INDEX Names of contribllfors are set in small capitals. A million years on the D a rling Downs, 232 Tindale, N. B., and Lindsay, H. A.: Ranga- Aboriginal exh!bits at the Museum, new, 279 tira (The High One) , J 32 Aboriginal rehcs of the H awkesbury sand- Boomerangs, 20, 343 stone, 3151 Borers, timber, marine, 211 Aboriginal rock shelters, survey of, 348 Botany Bay, bird habitats of, 173 Aborigines, the st ~~nci l s of the, 25 BOWEN, K. G.: Victorian goldfields, 406 A n:tspides, 63 BRERF.TON, J. LE GAY: The way of life of the Ancestor worship among the Melanesians, 147 slater, 99 Andamooka opal field , 389 Brimstone, fire and, 87 !, central Austra lia, 84; New Zealand. BROWNE, W. R .: The geology of the Sydney 21; unique south-western Australian, 152 district, 262 " with Backbonl!s'' exhibit, 127, 199 Brush-tailed Possum, 235 Anseranas semipalmara ( Latham), 314 CALAJlY, J. H.: The numbat of south-western Ant-eater, Banded, 143 Anthony Musgrave, obituary, 101 Australia, 143 Cape York Peninsula, expedition to, 362 Ascodipteron, 183 CARNF., P. B.: Life and habits of the sawfly, Australia: Char!e.s Darwin in, 120; gemstones 65 ol, 275; recent trends in oil exploration Carnivorous plants, 59 in, 400 CAROLJN, R.: Colourful Plant Life on Sand­ Australia n barnacles, 116 stone and Shale, 258; Pollination of the Australian ~ird-banding scheme ( l953-60) , Proteaceae, 37 l 222 Carpet Snakes, beat conservation in, 313 Australian Goannas, 71 CARRICK, ROBERT: The Australian Bird-band- Australian native plants. cultivation of, 13 ing Scheme, 153-60, 222 Caterpillar, " double-headed'', 231 "Backbones, Animals with,'' (exhibit), 127 Cetaceans, 42 BAILEY, S. W., DAY, M. F., and NORRIS, K. R.: C HALMERS, R. 0.: Mineral Wealth of North­ Uses of Radio-activity in Entomology west Queensland, 30; Fire and Brimstone, and lnsect Pest Control, 291 87; Kalgoorlie, El Dorad~ of the West. Banded Ant-eater, 143 139· Gemstones of Australia, 275; How to Barnacles. some Australian, 116 Rec~gnize Meteorites. 358; Hill End. Barramundi. north Australia's finest food fish. Then and Now, 377; World's Largest 55 . Pitchblende Specimen at Museum. 395; Bat, Long-fingered, remarkable paras.te of, 183 Ornamental Stones of New South Wales. Bats, Vampire, 354 403 Baxter. R. E., obituary. 68 Charles Da rwin in Australia, 120 BIRCH. L. C.: Genetics a nd Evolution. 123 collesi, 340 Bird-banding scheme, Austra lian. 1953-60. C helonians, snakes and lizards, 250 222 Cirripedia, 117 Bird habitats of Botany Bay, 173 C lass in the Museum's Hallstrom Theatre, 62 Bird-identification exhibit. 30 I Coconut, or Robber, Crab, 283 Birds a nd their observers. 50 Coequosa triangularis, 231 Birds o f Sydney, 24 1 COGGER HAROLO G.: Sea-snakes, 37: Aus­ Bird-watchers' clubs. 50 traiian Goannas. 71: Crocodiles a nd their Birgus htlro, 28~ Kin, 200; Snakes. Lizards and Cbelonians. Blue Wren. 287 250; An Expec.Jition to Cape York Pen­ BOOK R EV IEWS: insula. 362 Child. J. : Australian Sea Shells, 122 Colour slides o f Museum exhibits, 269 Coppleson, V. M .: Shark Attack, 109 Colourful plant life on sandstone and shale. Der-artment of National Development, Can- 258 berra: Atlas of Austra lia n Resource.s­ Corroboree Frog. 190 Mineral Industry M ap a nd Geolog1cal C rab Robber or Coconut, 283 Map, 265 "Crahs' Eyes'' were a mediaeval "cure-all", Gillett Keith and McNeill , Frank: The Grea t 28 B~rrier Reef a nd Adjacent Isles, 157 Crayfishes, fre s hwat~r . ~ 17 Heuvelmans, Bernard: On the Track of Un­ C rocodiles and the1r km, 200 known Animals, .121 C rustacea, syncarid, 63 Hokuryu-Kan Publishing Co., Japan: En­ C ultivation of Australia n native plants, 13 cyclopaedia Zoologica. 