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Contents of Volumes 3 and 4 of The Western Australian Naturalist


Volume 3 No 1 July 20, 1951:
Observations on the Fat-tailed Dunnart in Captivity. By S.R. White.
The Natural History of the Marron and other Fresh Water Crayfishes of South-western Australia. By B. Shipway.
Reports of Excursions - Lake Cooloongup.
A New Varanus from East Kimberley, Varanus mertensi sp.n.. By L. Glauert.
From Field and Study:
  Murchison River Snails. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
Introduced Land Snails at Esperance. By V.N. Serventy.
Young Butcher-bird with Giant Moth. By W.H. Loaring.
Pallid Cuckoo Report, 1950. By J. Gentilli.
Blue-breasted Wrens at Mosman Park. By (Mrs) J. Lyon.
Bird Counts From a Motor Car in the South-west. By Brian Glover.
Paper Nest Wasp at Bickley. By W.H. Loaring.

Volume 3 No 2 Sept. 14, 1951:
New Records of Distribution of Pilostyles Hamitonii. by G.G. Smith.
The Life History of the Brown-tail Moth, Pterolocera isogama. By Jean McGauran.
The Natural History of the Marron and other Fresh Water Crayfishes of South-western Australia Part 2. By B. Shipway.
Natural History Notes from the South Coast. By V.N. Serventy.
Irruption of Budgerygahs into the South-west, 1951. Various authors
A Jewel Beetle, Curis intercribrata, of the Sheoak. By R.P. McMillan.
From Field and Study:
  Red-winged Wren at Roleystone. By A. Notley.
Quokka Feeding on Introduced Snail and Stinkwort. By (Mrs) Rica Erickson.
Red-tailed Tropic-bird at Albany. By N.E. Stewart.
Records of the Smoker Parrot. By L. Sedgwick.
Food Transference by Pallid Cuckoos. By E.H. and L. E. Sedgwick.
A Note on the Western Tiger Snake. By L Glauert.
A Melanistic Kookaburra. By Angus Robinson.

Volume 3 No 3 Dec. 20, 1951:
Simple Social Bees of Western Australia. By Rica Erickson and Tarlton Rayment.
Inter-Specific Competition on Small Islands. By D.L. Serventy.
Bad Shelter Caterpillars and their Habits. By Mrs M.B. Mills.
A Bunketch Bird List. By Don Reid.
From Field and Study:
  Natural Propagation of Rainbow Trout in Western Australia. By A.J. Fraser.
Nesting Sites of Yellow-tailed Thornbill. By Eric H. Sedgwick.

Volume 3 No 4 March 15, 1952:
The Visit of William Jackson to Western Australia in 1912 in search of of the Noisy Scrub-bird. By H.M. Whittell.
The Nesting of the Maned Goose or Wood Duck, on the Warren River. By A.D. Jones.
Dinosaur Footprints near Broome. By L. Glauert.
Bag Shelter Caterpillars and their Habits. By Mrs. M.B. Mills.
From Field and Study:
  Further Observations on the irruption of Budgerygahs [Budgerigars] (Melopsittacus undulatus)By J.A.L. Watson. By (Mrs) Rica Ericson.
Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo's Egg Embedded in Sivereye's Nest. By D.N. Calderwood.
Little Falcon Hawking for Insects. By Angus Robinson.
Encounter with Native Cat. By G.F. Parton
Birds Eating Fleshy Outer Coat of Zamia Seeds. W.H. Loaring.
Letter-winged Kite Recorded for Western Australia. By D.L. Serventy.
Bird Notes from Esperance. By V.N. Serventy.

Volume 3 No 5 June 20, 1952:
A Crater-like Depression near Mingenew, Western Australia. By M. Carrigy, A. Main and B. Marsh.
The Occurrence of the Quokka in the South-West. By S.R. White.
Communal Nesting among White-winged Trillers and other Birds. By S.R. White.
The Birds of the Moore River Gorge Country. By W.H. Loaring and D.L. White.
From Field and Study:
  Plumage Variation in the Willy Wagtail. By D.N. Calderwood.
Larder Habit in the Magpie. By (Miss) S. Elliott.
Senegal Turtle Dove at Goomalling. By L. Sedgwick.
Koonac in Hyde Park Lake. By (Mrs) Irene Shipway.
Dugite and Rabbits. By V.N. Serventy.
Birds and Zamia Seeds. By E.H. Sedgwick.
Large Flock of White-fronted chats. By W.H. Loaring.
Red-eared Firetail Finch at Wongong. By V.N. Serventy.
Southern Emu-Wren at Gosnells. By P. Kneebone.
Destruction of Nesting Birds by Reptiles. By S.R. White.
Extension of Range of Migrant Orchid. By (Mrs) Rica Erickson.

