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  2. Music and the Drama.

    "Friends" has proved so acceptable to the patrons of the Theatre Royal that the comedy has been kept on this week. The situations are cedrtainly very enjoyable and the figures introduced present a ...

    Article : 1,209 words
  3. The Naturalist.

    O[?] as it is called in the blacks' languages,wetah or terrawan, will not in this article require description, as it has already been very ably described by different correspondents. As to its breeding-place, ...

    Article : 205 words
  4. SOME WORK FOR MR. M'COOEY.

    I wish to thank Mr. H.J.M.'Cooey for correspondence re Gecko in your issue of February 21, and also for much other information which we poor chimney-corner naturalists have been able to extract ...

    Article : 447 words
  5. BOWER BIRDS.

    Noticing a letter signed by "S.W.H." about the weetah or bower bird, I beg to inform him that I have found two or three nests close to my house, which is situated adjacent to a dense scrub. ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. HABITS OF THE BOWER BIRD.

    "S.W.H." I notice asks for information concerning bower birds, their habits, breeding, &c. Their nests are similar to those of the common soldier or butcher bird. They lay two eggs, and when the ...

    Article : 170 words
  7. THE BRUSH OR SCRUB TURKEY (TALEGALLA LATHAMI).

    It has often been asserted that Australia abounds in anomalies. In few instances has the truth of this proposition been more fully exemplified than in the case of this very remarkable bird. When the first ...

    Article : 721 words
  8. FROGS IN STONES.

    In response to "J.J.W.," of Richmond River, (T. and C., March 21) wishing for information concerning the appearance of a frog in a hollow of a stone in a quarry, I wish to state that he can get the ...

    Article : 206 words
  9. DO SPIDERS' EGGS BURST?

    Noticing "Bushy's" article in you issue of February 28, requesting information respecting spiders, I submit the following, which I trust may enlighten him, and at the same time interest many of your ...

    Article : 749 words
  10. FROGS IN STONES—ORIGIN OF SPECIES, &c.

    In reply to "J.J.W." in Naturalist column, who asks—How did the frog get there? I have to respond that the stone the frog was enclosed in was originally sand, the spawn of the frog being in the sand. ...

    Article : 370 words
  11. TO REACH NATIVE DOGS.—WOMBAT.

    Having noticed a requisition signed "Wild Dog" in the columns of the JOURNAL, asking for a remedy to rid him of those pests, I hasten to tell him "melted butter won't do;" but if he will get a few ...

    Article : 207 words
  12. DEMAND FOR WOMBAT.

    I am instructed by Mr. E.P. Ramsay, curator of the Australian Museum, to say that £5 per pair (male and female) will be paid for all wombats sent free of charge to the Australian Museum, provided ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. SNAKES ABOUT THE HOUSE.

    In the summer of the year 1864, whilst sitting at the window of my cottage "dressing flies" (with the intention of having a little fishing among the perch in the Hunter River), I was startled by a black ...

    Article : 335 words
  14. [?] THE FLYING FOX.

    I noticed in your issue of 28th February something new to me in reference to the above named pest, penned by Mr. Hammond, who says that the flying fox feeds on a weed in the water, &c. at this time of ...

    Article : 183 words
  15. A FOUR-LEGGED CHICKEN.

    A short time ago a neighbour of mine called me in to see a curiosity he had, in the shape of a four-legged chicken. Unfortunately the egg had been rolled out of the nest and was spoiled, or probably it would ...

    Article : 142 words
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