290 DAILY, B.: Thy/acoleo, the Extinct M arsupial Lindsay, H. A. and Tindale, N. B.: Ra nga- Lion, 163 tira (The High One) . 132 .. McCarthy, F. D .: Austra lia's Abongmes. Dangerous m a rine animals, 182 Their Life a nd Culture. 16 Da rling Downs, a million years on the, 232 McNeill Frank and Gillell, Keith: The Great Darwin and the evolution of man, 110 Bar~ier Re~f and Adjacent Isles. 157 Darwin Charles: Life and work of, 105 ; in Stirton, R. A . : Time, Life and M an, the Au'stralia, 120; special exhibit at Museum, Fossil Record. I 19 122 Lindsay, H. A., and Tindale. N . B.: Rangatira DAVIES, S. J. J . F.: Magpie Goose BehaviOur, (The High One). 132 314 410 I NDEX

DAY, M. F., BAILEY, S. W. and NORRIS, K R.: GILES, E. T.: Earwigs, 324 Uses of Radio-activity in ~mology Goannas, 7 1 and -pest Control, 291 Gold, at Kaloorlie, 139 Delena cancerides, 17 Goldfields, Victorian, 406 Delphinidae, 42 Goose, Magpie, behaviour of. 314 Desmodontidae, 354 GRAHAM, GEoRGE: Mintibi, Opal Field of the Desmodus rotundus, 354 Future, 393 Director of Museum, tour by, 193 Greenstone, New Zealand, 381 Display of soft-bodied animals, new Museum Gudgeons, freshwater, of temoerate Australia, technique for, 338 332 - Dolphins and porpoises, 42 "Double-headed" caterpillar, 231 Habitats, bird, of Botany Bay, 173 DRUMMOND, F. H.: The Syncarid Crustacea, a HALL, L. R.: Recent Trends in Oil Explora- Living Link with Remote Geological ages. tion in Australia, 400 63 Hallstrom Theatre, 62 Hamersley Range, museum expedition to. 94 Earwigs, 324 HARRIS, THISTLr., Y.: The Cultivation of Aus- Eggs, flatworm, 170 tralian Native Plants, 13 Entomology, uses of radio-activity in, 29 1 Hawkesbury sandstone district, Aboriginal EvANS, J. W.: The Life and Work of Charles relics ot. 319 Darwin, 105; Fossil , 294 Head-hunters of Oceania. 76 Evolution and Radiation of Mammals, 184 Heads, preservation of, ·among the Melanes­ Evolution, genetics and, 123 ians, 149 Evolution of man, Darwin and the, 110 HrcKMAN, V. V. : Huntsman Spider, its H abits Evolution, the role of islands in, 128 and Life History, 17 Exh ibit. bird-identification, 30 l Hill End, then and now, 377 Exhibits, new Aboriginal, 279 H[NDWOOD, K. A.: The Birds of Sydney, 241 Expedition to Cape York Peninsula, 362 Holmes, William, the Museum's first custodian, Expedition to the Hamersley Range, 94 306 Fauna preservation faces a crucial period, 9 How to Recognize Meteorites, 358 Fauna, rare, protection of, 331 Huntsman Spider, habits and life history, 17 Fauna! reserves, 9 Hydrophiidae, 37 F ire and brimstone, 87 Fish, Barramundi, 55 Increase in magazine price, 216, 272, 305 F ishes, freak, 298 Insect fauna of the Sydney area, 270 Fishes, migrations of, 158 Insect migration, 350 Flatworm eggs, 170 Insect-pest control, uses of radio-activity in. Flesh-eating plants, 59 291 FLETCHER, H. 0.: A Giant Marine Reptile Insects. fossil. 294 from the Cretaceous Rocks of Queensland, "Invertebrate Tree" exhibit ("These Are Inver­ 47; Turtles of the Past, 191; Fossils of the tebrates"), 54, 1 J 5 Sydney District, 254 Invertebrates, land and freshwater, of the Syd- Fly, laglaisia, 166 ney district, 302 Fly, Stilt-leggt!d, or Neriid, 265 Islands, role of in evolution, 128 FOCKEN, CHARLES: The Radiocarbon Dating Isoptera, 228 Method, 327 Fossil Insects, 294 Kalgoorlie. El Dorado of the west, 139 Fossil insect research, 162 KEAST, ALLEN : Relict Animals and Plants of Fossils: From thc Darling Downs, 232; of the M acdonnell Ranges, 81; the Role of the Sydney district, 254 Islands in Evolution, 12H; the Unique Francois, Donald, American Fulbright scholar. Plants and Animals of South-western Aus­ 12 tralia. 