Volume 3 No 6 Sept 15, 1952:
Cave Paintings near York and Hyden. By V.N. Serventy.
Notes on the Genus Idiosoma, a supposedly rare Western Australian Trap-Door Spider. By Barbara York Main.
Notes on Two Well-known Australian Ant Species. By W.L. Brown.
The Food of Trout in Western Australia. By C.F.H. Jenkins.
From Field and Study:
  Death Adder at Jarrahdale. By (Mrs) J. Lyon.
Expediency of a Thirsty Cat. By W.H. Loaring.
An Aboriginal Relic Neat Pithara. By L. Glauert.
Further Bunketch Bird Notes. By Don Reid.

Volume 3 No 7 Dec 30, 1952:
Western Australian Stigmodera. By R.P. McMillan.
Evidence of a Mid-Recent Change of Sea-Level at Cottesloe. By M.A. and S. Carrigy.
A Gabbin Bird List. By L. Sedgwick.
Present Climatic Fluctuations in Western Australia. By J. Gentilli.
Gerpetological Miscellanea. By L. Glauert.
From Field and Study:
  Birds at the New Causeway Construction. By W. Baggs.
Use of the Upper Nest of the Yellow-tailed Thornbill. By Herbert Berry.
Field Diaries of F. Lawson Whitlock. By H.M. Whittell.
Size of the Rock Python. By D.L. Serventy.
Re-discovery of Hyperoedesipus plumosus at Moondyne Spring. By W.H. Butler.

Volume 3 No 8 May 5, 1953:
Additional Records of Fishes occurring in the Fresh Waters of Western Australia. By B. Shipway.
The Southern Invasion of Northern Birds during 1952. By D.L. Serventy.
From Field and Study:
  Wire in Nest of Senegal Dove. By D.N. Calderwood.
Occurrence of Hyperoedesipus plumosus. By L. Glauert.
Probable Breeding of Red-capped Robin at Wooroloo. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
Re-discovery of the Ground Parrot at the Bow River. By J.W. Baggs.
Index

Volume 4 No 1 June 30, 1953:
Two New Species of the Genus Cyrtopeltis (Hemiptera) Associated with Sundews in Western Australia. by W.E. China.
A New Species of Epitrix (Coleoptera Halticinae) from Western Australia. By G.E. Bryant.
Notes on the Insects Associated with Sundews (Drosera) at Lesmurdie. By M.C. Russell.
Bird-Life at Caron. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
From Field and Study:
  Orchids in the Dry Country. By (Mrs) Rica Erickson.
Land-birds of Garden Island. By Donald. N. Calderwood.
Bird-life at Yoting. By Glen Storr.
Birds and Intense Heat. By Donald N. Calderwood.
The Distribution of the Bee Genus, Trigona. By Tarlton Rayment.
Aggregations of Whistling Eagles and other Birds. By J.H. Calaby.

Volume 4 No 2 September 9, 1953:
Amanitas from King's Park. Perth. By J. Gentilli.
Sex Ratio and Variation in Apus australiensis Spencer and Hall. By A.R. Main.
Evidence of Aboriginal Habitation at Yandanooka. By G.F.U. Baker.
Obituary: O.H. Sargent. By Rica Erickson.
From Field and Study:
  Occurrence of Black-tailed Godwit in Kalgoorlie. By P Slater.
Early Appearance of Jewel Beetle. By Athol Douglas.
Addenda to Published Notes on Crytopeltis spp. By M.C. Russell.
The Dollarbird in Western Australia. By J.H. Calaby.
Further Records of Hyperoedesipus plumosus. By W.H. Butler.
Records of Rare Parrots. By J.H. Calaby.
Further Record of the Little Whimbrel in South-Western Australia. By Angus Robinson

Volume 4 No 3 December 21, 1953:
Native Snails of the Genus Bothriembryon in King's Park, Perth. By A.R. Main and M.A. Carrigay.
Amanitas from King's Park Perth (continued). By J Gentilli.
The Winter Spider Orchid, a New Species from Wongan Hills. Caladenia glossodiphylla sp. nov. By H.M.R. Rupp and Rica Erickson.
The South-West Australian Races of the Spotted Scrub-Wren, Sericornis maculatus By Ernst Mayr and Robert Wolk.
From Field and Study:
  Strepera versicolor feeding on Bothriembryon. By K.G. Buller.
An Extension of the Range of the Western Tiger Snake. By C.F.H. Jenkins.
Fresh-water Polyzoa from Western Australia. By E.J. Goddard.

