THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM MAGAZINE
EDITED BY C. ANDERSON, M.A., D.Sc. DIRECTOR . ..
VOLUME I., 1921,1923
SYDNEY:
Published Qu:uterly hy THE TRUSTEES OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
1921, )923. THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM COLLEGE STREET, SYDNEY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
President : T. STORIE DxxsoN, M.B., Ch.M., Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John.
Crown Trustee : JAMEs McKERN.
Official Trustees : His HONOUR THE CmEF J USTICE. THE HoN. THE PRESIDENT oF THE LEGISLATIVE CoUNCIL. THE HoN. THE CoLONIAL SECRETARY. THE HoN. THE A-rroRNEY·GENERAL. THE HoN. THE CoLONIAL TREASURER. THE HoN. THE SECRETaRY FOR PuBLIC WoRKS AND MmrsTER FOR RAILWAYS. THE HoN. THE MmlsTER oF PuBLic INSTRUCTION. THE AUDITOR--GENERAL. THE PRESIDENT OF THE N.S.W ALES MEDIOAL BOARD (T. STORIE Drx:SON, M.B., Ch.M.). THE SURVEYOR·GENERAL AND ClnEF SURVEYOR. THE CROWN SoLICITOR.
Elective Trustees : PROF. W. A. fuswELL, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. G. H. ABBO'rl', B.A., M.B., Ch.M. PRoF. Sm T. W. E. DAvm, K.B.E., C.M.G., B.A., F .R.S. J. VERNON. W. H. HARGRAVES. THE HoN. D. LEVY, LL.B., M.L.A. Eruc SINcu.m, M.D. J. R. M. ROBERTSON, M.D., C.M. J . J. FLETCHER, M.A., B.Sc. ERNEST WUNDERLICH, F.R.A.S. SIR WILLIAM V IOARS, KT.
Director : CHARLES ANDERSON, M.A., D.Sc.
Principal Keeper of Collections : CHARLES HEDLEY (Oonclwlogist).
Scientific Staff : ALLA.N R. McCuLLOCH, Zoologist, in charge of Fishes. WlLLIAM W. 'l'HORPE, Ethnologist. J. RoY K!NGHORN, Zoologist, in charge of Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians. ELLIS LE G. TROUOHTON, Zoologist, in charge of Mammals and Skeletons. A.NmoNY MusoRAVE, Entorrwlogist. F. A. McNEILL, Zoologist, in charge of Lower Invertebrate&. T. HonoE SMITH, Mineralogist and Petrologist. Librarian: Accountant : w. A. RAINBOW. J . A. TRIMBLE. CONTENTS No. 1, APRIL 1921. Page. The Objects of the Australian Museum Magazine ...... THE EDITOR 3 Notes ...... 4 The Scope and Work of the Australian Museum ...... THE EDITOR :> The Management of the Australian Museum...... THE EDITOR 6 Blackfellows' Pictures ...... CHARLES HEDLEY 7 Australian Insects: White Ant Communities; the White Butterfly Migra- tion ...... A. ~lusoRAVE 11 The Lure of the Big Nugget ...... THE EDITOR 16 A Crawling Jelly-fish from Port Jackson ...... E. A. BRJOGS, B.Sc. 20 Snakes ...... J. RoY KINGHORN .. . 22 Museum Groups ...... THE EDtTOR 27 No. 2, AuousT 1921. Lord Howe I sland-A Naturalist's Paradise ...... ALLAN R. McCULLOCH 31 The Depths of the Rea ...... CHARLES HEDLEY 48 Some Large Non-Venomous Snakes and th<:'ir Food ...... J. RoY KINGHORN 53 Spiders, Poisonous ancl Otherwise ...... A. MusGRAVE 55 Quaint Crustaceans ...... F. A. McNEILL 57 The Welcome StTanger Nugget...... THE EDITOR 60 No. 3, DECEMBER 1921. Editorial ...... 63 Australian Mammals and Why they should beProtected ..DR. W. K. GREGORY 65 Some Famous Diamonds and their Story ...... TH E EDITOR 75 A Naturalist on the Great Barrier Reef ...... E. A. BRIGGS, B.Sc. 79 The Spider Eating Insects of Australia...... G. H. HARDY ~4 The R.A.O. U. Conference and Museum v. Private Collections J. RoY KINGRORN 86 Primitive Magic and Sorcery...... WM. W. TRORPE 87 Peculiar Ag enCies. ofA mma · l n·JS t n'b u tIon...... ' ...... F . A . M c N EILL 88 E lectric Rays ...... ALLAN R. lVIcCULLOCH 89 Notes and News ...... · · · · · · · · 90 No. 4, MARCH 1922. Editorial ...... 95 Notes and News ...... · · 96 Native Races of the Mid-Pacific ...... WM. W. THORPE 97 A Seaside Ramble...... F . L. GRUTZMACHER, F.C.S., F.G.S. 102 Rats and Fleas in their relation to Plague...... DR. E. W. FERGUSON 114 Pigs' Tusks and Armlets ...... ALLAN R. McCULLOCH 117 T~il et Articles from Ancient Egypt ...... WM. W. THORPE 119 Migratory Locusts ...... G. H. HARDY .. . 120 Country Production Week Exhibits ...... 122 Extension Lectures ...... ·. 123 Breast Ornament ...... WM. W. TRORPE 124 No. 5, JULY 1922. Colour Plate- Babblers ...... 126 Editorial; Cayley's Birds of Australia ...... 129 Notes and Ne,vs ...... 130 Notes on the Babblers ...... NEviLLE W. CAYLEY 131 'rhe Making of a Museum Group ...... ALLAN R. McCuLLOCH 133 The Islands of New South Wales and their Birds...... A. F. BASSET HULL 139 The Story of the Hookworm ...... DR. WILBUR A. SAWYER 147 A Horse's Hardship ...... E. LE G. TROUOHTON 150 Bird Notes ...... J. RoY KmoHORN .. . 151 Ocean Island: The Phosphate Industry ...... THos. J. McMAl:loN 155 A Food Hanger, with Rat Disc, from Fiji...... THos. STEEL 158 No. 6, OCToBER 1922. Editorial : Museums Ancient and Modern ...... 161 :\otr... and:"\<'\\·:- ...... T>atg~:i lJc~ " .'a.' agrs ust' the Hea. Rhe ll l" ...... C II AHT,I•:H 1-h~ DL I•:Y 1 6:~ l~nrf ~ 1:-.to r~· of the :\u~~nd i an ) ht ·eum ...... \\'. A. H.\I NHOW... Hi/ E:o.prrH~ m·<'=-- nncl l mpres~1ons of a Collecting Trip on a 'l'nndt'r AR' L' Il UH A. L1nNOS TO. 1.; 17 1 ~tick and Leaf l n"<'<'t~ ...... A. )[usvRAYl•: lii _Bt:'ln~ont British." Urand Champion Bulldog ...... <:. C'. CL 'l" I'OX 1 ~2 Bml :\ot<.':- ...... ). HoY K tXO II OR ~ 18+ Th<' Qu<'<'ll of ~pintH..>rl' ...... H EB IO.: R A. Lo~
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