152 FRANCOIS, DONALO D.: Freshwater Crayfi shes, KNIGHT, 0. LE M.: Andamooka Opal Field. 2 17 389 Freak fishes, 298 Koala management in Victoria, 178 Freshwater crayfishes, 217 Kronosaurus queenslandicus, 47 Freshwater gudgeons of temperate Australia, 332 Laglaisia fly, 166 F reshwater invertebrates of tbe Sydney dis- Land and freshwater invertebrates of the trict, 302 Sydney district, 302 F rog, Corroboree, 190 Late.\· calcarifer, 55 Gall and predaceous wasps. 167 Life and habits of the sawfly, 65 Gastroliths, 28 Life and work of Charles Darwin, LOS GAY, F. J.: Some Aspects of the Life of the " Life Through the Ages'' (coloured chart) . Termite, 228 261 ' 282, 318 Geebu!lg H awk , 231 Lizards, snakes and chelonians, 250 Gemstones of Australia, 275 Lord Howe Island, natural history of. 207 Genetics and Evolution. 123 McALPINE, D Avm K.: Gall and Predaceous Geology of the Sydney district, 262 Wasps, 167; Mayflies. L96; Rich and Giant marine reptile from the Cretaceous rocks Varied Insecr Fauna, 270; Trigger Plants. of Queensland, 47 297 JNDEX 411

MCCARTHY, FREDERLCK D.: Stencils of the 269; new Aboriginal exhibits, 279; Aborigines, 25; H ead-hunters of Oceania, school class at, 286; world's largest pitch­ 76; Ancestor Worship Among the Mela­ blende specimen at, 395 nesians. 147; New Aboriginal Exhibits at Musgrave, Anthony, obituary, 101 the Museum, 279; Aboriginal Relics of the Myrmecobius, 143 Hawkesbury Sandstone, 319; The Boom­ Natural history of Lord Howe Island, 207 erang, 343 Naturalists' Society's 58th anniversary, 27 Macdonnell Ranges, relict animals and plants Neophocaena, 42 of, 8 1 Neopilina, a molluscan missing link, 133 McGtLL, ARNOLD R.: Bird Habitats of Botany Neriid or Stilt-legged F ly, 265 Bay, 173 New Aboriginal exhibits at the Museum, 279 MACINTOSH, N. W. G.: Darwin and the Evolu­ New wing: To be built at Museum, 8; opened tion of Man, 110 by Premier, 22 1; photo of, 245 MACKAY, Rov D.: New Museum Technique for New cave-dwelling shrimps found, 86 Displaying Soft-bodied Animals, 338 New curator at Museum, 157 McMICHAEL, DONALD F.: These Shellfish Are New exhibit of invertebrates, 54 Good to Eat. 90; Neopilina, A Moll uscan New Museum techinque for displaying soft- Missing Li nk, 133; Pearls, the Jewels of bodied animals, 338 the Sea, 385 New name for magazine, 344, 402 M cM ICHAEL, D. F. and POPE, E. C.: Land New South Wales, ornamental stones of, 403 and Freshwater lnvertebrates of the Syd­ New technique used in Museum exhibit, 127 ney district, 302 New Zealand: Land of unique animals, 21; the Mc NALLY, J.: Koala Management in Victoria, possum in, 235; greenstone, 381 178 NORRIS, K . R., BAILEY, S. W., and DAY, M. F.: McNErLL, FRANK: "Crabs' Eyes" Were a Uses of Radio-activity in Entomology and Mediaeval "cure-all", 28; Underwater Insect Pest Control, 291 Saboteurs, 211 ; The Robber Crab, a Crus­ Notes and News items: 20, 49, 54, 86, 89, tacean Mystery, 283 132, 136, 190, 195, 204, 227, 282, 301, McNeill, F. A. , retirement of, 353 326, 349, 357, 370, 380, 392, 399 Magazine: I ncrease in price, 216, 272, 305; Numbat of south-western Australia, 143 new name for, 344. 402 Observations on the behaviour of sea urchins, Magpie Goose behaviour. 