Volume 4 No 4 March 30, 1954:
Some Bird Observations made at the Abrolhos Islands. By E.H.M. Ealey.
The Western Australian Species of Xyris. By N,A. Wakeford.
Western Australian Pearl Shells. By B.C. Cotton.
Herpetological Miscellanea. By L. Glauert.
Observations on the Life History of the Moth Anthela zantharca (Meyrick). By Mrs M.B Mills.
From Field and Study
  Name of a Jockey Beetle-a Correction. By R.P. McMillan.
Spotted Harrier at Busselton. By H.M. Whittell.
Incipient Song in Juvenile or Female Blue Wrens. By John Warham.
Occurrence of Red-eared Firetail and Red-winged Wren in the Darling Ranges. By K.G. Buller.
Sunbathing of Senegal Turtledove. By John Warham.
Wood Sandpipers at Lake Mungal. By John Warham.
Protective Freezing by the White-fronted Chat. By D.L. McIntosh.
White-naped Honeyeater at University Grounds. By Eric Lindgren.
Birds Dew Bathing. By Eric H and Lindsay E. Sedgwick.
Observations on Feeding of Dusky Wood-Swallows. By Athol M. Douglas.
Diving of Musk Duck. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
Birds Recently Established in the Central Wheatbelt. By L.E. Sedgwick.

Volume 4 No 5 June 30, 1954:
On a Rare Xanthid Crab from Western Australia. By Isabella Gordon.
John Gilbert's Notebook on Marsupials. By H.M. Whittell.
Key to the Frogs of South-western Australia. By A.R. Main.
From Field and Study
  Tawny-crowned Honeyeater in Forest Country. By I.C. Carnaby.
Aggressive Behaviour by Black-faced Wood-Swallows. By John Warham.

Volume 4 No 6 September 15, 1954:
Herpetological Miscellanea, IV-A New Swamp Tortoise. By L. Glauert.
The Recent Increase of the Rarer Native Mammals. Various authors
South-western Bird Notes. By G.M. Storr.
From Field and Study
  Swamp Harriers preying on Senegal Turtledove. By Donald N. Calderwood.
Flight speed of Phaps calcoptera. By Brian V. Teague.
Oreoica gutturalis at Williams in 1945. By Brian Teague.
Observations on a Long-tailed Wasp, Megalyra shuckardi West. By A. Douglas.
Notes on the Behaviour of Bee-eaters. By John Warham.
Comments on Gilbert's Note-book on Marsupials. By J.H. Calaby.

Volume 4 No 7 December 31, 1954:
Nesting Seasons of Western Australian Birds. By I.C. Carnaby.
Two New Species of Burrowing Frogs of the Genus Helioporus Gray from South-western Australia. By A.K. Lee and A.R. Main.
The Relationships of the Quokka (Setonix brachyurus). By G.B. Sharman.
Reports of Excursions - Helena Gorge.
From Field and Study
  Early Nesting of Black-faced Wood-Swallow (Artamus melanops). By J.R. and W.C. Ford.
Influx of Smokers (Polytelis anthopeplus). By W.C. Ford.
Reef Heron in Fremantle Harbour. By G. Cattermole.
Large Concentration of Neophema elegans at Neeralin Pool. By Brian V. Teague.
Quenda near Perth. by J.W. Baggs.
Occurrence of the Great-winged Petrel at Wyalkatchem. By W.H. Butler.
"Clifton Downs" as a Collecting Locality for Birds. By I.C. Carnaby.
Early Nesting of Little Wattle-bird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), By J.R. and W.C. Ford.

Volume 4 No 8 May 6, 1954:
Removal of Host's Egg by the Cuckoo. by Julian R. Ford.
Herpetological Miscellanea V.-W.A. Geckoes. By L. Glauert.
New Species of Toxic Plants from Western Australia. By C.A. Gardner.
Nestling Seasons of W.A. Birds-a Further Contribution. By A.H. Robinson.
From Field and Study
  Record of the Silver-grey Petrel from Rottnest. By E. McCrum and P. Slater.
Use by Grey Butcher-bird (Cracticus torquatus) of Wire-Netting as a Vice. By P. Slater.
Occurrence of Pectoral Sandpiper (Zosterops australasiae) at Reid. By E. McCrum and P. Slater.
The Carab, Scaraphites humeralis, at Wembley. By Sheila McCarthy.
Travel of a Banded Little Crow. By H.B. Shugg.
Early Migration of Rainbow Bird. by W.C. Ford.
Scarlet and Red-capped Robins nesting at Mundijong. By C.F.H. Jenkins.
The Quenda in the Riverton Area. By R.P. McMillan.
Frigate-bird at Fremantle. By A.M. Gwynn.
Gilbert's Note-book on Marsupials. By F.J. McNamara.
Index

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