Western Australian Naturalists' Club - Journal Contents Volume 5 and 6

The Western Australian
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Contents of Volumes 5 and 6 of The Western Australian Naturalist

Volume 5 No 1 July 12, 1955:
The Breeding of the Mountain Devil in Captivity. By C.C. Sporn.
Notes on the Spotted Bower-bird. By Vincent Serventy.
Observations on the Birth of the Grey Kangaroo. By Dorothy M. Beeck.
A Visit to Queen Victoria Spring. By P. Slater and E. Lindgren.
The Breeding Periods of the Black Cormorant. By D.L. Serventy.
From Field and Study:

	Brush Bronzewing at Garden Island. By J.A.L. Watson.
	Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) as a Fosterer of Pallid Cuckoo. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
	Notes on the White-breasted Wood-Swallow (Artamus leucorhynchus). By Vincent Serventy.
	Fork-tailed Swifts over Cockburn Sound and Rottnest Island. By G.M. Storr and G.M. Dunnet.
	Occurrences of the Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica). By Vincent Serventy.
	Pellet Production in Corvus. By L. Sedgwick.

Volume 5 No 2 October 11, 1955:
Freshwater Atherines from Western Australia. By G.P. Whitley.
Observations on the Little Shearwater at the Nest. By J. Warham.
Bird-Life at Wooroloo. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
From Field and Study:

	Early Arrival of Bee-eaters. By Rica Erickson.
	Tortoises as predators on water-birds. By Julian R. Ford.
	Out of season blooming of Stylidium repens
	The "New Tortoise". By L. Glauert.
	Red-eared Firetail Finch in the Darling Range. By Julian R. Ford; Joy Russell and Anne Lisle; Eric Lindgren.
	The White Ibis at Bunbury. By L. Glauert; Lois E. Wallace.
	Nesting Records - 1946 and 1947. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
	Grey Butcher-bird (Cracticus torquatus), an abnormal Clutch. By Angus Robinson.

Projects
Correction

Herpetological Miscellanea. By L. Glauert.W. Aust. Nat., 4 (8), May 6, 1955.

Volume 5 No 3 March 22, 1956:
Geckonidae (Part II). By L. Glauert.
Archibald Menzies and the fishes of King George's Sound. By G.P. Whitley. F.R.Z.S.
Notes on the Arthropod fauna of the Mundaring Weir area. By J.A.L. Watson.
Bird-Life at Wooroloo (Part II - List of Species). By Eric H. Sedgwick.
Arctic Terns on the Swan River. By G.M. Storr.
From Field and Study:

	Whimbrel on Rottnest in Winter. By G.M. Dunnet and L. Maclean.
	A Large flock of Little Eagles. R.A. Aitken.

Volume 5 No 4 May 29, 1956:
Observations on the burrow and natural history of the Trap-door Spider Missulena (Ctenizidae). By Barbara York Main.
Sentinel duties among Cockatoos. By Rica Erickson.
Tropical cyclones as bioclimatic activators (Part I). By J. Gentilli.
Common Tern, Sterna hirundo hirundo, in Western Australia. By G.M. Dunnet.
Additions to the Termite fauna of Western and South Australia. By J.H. Calaby.
Autotomy of the tail in mammals. By Vincent Serventy.
The food habits of the frog, Myobatrachus gouldii (Gray). By J.H. Calaby.
From Field and Study:

	Diamond Dove in Wheatbelt. By Donald N. Calderwood.
	Galahs and Rufous Songlark in Muchea Area. By Eric H. Sedgwick.

Volume 5 No 5 July 11, 1956:
Bird notes on Lion Island, Esperance. By E. Lindgren.
Birds of Queen Victoria Spring. By Vincent Serventy.
Tropical cyclones as bioclimatic activators (Part II). By J. Gentilli.
A new Skink from West Kimberley - Egernia striolata douglasi. By L. Glauert.
From Field and Study:

	Sooty Oystercatcher at Rottnest. By L. Maclean and L. Van Der Heyden.
	White Ibis at Bunbury. By W. Baggs.
	A Far Travelled Gannet. By L. Glauert.
	A Bustard at Bolgart. By Rica Erickson.
	Red-tailed Tropic Bird at Busselton. By John Warham.
	Supposedly Parasitic Bulldog Ant. By Athol Douglas.

