Islands, role of in evol ution, 128 lsoptera, 228

Ka lgoorlie, El Dorado of. the west, 139 K EAST, ALLEN: Relict An1mals and Pl ants of

the Macdonnell Ranges, 81; the Role of Islands in Evolution. 118; the Unique Plants and Animals of South-western Aus­tralia. 152

K NIGHT, 0. LE M.: Andamooka Opal F ield. 389

Koala manag~ment in Victoria, 178 K ronosaurus queenslandicus, 47

La~:laisia fly, 166 Land and freshwater invertebrates of the

Sydney district. 302 Lates calcarifer, 55 Life and habits of the sawtly. 65 Life and work of C harles Darwin. 105 " Life Through the Ages" (coloured chart).

261, 282, 3 18 Liza rds. snakes and chelonians. 250 Lord Howe Is land, na tural history of. 207 McALPINE, DAVID K.: Gall and Predaceous

Wasps, 167; M aytlies. 196; Rich a nd Varied Insecr Fauna. 270; Trigger Plants. 297

MCCARTHY, FREDERICK D.: Stencils of the Aborigines, 25; Head-hunters of Oceania, 76; Ancestor Worship Among the Mela­nesians, 147; New Aboriginal Exhibits at the Museum, 279; Aboriginal Relics of the Hawkesbu ry Sandston e, 319; The Boom­erang, 343

Macdonnell Ranges. relict animals a nd p lants of, 81

McGILL, ARNOi.O R.: Bird Habitats of Botany Bay, 173

MACINTOSH, N. W . G.: Darwin a nd the Evolu­tion of Man, J 10

MACKAY, Rov D .: New Museum Technique for Displaying Soft-bodied Animals, 338

MCMICHAEL, DONALD F.: These Shellfish Are Good to Eat. 90; N eopi/ina, A Molluscan Missing Link, 13 3; Pearls. the Jewels of the Sea, 385

M c M ICHAEL, D. F. and P OPE, E. C . : Land and Freshwater Invertebrates of the Syd­ney district, 302

MCNALLY, J. : Koa la Management in Victoria , 178

Mc N ErLL, FRANK: ··crab · Eyes" Were a Mediaeval "cure-all", 28; Underwater Saboteurs, 211; The Robber Crab, a Crus­tacean Mystery, 283

McNeill, F. A., retirement of, 353 Magazi ne : Increase in price, 216, 272, 305;

new name for , 344. 402 Magpie Goose behaviour. 314 Malurus cyaneus, 287 Mammals: Evolution a nd radiation of, I 84;

o[ the Sydney district, 246 Man, Darwin and the evolution of. 110 Marine animals, dangerous, I 82 Marine timber borers. 2 11 Marking of whales, 309 MARLOW, B. J.: Dolphins a nd Porpoises, 42 ;

The Evolution and R adiation of M a mmals, 184; The Mamma ls of the Sydney District, 246; Wha le Marking, 309; Vampire Ba ts, True a nd False, 354

Marsupial Lion, exti nct, 163 Mathews, H. B .. obituary, 20 M ayflies, 196 M eio/ania, 191 Melanesians, a ncestor worship among, 147 Meteorites, recognition of, 358 Migration of insects, 350 Migration of fi shes, J 58 Million years on the D a rling D o wns, 232 Mineral wealth of north-west Queensla nd, 30 Minerals, radioactive, 397 Mintibi , opa l field of the future, 393 Missing link , mollusca n, 133 Molluscan missing link, Neopilina, 133 Morelia spilotes variegata Gray, 313 Moth , White-stemmed Gum. 340 Mount [sa , 30 Museum Director's overseas tour, !93 Museum expedition to the Harnersley Range,

94 Museum's first custodian Wi ll iam Holmes,

306 ' Mus~um: New wing to be built, 8; new build­

Ing opened by Premier, 221.; photo of new building, 245: colour slides of exhibits,

1NDEX 4 11

269; new Aboriginal exhibits, 279· school class at, 286; world's largest pitch~ blende specimen at, 395

Musgrave, Anthony, obituary , I 0 l Myrmecobius, 143 Natural history of Lord Howe Island, 207 Naturalists' Society's 58th anniversary, 27 Neophocaena, 42 Neopitina , a molluscan missing link, 133 Neriid or Stilt-legged Fly, 265 New Aboriginal exhibits at the Museum, 279 New wing: To be built at Museum, 8; opened

by Premier, 22 L; photo of, 245 New cave-dwelling shrimps found , 86 New curator at Museum, 157 New exhibit of invertebrates, 54 New Museum techinque for displ aying soft-

bodied animals, 338 New name for magazine, 344, 402 New South Wales, ornamental stones of, 403 New technique used in Museum exhibit, 127 New Zealand: Land of unique animals, 21; the

possum in, 235; greenstone, 381 NoRRIS, K. R ., BAILEY, S. W., and D AY, M . F.:

Uses of Radio-activity in Entomology and Insect Pest Control, 291

Notes a nd News items: 20, 49, 54, 86, 89, 132, 136, 190, 195, 204. 227 , 282, 30 1. 326. 349, 357, 370, 380. 392, 399

Numbat of south-western Australia, 143

Observations on the beha viour of sea urchins, 3

Oceania, head-hunters of, 76 Oil exploration in Australia, recent trends in.