314 3 Malurus cyaneus, 287 Oceania, head-hunters of. 76 Mammals: Evolution a nd radiation of, 184; Oil exploration in Australia, recent trends in, of the Sydney district, 246 400 Man, Darwin and the evolution of, I 10 Opal field at Andamooka, 389 Marine animals, dangerous, I 82 Opal field at Mintibi, 393 Marine timber borers, 2 I I Origin of Museum's whale skeleton, 204 Marking of wha les, 309 Ornamental stones of New South Wales, 403 MARLOW, B. J.: Dolphins and Porpoises, 42; The Evolution and Radiation of Mammals, Paranaspides, 63 J 84; The Mammals of the Sydney District, Parasite of the Long-fingered Bat. 183 246; W hale Marking, 309; Vampire Bats, Pearls, the jewels of the sea, 385 True and False, 354 Perga, 65 Marsupial Lion, extinct, 163 Phocaena, 42 Mathews, H. B .. obituary, 20 Piranha, 368 Mayflies, 196 Pitchblende, world's largest specimen of, at Meio/ania, 191 Museum, 395 Melanesians. ancestor worship among. 147 Plant life of the Sydney district, 258 Meteorites, recognition of, 358 Plants, Australian native, cultivation of, 13 Migration of insects, 350 Pl ants, flesh-eating, 59 Plants, Trigger, 297 Migration of fishes, 158 Plants, unique. of south-western Australia, J 52 Million years on the Darling Downs, 232 Plesiosaurs, 47 Mineral wealth of north-west Queensland, 30 Pollination of the proteaceae, 371 Minerals, radioactive, 397 POPE, ELIZABETH C.: Some Australian Bar­ Mintibi, opal field of the future, 393 nacles, 116; The Natural History of Lord Missing link, molluscan. 133 Howe Island, 207 Molluscan missing link, Neopilina, 133 POPE, E. C. and MCMICHAEL, D. F.: Land Morelia spilotes variegata Gray, 313 and Freshwater Invertebrates of the Syd­ ney District, 302 Moth, White-stemmed Gum. 340 Porpoises and dolphins, 42 Mount Isa, 30 Possum in New Zealand, 235 Museum Director's overseas tour, 193 Predaceous wasps, 167 Museum expedition to the H amersley Range, Premier opens Museum's new building, 221 94 Preservatio n of heads among the Melanesians. Museum's first custodian. William H olmes. 149 306 Price of magazine. increase in , 305 Museum: New wing to be built, 8; new build­ Prosopistoma, 198 ing opened by Premier, 221; photo of new Prote.aceae, pollination of, 371 building, 245: colour slides of exhibits, Protection of ra re fauna, 331 410 INDEX

DAY, M. F., BAILEY, S. W. and NORRIS, K. R.: G tLES, E. T .: Earwigs. 324 Uses of Radio-activity in Bu~mology Goannas, 71 and Insect-pest Control. 291 Gold , at Kaloorlie, 139 Delena cancerides, 17 Goldfields, Victorian, 406 Delphinidae, 42 Goose. Magpie, behaviour of. 3 14 Desmodontidae, 354 GRAHAM, GEORGE: Mintibi. Opal Field of the Desmodus rotundus, 354 Future, 393 Director of Museum, tour by, 193 Greenstone, New Zealand. 381 Display of soft-bodied animals, new Museum Gudgeons, freshwater. of temperate Australia. technique for, 338 332 Dolphins and porpoises, 42 " Double-headed" caterpillar, 231 H abitats, bird. of Botany Bay, 173 DRUMMOND, F. H.: The Syncarid Cr~stacea, a HALL, L. R.: Recent Trends in Oil Explora- Living Link wit h Remote Geolog1cal ages. tion in Australia, 400 63 Ha llstrom Theatre, 62 Hamersley Range, museum expedition to. 94 Earwigs, 324 HARRIS. T HISTLI.: Y.: The Cultivation of Aus- Eggs, fl atworm, 170 tra lian Native Plants, 13 Entomo logy, uses of .radio-activity in. 29 1 Hawkesbury sandstone district, Aborigina l EvANS, J. W.: The L1 fe and W ork of C harles relics ot. 319 Darwin, 105; Fossil Insects. 294 Head-hunte rs o f Oceania. 76 Evolution and Radiation of Mammals. 