Volume 5 No 6 Sept 10, 1956:
Irruption of the White-winged Black Tern into the South West 1956. Part I by A.M. Douglas; Part II by Julian Ford; Part III by Eric Lindgren; Part IV by P.J. Fuller; Part 5 By J.A.L. Watson.
Herpetological Miscellanea VIII Snake Lizards and Worm Lizards (Family Pygopodidae). By L Glauert.
Tropical cyclones as bioclimatic activators (Part III). By J. Gentilli.
From Field and Study:

	White Ibis at Fremantle. By Julian Ford.
	Wambenger (Phascogale penicillatta) at Coolup. By Angus Robinson.
	Crested Pigeon at Shackleton. By Digby Darlington.
	Spider Predator on a Vertebrate. By Barbara York Main and A.R. Main
	Unusual Cuckoo Nests. By P.J. Fuller
	A Further Record of Puffinus gavia from Western Australia. By J.A.L. Watson.
	A Recent Western Australian Record of the Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas). By A.M. Douglas.
	Grey Butcher-bird (Cracticus torquatus), is it cannibalistic? By Angus Robinson.
	Unusual Bird Records in 1955. By Eric Lindgren.
	The Jewel Beetle, Stigmodera (Castiarina) magnetica Cart. By S Barker, R.P. McMillan, and J.A.L. Watson.

Volume 5 No 7 March 8, 1957. Ludwig Glauert Valedictory Number:
Foreword. By the President of the Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia (the Hon Mr Justice Wolff).
Ludwig Glauert - Museum Director and Naturalist. By D.L. Serventy.
The Fire Factor in Relation to the Vegetation of Western Australia. By C.A. Gardner.
Additions to the Knowledge of the Ranges of Western Australian Mammals. By Ernest Lundelius Jr.
Two New Goannas from Australia. by Robert Mertens.
A New Record of the Scaly-tailed Possum (Wyulda Squamicaudata Alexander). By J.H Calaby.
A Review of the Genus Coxiella Smith, 1894, sensu lato. By J Hope MacPherson.
A Contribution to the Life History of a Hoverfly Microdon dimorphon Ferg., A Dipterous Inquiline. By R.P. McMillan.
A Leaf-eating Ladybird (Epilachna 28-punctata (Fab.)) in South-Western Australia. By C.F.H. Jenkins.
A new Angler Fish. By Gilbert P Whitley.
Occurrence of the Trap-door Spider Conothele Malayana (Doleschall) in Australia [Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae]. By Barbara York Main.
New Records and Notes on the Biology of Frogs from North-Western Australia. By A.R. Main and J.H. Calaby.

Volume 5 No 8 May 17, 1957:
West Kimberley Butterflies. By John Warham.
From Field and Study:

	A Giant Petrel Inland. By N.E. Stewart.
	Occurrence of Goldfinch at Albany. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
	Second Record of a Gannet Ringed in New Zealand. By G.M. Storr.
	Crested Grebe on the Swan River Estuary. By D.L. Serventy.
	Western Shrike-Thrush at Nedlands. By D.L. McIntosh.
	Another Arctic Tern in Western Australia. By G.M. Storr and N.E. Milward.
	The Ghost Bat in the North-West. By Angus Robinson.
	A Possible Record of the Spine-tailed Swift. By John Warham.
	Red-backed Kingfisher at Perth. By Eric Lindgren.
	Silver Gull and Blowfish. By V.N. Serventy.
	Silver Gulls Feeding on Ants. By M.C. Russell.
	First Record of Spurwing Plover for Western Australia. By V.N. Serventy and W.H. Butler.
	Additional Notes on the Little Shearwater. By John Warham.

Index

Volume 6 No 1 July 11, 1957:
A Guide to Sand Dune Plants of South-Western Australia. By G.G. Smith.
A New Species of Frog of the Genus Crinia. By M.J. Littlejohn.
A New Burrowing From from Western Australia. By A.R. Main.
From Field and Study:

	Diamond Dove at Lower Chittering. By Eric Schmidt.
	Shrike-Tit at Narpunup. By L.E. Sedgwick.

Volume 6 No 2 August 15, 1957:
King's Park as an Indigenous Park: A Natural History Appraisal. By A Committee of the Western Australian Naturalists' Club.
Recent Capture of the Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) on the Mainland. By S. Barker, A.R. Main and R.M. Sadleir.
From Field and Study:

	Grey-tailed Tattler on the Swan River Estuary. By C.F.H. Jenkins.
	Glossy Ibis at Bibra Lake. By C.F.H. Jenkins.
	Kestrel at Sea in Northern Australia. By Robert Boyd.
	Fan-tailed Cuckoo parasitising Western Silvereye. By Julian R. Ford.
	Dispersal Opportunities for Exotic Snails. By G. Kendrick.