400 Opal field at Andamooka, 389 Opal field at Mintibi, 393 Origin of Museum's whale skeleton, 204 Ornamental stones of New South Wales, 403

Paranaspides, 63 Parasite of the Long-fingered Bat, 183 Pea rls, the jewels of the sea, 385 Perga, 65 Phocaena, 42 Piranha, 368 Pitchblende, world's largest specimen of, at

Museum, 395 Plant life of the Sydney district, 258 Plants, Australian native, cultivation of, 13 Pla nts, flesh-eating, 59 Plants. Trigger, 297 Plants, unique, of south-western Australia. 152 Plesiosaurs. 47 Pollination of the proteaceae, 371 POPE, ELIZABETH C.: Some Australian Bar­

nacles, 116; The Natural H istory of Lord H owe Island, 207

POPE, E. C. and MCMICHAEL, 0. F.: Land and Freshwater invertebrates of the Syd­ney District, 302

Porpoises and dolphins, 42 Possum in New Zealand , 235 Predaceous wasps, J 67 Premi er opens Museum's new building, 221 Preservation of heads among the Melanesians.

149 Price o f magazine. increase in, 305 Prosopistoma, 198 Proteaceae, pollination of, 371 Protection of rare fauna, 331

412 i NDEX

Pseudophryne corroboree, 190 P yrite, 87 Queensland: M ineral wealth of north-western,

30; giant marine reptile f ro m , 47

Radiation of m ammals, 184 Radioactive mi nera ls, 397 Radioactivity, uses of in entomology and in-

sect pest contro l, 29 1 Radiocarbon dating method , 327 Rainbow, W. A., librarian, death of, 34 Recent tren ds in oil exploration in Australia,

400 REED, J . J.: New Zealand greenstone, 381 Relict animals and plants of the M acdonnell

Ra nges, 81 Remarkable parasite of the Long-finge red Bat,

183 Reptile, giant. marine. f rom the C retaceous

rocks of Queensland, 47 Retirement of Museum curator, 353 Rich and varied insect fauna, 270 RIDE, W. D . L. : A M useum Expedition to the

Hamersley Range, 94 Robber C rab, a crustacean mystery, 283 Role of islands in evolut ion, 128 ROWLEY, IAN: T he Blue W ren, 287

Saboteurs, underwater, 2 11 Sawfly, life and habits of, 65 School class at the M useum, 286 Sea-snakes, 37 Sea urchins, observat ions on the behaviour of,

3 Serrasalmus nauereri, 368 Settlement and topography of Sydney, 266 SHARLAND, M ICHAEL: Birds and Their Obser-

vers, 50 Shellfish, edible. 90 Shrimps, cave-dwelli ng, 86 SINCLAIR, A. N.: Observations on the Be­

haviou r cf Sea U rch ins, 3 Slater, way of life of, 99 Smi thers, C. N ., appointed Curator of Ento-

mology, 157 SM ITHERS, C. N.: Insect M igration, 350 Snakes, Carpet, heat conservation in, 313 Snakes, lizards and chelonians, 250 Snakes, Sea, 37 Some aspects of the life of the termite, 228 Some Australian barnacles, 116 Some central Australian animals, 84 South-western Australia: The numbat of. 143;

unique plants and animals of, 152 Spider, Huntsman, habits and life history, 17 Stencils o f the A borigines, 25 STEPHENSON, N . G.: New Zealand, land of

unique animals, 2 1 STEW ART, J. R. : Radioactive M inerals, 397 Stilt-legged or Neriid F ly, 265 Stomach stones in crayfi sh and crabs. 28 Stones, ornamental. of New South Wales, 403 STROM, ALLEN A.: Fauna Preservation Face

a Crucial Period , 9

Stylidium, 297 Sulph ur, 87 Survey of Aborigi nal rock shelters, 348 Syd ney dist rict: Birds of, 24 1; mammals of.

246; snakes, lizards and chelonians of, 250; fossils of, 254; plan t life of, 258; geology of, 262; topography and settle­men t of. 266; insect fau na of , 270; land and freshwater invertebrates of, 302

Syncarid crustacea. a living link with remote geological ages. 63

T A YLOR, GRIFFITH: Sydney-topography and settlement. 266

Telostyfinus bivittatus, 265 Termite, some aspects of the life of, 228 "These A re I nvertebrates" ("Invertebrate Tree•·

exhibit), 54 These shellfish a re good to eat, 90 THOMSON, J. M.: M igrations of F ishes, 158 Thylacoleo, the extinct m arsupial lion, 163 Topography and settlement of Sydney, 266 ·'Tree of Ve rtebrates", 127 .. T ree, Vertebrate''. 199 Troichosurus vulpecultl, 235 T rigger Plants, 297 Turtles of the past. 191 TYNDALE-BISCOE, C. H .: The Possum in New

Zealand. 235 Underwater saboteurs, 21 I Uniq ue plants a nd animals of south-western

Aust ralia , 152 Use3 of radioactivity in entomology and insect

pest control, 29 1

Vampi re Bats, true and fal se, 354 V aranus, 7 I ··vertebrate Tree·• (exh ibit), 127 Victoria, koa la management in, 178 Victorian gold fields, 406 Voracious piranha of South America, 368

Wasps. gall and predaceous. 167 Way of life of the slater, 99 Whale m a rki ng, 309 Whale skeleton, Mm:eum's, origi n of, 204 W ha les, 42 W HI TE, N. H .: Flesh-eating plants, 59 " W hite a nts" . 228 White-stemmed Gum Moth, 340 WHITLEY, G ILBERT P.: The Barramundi, North

Australia's Finest Food Fish. 55; Charles Darwin in Australia, 120; Freak Fishes. 298· William Holmes, the Australian M u~eum 's F irst Custodian, 306; Fresh­wat<!r Gmlgeons of Temperate Australia, 332· the Voracious Piranha of South , America, 368

Wi lliam H olmes. the Australian Museum's first custodian, 306 .

Wooos, J . T.: A Million Y cars on the Da rling D own s, 232

World's largest pitchblende specimen at Museum, 395

Wren . Blue, 287