184 Heads. preservation of. among the M elanes­ Evolution, genetics and, 123 ians, 149 Evolution of man. Darwin and the, 110 HrCKMAN, V. V.: H untsman Spider. its H abits Evolution the role of islands in. 128 and Li fe History. 17 Ex hibit. bird-identification. 30 I Hill End. then and now, 377 Exhibits new Aboriginal. 279 HtNDWOOD, K. A.: The Birds of Sydney, 241 Exp editi~n to Cape York Peninsula. 362 Expedition to the Hamersley Range, 94 Holmes, William, the M useum's first custodian, 306 Fauna preservation faces a crucial period, 9 How to Recognize M eteorites, 358 Fauna, rare, protection o f. 33 1 Huntsman Spider, h abits and life history. 17 Faunal reserves, 9 Hydrophiidae, 37 Fire and brimstone, 87 Fish, Barramundi. 55 Increase in magazine price. 2 16, 272, 305 Fishes, freak, 298 Insect fauna of the Sydney area, 270 Fishes, migrations of, 158 Insect migration, 350 Flatworm eggs, 170 Insect-pest control. uses of radio-activity 1n. Flesh-eating plants, 59 191 FLETCHER, H . 0.: A Giant Marine Reptile Insects. fossil. 294 from the Cretaceous Rocks of Queensland, " invertebrate Tree'' exhibit (''These Are I nver­ 47; Turtles of the Past, 191 ; Fossils of the tebrates''), 54, 115 Sydney District, 254 Invertebrates, la nd a nd freshwater, of the Syd- F ly, /aglai.sia, 166 ney d istrict, 302 Fly, Stilt-legged, or Neriid , 265 Islands, role of in evolution, 128 FOCKEN, CHARLES: The R ad iocarbon Dating lsoptera, 228 Method, 327 Fossil Insects, 294 Ka lgoorlie, El Dorado of. the west, 139 Fossil insect research. 162 K EAST, ALLEN: Relict An1mals and Pl ants of Fossils: From the Darling Downs. 232; of the Macdonnell Ranges, 81; the Role of the Sydney district, 254 Islands in Evolution. 118; the Unique Francois, DonaJd. American Fulbright scholar. Plants and Animals of South-western Aus­ 12 tralia. 152 FRANCOJS, OONALD D.: Freshwater Crayfishes. KNIGHT, 0. LE M.: Andamooka Opal F ield. 2 17 389 Freak fishes, 298 Koala manag ~ ment in Victoria, 178 Freshwater crayfishes. 217 K ronosaurus queenslandicus, 47 Freshwater gudgeons of temperate Australia, 332 Freshwater invertebrates of the Sydney dis- La~:laisia fly, 166 trict, 302 Land and freshwater invertebrates of the Frog, Corroboree, 190 Sydney district. 302 Lates calcarifer, 55 Gall and predaceous wasps. 167 Life and habits of the sawtly. 65 Gastroliths, 28 Life and work of C harles Darwin. 105 GAY, F. J .: Some Aspects of the Life of the " Life Through the Ages" (coloured chart). Termite, 228 261, 282, 3 18 Geebu!lg Hawk Moth. 231 Liza rds. snakes and chelonians. 250 Gemstones of Australia. 275 Lord Howe Island, na tural history of. 207 Genetics a nd Evolution. 123 McALPINE, DAVID K.: Gall and Predaceous Geology of the Sydney district, 262 Wasps, 167; M aytlies. 196; Rich a nd Giant marine reptile from the Cretaceous rocks Varied Insecr Fauna. 270; Trigger Plants. of Queensland, 47 297 1NDEX 4 11

MCCARTHY, FREDERICK D.: Stencils of the 269; new Aboriginal exhibits, 279· Aborigines, 25; Head-hunters of Oceania, school class at, 286; world's largest pitch ~ 76; Ancestor Worship Among the Mela­ blende specimen at, 395 nesians, 147; New Aboriginal Exhibits at Musgrave, Anthony, obituary, I 0 l the Museum, 279; Aboriginal Relics of the Myrmecobius, 143 Hawkesbury Sandston e, 319; The Boom­ Natural history of Lord Howe Island, 207 erang, 343 Naturalists' Society's 58th anniversary, 27 Macdonnell Ranges. relict animals a nd plants Neophocaena, 42 of, 81 Neopitina, a molluscan missing link, 133 McGILL, ARNOi.O R.: Bird Habitats of Botany Neriid or Stilt-legged Fly, 265 Bay, 173 New Aboriginal exhibits at the Museum, 279 MACINTOSH, N. W . G.: Darwin a nd