Volume 6 No 3 November 5, 1957:
Field Guide to the Shelled Gastropoda of Rocky Shores. By E.P. Hodgkin.
The First Projapygidae from Western Australia. By G.F. Bornemissza.
First Record of a Petalurid Dragonfly from W.A. By J.A.L. Watson.
From Field and Study:

	Diamond Dove Near Woodanilling. By V.F. McDougall.
	A Further Record of Pseudemydura umbrina. By L. Glauert.
	A Bandicoot New to Western Australia. By L. Glauert.
	A New Fresh-water Fish for Australia. By L. Glauert.
	Ibis and Heron Records from Coolgardie. By Don Reid.
	Penetration of the South-west by Eyrean Birds. By Julian R. Ford.
	East Kimberley Butterflies. By L.E. Koch.

Volume 6 No 4 February 216, 1958:
Stone Arrangements at Canna. By V.N. Serventy and S.R. White.
The Introduced Turtledoves in Western Australia. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
Fairy Martins in South-Western Australia. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
From Field and Study:

	Hooded Dotterel near Fremantle. By Julian R. Ford.
	A Cling-fish New for Western Australia. By N.E. Milward.
	Occurrence of the Fork-tailed Swift in the South-West, 1956. By Julian R. Ford.
	Note on a Parasitised Root Nodule. By R.T. Lange.
	Movements of Ringed Straw-necked Ibis in Western Australia. By P.J. Fuller and Eric Lindgren.

Volume 6 No 5 June 13, 1958:
Rediscovery of Drosera zonaria Planch. By M.C. Russell.
Colouring Matters from Western Australian Sundews. By M.C. Russell.
The Introduced Turtledoves in Western Australia II. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
From Field and Study:

	Records of the Pink Sun Orchid (Thelymitra carnea) By A.S. George.
	The Range of Caladenia glossodiphylla. By J.R. Tonkinson.
	A Yellow Mutant of the Western Silvereye. By Alex Jones.
	Seastar Preying on Blowfish. By V.N. Serventy.
	Movements of Grey Teal. By V.N. Serventy.
	Extension of the Known Range of the Helmet Orchid (Corybas dilatata). By J.R. Tonkinson and A.S. George.
	A Deep-water Cowrie from the West Coast. By B.R. Wilson.
	Masked Plover in the South-West. By Eric Lindgren.
	Black Duck Diving. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
	Myobatrachus gouldii in the Coastal Hills near City Beach. By G.A. Philipp.

Volume 6 No 6 August 28, 1958:
Some Previously Unrecorded Aboriginal Artifact Sites near Perth. By W.H. Butler.
Further Observations on the Mountain Devil in Captivity. By C.C. Sporn.
A Key to the Dragonflies (Odonata) of South-Western Australia. By J.A.L.Watson.
From Field and Study:

	White Ibis near Bunbury. By S.R. White.
	White Ibis in the Wheatbelt. By D.L. Serventy.
	White and Glossy Ibis at Fremantle. By Julian R. Ford.
	Yellow-billed Spoonbill and White Ibis at Australind. By Eric H. Sedgwick.
	Little Eagle in Metropolitan Area. By J.H. Calaby.
	A Yellow Silvereye at Mandurah. By C.C. Sporn.
	The Australian Pratincole near the Western Australian Border. By V.N. Serventy.
	Diamond Dove at Dryandra. By J.H. Calaby.
	Black Bream near Bridgetown. By S.R. White.
	An Observation on the Drinking of Trachysaurus rugosus. By R.M. Sadleir.
	Record of a Sailfish in Western Australian Waters. By B.K. Bowen.
	Recent Observations on the Naretha Parrot. By J.H. Calaby.
	A Record of the Euro near Northam. By S. Barker.
	Mammals and Reptiles of King's Park. By L. Glauert.
	A Recent Observation of the Western Whip-bird. By Eric Lindgren.

Volume 6 No 7 December 4, 1958:
Is the Western Australian Wheat-belt a Natural Region? By J. Gentilli.
The Edge-ground Axes of South-Western Australia. By W.D.L. Ride.
Are Marsupials "Second-class Mammals? by G.M. Storr.
From Field and Study:

	Black-throated Butcher-bird near Perth. By R. Stranger.
	Inland Record of Mountain Duck. By J.H. Calaby.
	The Occurrence of Northern Fish and Dragonflies in the Greenough River. By J.A.L. Watson.

Volume 6 No 8 March 18, 1959:
The Birds of Carnac Island, Western Australia. By J.A.L. Watson.
Anadara trapezia (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) found Living in South-Western Australia. By G.W. Kendrick and B.R. Wilson.
Herpetological Miscellanea IX - Ablepharus wotjulum, a New Skink from West Kimberley. By L. Glauert.
The Spread of the Mediterranean Snail on Rottnest I. Part II. By D.L. Serventy and G.M. Storr.
From Field and Study:

	Yellow-billed Spoonbill at Bunbury. By A.A. Burbidge.
	The Gull-billed Tern in Western Australia. By Julian Ford.

Obituary: B.V. Teague, By D.L.S.
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