the Evolu­ New wing: To be built at Museum, 8; opened tion of Man, J 10 by Premier, 22 L; photo of, 245 MACKAY, Rov D .: New Museum Technique for New cave-dwelling shrimps found, 86 Displaying Soft-bodied Animals, 338 New curator at Museum, 157 MCMICHAEL, DONALD F.: These Shellfish Are New exhibit of invertebrates, 54 Good to Eat. 90; N eopi/ina, A Molluscan New Museum techinque for displaying soft- Missing Link, 13 3; Pearls. the Jewels of bodied animals, 338 the Sea, 385 New name for magazine, 344, 402 M cM ICHAEL, D. F. and P OPE, E. C . : Land New South Wales, ornamental stones of, 403 and Freshwater Invertebrates of the Syd­ New technique used in Museum exhibit, 127 ney district, 302 New Zealand: Land of unique animals, 21; the MCNALLY, J. : Koa la Management in Victoria, possum in, 235; greenstone, 381 178 NoRRIS, K. R ., BAILEY, S. W., and D AY, M . F.: Mc N ErLL, FRANK: ··crab · Eyes" Were a Uses of Radio-activity in Entomology and Mediaeval "cure-all", 28; Underwater Insect Pest Control, 291 Saboteurs, 211; The Robber Crab, a Crus­ Notes a nd News items: 20, 49, 54, 86, 89, tacean Mystery, 283 132, 136, 190, 195, 204. 227, 282, 30 1. McNeill, F. A., retirement of, 353 326. 349, 357, 370, 380. 392, 399 Magazine: Increase in price, 216, 272, 305; Numbat of south-western Australia, 143 new name for, 344. 402 Magpie Goose behaviour. 314 Observations on the beha viour of sea urchins, Malurus cyaneus, 287 3 Mammals: Evolution a nd radiation of, I 84; Oceania, head-hunters of, 76 o[ the Sydney district, 246 Oil exploration in Australia, recent trends in. 400 Man, Darwin and the evolution of. 110 Opal field at Andamooka, 389 Marine animals, dangerous, I 82 Marine timber borers. 2 11 Opal field at Mintibi, 393 Marking of whales, 309 Origin of Museum's whale skeleton, 204 MARLOW, B. J.: Dolphins a nd Porpoises, 42; Ornamental stones of New South Wales, 403 The Evolution and R adiation of M a mmals, Paranaspides, 63 184; The Mammals of the Sydney District, Parasite of the Long-fingered Bat, 18 3 246; Whale Marking, 309; Vampire Ba ts, Pearls, the jewels of the sea, 385 True a nd False, 354 Perga, 65 Marsupial Lion, extinct, 163 Phocaena, 42 Mathews, H. B .. obituary, 20 Piranha, 368 M ayflies, 196 Pitchblende, world's largest specimen of, at M eio/ania, 191 Museum, 395 Melanesians, a ncestor worship among, 147 Plant life of the Sydney district, 258 Meteorites, recognition of, 358 Plants, Australian native, cultivation of, 13 Migration of insects, 350 Pla nts, flesh-eating, 59 Plants. Trigger, 297 Migration of fi shes, J 58 Plants, unique, of south-western Australia. 152 Million years on the Da rling D owns, 232 Plesiosaurs. 47 Mineral wealth of north-west Queensla nd, 30 Pollination of the proteaceae, 371 Minerals, radioactive, 397 POPE, ELIZABETH C.: Some Australian Bar­ Mintibi, opal field of the future, 393 nacles, 116; The Natural H istory of Lord Missing link, molluscan, 133 Howe Island, 207 Molluscan missing link, Neopilina, 133 POPE, E. C. and MCMICHAEL, 0. F.: Land Morelia spilotes variegata Gray, 313 and Freshwater invertebrates of the Syd­ ney District, 302 Moth, White-stemmed Gum. 340 Porpoises and dolphins, 42 Mount [sa, 30 Possum in New Zealand, 235 Museum Director's overseas tour, !93 Predaceous wasps, J 67 Museum expedition to the Harnersley Range, Premi er opens Museum's new building, 221 94 Preservation of heads among the Melanesians. Museum's first custodian Will iam Holmes, 149 306 ' Price of magazine. increase in, 305 Mu s~ um: New wing to be built, 8; new build­ Prosopistoma, 198 Ing opened by Premier, 221.; photo of new Proteaceae, pollination of, 371 building, 245: colour slides of exhibits, Protection of rare fauna, 331 412 i NDEX

Pseudophryne corroboree, 190 Stylidium, 297 P yrite, 87 Sulph ur, 87 Queensland: M ineral wealth of north-western, Survey of Aborigi nal rock shelters, 348 Sydney district: Birds of, 24 1; mammals of. 30; giant marine reptile fro m , 47 246; snakes, lizards and chelonians of, Radiation of m ammals, 184 250; fossils of, 254; plan t life of, 258; Radioactive minera ls, 397 geology of, 262; topography and settle­ Radioactivity, uses of in entomology and in- men t of. 266; insect fauna of, 270; land sect pest contro l, 291 and freshwater invertebrates of, 302 Radiocarbon dating method , 327 Syncarid crustacea. a living link with remote Rainbow, W. A., librarian, death of, 34 geological ages. 63 Recent trends in oil exploration in Australia, T AYLOR , GRIFFITH: Sydney-topography and 400 settlement. 266 REED, J . J.: New Zealand greenstone, 381 Telostyfinus bivittatus, 265 Relict animals and plants of the M acdonnell Termite, some aspects of the life of, 228 Ra nges, 81 "These A re I nvertebrates" ("Invertebrate Tree•· Remarkable parasite of the Long-fingered Bat, exhibit), 54 183 These shellfish a re good to eat, 90 Reptile, giant. marine. f rom the C retaceous THOMSON, J. M.: M igrations of F ishes, 158 rocks of Queensland, 47 Thylacoleo, the extinct m arsupial lion, 163 Retirement of Museum curator, 353 Topography and settlement of Sydney, 266 Rich and varied insect fauna, 270 ·'Tree of Vertebrates", 127 RIDE, W. D . L. : A M useum Expedition to the ..T ree, Vertebrate''. 199 Hamersley Range, 94 Troichosurus vulpecultl, 235 Robber C rab, a crustacean mystery, 283 T rigger Plants, 297 Role of islands in evolution, 128 Turtles of the past. 191 ROWLEY, IAN: T he Blue W ren, 287 TYNDALE-BISCOE, C. H .: The Possum in New Saboteurs, underwater, 2 11 Zealand. 235 Sawfly, life and habits of, 65 Underwater saboteurs, 21 I School class at the M useum, 286 Uniq ue plants a nd animals of south-western Sea-snakes, 37 Australia , 152 Sea urchins, observations on the behaviour of, Use3 of radioactivity in entomology and insect 3 pest control, 291 Serrasalmus nauereri, 368 Settlement and topography of Sydney, 266 Vampire Bats, true and false, 354 SHARLAND, M ICHAEL: Birds and Their Obser- V aranus, 7 I vers, 50 ··vertebrate Tree·• (exhibit), 127 Shellfish, edible. 90 Victoria, koa la management in, 178 Shrimps, cave-dwelling, 86 Victorian gold fields, 406 SINCLAIR, A. N.: Observations on the Be­ Voracious piranha of South America, 368 haviou r cf Sea U rch ins, 3 Wasps. gall and predaceous. 167 Slater, way of life of, 99 Way of life of the slater, 99 Smithers, C. N ., appointed Curator of Ento- Whale m a rki ng, 309 mology, 157 Whale skeleton, Mm:eum's, origin of, 204 SM ITHERS, C. N.: Insect M igration, 350 W ha les, 42 Snakes, Carpet, heat conservation in, 313 W HI TE, N. H .: Flesh-eating plants, 59 Snakes, lizards and chelonians, 250 "W hite a nts" . 228 Snakes, Sea, 37 White-stemmed Gum Moth, 340 Some aspects of the life of the termite, 228 WHITLEY, GILBERT P.: The Barramundi, North Some Australian barnacles, 116 Australia's Finest Food Fish. 55; Charles Some central Australian animals, 84 Darwin in Australia, 120; Freak Fishes. South-western Australia: The numbat of. 143; 298· William Holmes, the Australian unique plants and animals of, 152 M u~eum 's F irst Custodian, 306; Fresh­ Spider, Huntsman, habits and life history, 17 wat