Vol 17 to 20, 1987-1995

Contents of The Western Australian Naturalist Volumes 17 to 20, 1987 to 1995

Volume 20 No 4 – December 29, 1995

• A Biological survey of Garden Island, Western Australia: 1. Birds and Reptiles. By M.G. Brooker, G.T. Smith, D.A. Saunders, J.A. Ingram, J. Leone and C.P.S. de Rebeira.
• Patterns of genetic variation among island and mainland populations of native pellitory (Parietaria debilis, Urticacese). By D.J. Coates and V.L. Hamley.
• Predation by feral cats upon lizards. By M.J. Bamford.
• Bryophyte flora of Reserve 3694 in metropolitan Perth. By R.J. Cranfield and B. Best.
• Diet of Varanus caudolineatus (Reptilia: Varanidae). By G.G. Thompson and D. King.
• D.L. Seventy's Gooseberry Hill plant list. By B.M.J. Hussey.
• A Biological survey of Garden Island, Western Australia: 2. Terrestrial Mammals. By M.G. Brooker, G.T. Smith, J. Leone and J.A. Ingram.

Volume 20 No 3 – October 31, 1995

• Grey Honeyeater breeding records and habitat in the Pilbara, Western Australia. By A.N. Start and P.J. Fuller.
• Long-term monitoring of the bird fauna of the Porongurup Range, Western Australia. By I. Abbott.
• Additions to the flora of the Recherche Archipelago. By G. Keighery.
• A survey of the possums Trichosurus vulpecula and Pseudocheirus occidentalis and their habitats in forest at Ludlow, Western Australia. By B. Jones and S. Hilcox.
• Additional records of the Gondwanan spider Austrarchaea from southwestern Australia. By B.Y. Main.
• Pollen loads of vertebrates in heath vegetation during autumn at Eneabba. By G. Barrett.
• An occurrence of the Variegated Fairy-wren, Malurus lamberti, at Maylands, Perth, W.A. By R.H. Stranger.
• Seasonal occupation by the Coot, Fulica atra, of the Swan River at Maylands, W.A. By R.H. Stranger.
• Observations of a Brown Falcon Falco berigora killing a dugite Pseudonaja affinis. By V.M. Saffer.

Volume 20 No 2 – September 30, 1995

• The effects of rainfall on the abundance and species richness of small vertebrates in the Stirling Range National Park. By A. Rose.
• A Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava at Lake McLarty. By J. Hunt and A. Strandring.
• Notes on the climate of Perth, Western Australia. By J. Gentilli.
• Observations of nectar feeding by Carnaby's Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris. By P.R. Mawson.
• Plant species of the Kings Park bushland. By E.M. Bennett.
• From Field and Study
  • Great Egret feeding on birds. By J.C. and M.H. Darnell.
  • A blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) in Western Australia. By R.E. Johnstone and N. Hamilton.

Volume 20 No 1 – July 31, 1995

• Flora survey of the Morseby Range, August 1983. By R.J. Cranfield and C.M. Parker.
• Discovery of the Lancelin Island Skink (Ctenotus lancelini) on the mainland. By B. Maryan and R. Browne-Cooper.
• The birds of Banda Neira, Moluccas, Indonesia. By R.E. Johnstone and Sudaryanti.
• Vertebrate fauna of an isolated bushland reserve (No18325) in inner Perth. By N.K. Cooper.
• Salomonia ciliata (Polygalaceae), a new generic plant record from the Kimberley, Western Australia. By K.F. Kenneally.
• Necrophilia in Tiliqua rugosa: a dead end in evolution? By R.D. Sharrad, D.R. King and P.T. Cairney.
• The birds of a remnant of native vegetation on the eastern Swan coastal plain. By P.R. Mawson and M.C. Massam.
• From Field and Study
  • A record of the Heath Rat, Pseudomys shortridgei and other fauna from Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve. By Leigh Whisson.
  • Observations on Honey Possums. By Judy and Andre Du Plessis.
  • Darter at Karonie in the Eastern Goldfields. By A. Chapman and G. Pronk.
  • Female Elephant Seal visits Eyre Bird Observatory. By Rita and George Watkins.
  • Grey Falcons on Nullarbor Plain. By Andrew Chapman.
  • Fork-tailed Swifts in Roleystone. By Mike Green.

Volume 19 No 4 – September 15, 1994

• Rediscovery of the Presumed Extinct Triggerplant Stylidium merrallii (Stylidiacea) with an Amended Description of the Species and its Conservation Status. By K.F. Kenneally and A. Lowrie.
• Identification of Pseudomys albocinereus, P. occidentalis, P. shortridgei, Rattus rattus and R. fuscipes using footpad Patterns. By N.K. Cooper.
• The Birds of Adele Island, Western Australia, Including Notes on Recently Established Breeding Colonies of Red-footed Boobies (Sula sula) and Great Frigate Birds (Fregata minor). By K.H. Coate, L.A. Smith and L. Fontanini.
• Diet of Regent Parrots (Polytelis anthopeplus) in the South-west of Western Australia. By J.L. Long and P.R. Mawson.
• A Flowering Calendar for John Forrest National Park. By P.G. Armstrong and B.G. Muir.
• Observations of Seabirds and Shorebirds in Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sundas) and Moluccas, Indonesia. By R.E. Johnstone.
• From Field and Study
  • Falsistrellus mackenziei at Jandakot. By D.J. Kosken and J.E. O'Shea.
  • A new bird record for Bernier Island, Shark Bay. By Keith Morris, Peter Speldewinde and Peter Orell.
  • Rainbow Lorikeets breeding in Eastern Goldfields. By Andrew Chapman and Sean Hazelden.
  • Dewfall in the desert. By B.M.J. Hussey.
  • Welcome Swallows Hirundo neoxena may have caused the first fatality attributed to birds in WA. By Peter Coyle.
  • Distribution and possible butterfly pollination of Parsonsia. By Allan H. Burbridge

Volume 19 No 3 – August 25, 1993

• Diet and Reproductive Condition of Free-Ranging Varanus timorensis. By D. King.
• Dimensions of the Perentie (Varanus giganteus) and Other Large Varanbids. By D. King and B. Green.
• Floods in the Desert – Heavy Rains in the Dry Regions of Western Australia. By J. Gentilli.
• Naturalised Plants on the Southern Slopes of the Western End of the Helena Valley, Western Australia. By B.M.J. Hussey.
• From Cow Pat to Frying Pan: Australian Herring (Arripes georgianus) Feed on an Introduced Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae). By P. Berry.
• Acacia setulifera: A New Kimberley Record of a Rarely Collected Northern Australian Wattle. By B.R. Martin and A.S. Weston.
• Selection of Woody Food by Termites (Isoptera) at the Harry Waring Marsupial Reserve near Jandakot, Western Australia. By M. Abensperg- Traun, R. Black and S. Bunn.
• New Distribution Records for the Yellow Palmdart Cephrenes trichopepla and the Orange Palmdart Cephrenes augiades sperthias from Western Australia. By A. Williams.
• A Bird List from the Maylands Peninsula, Suburban Perth, W.A. By R.H. Stranger.
• From Field and Study
  • Inland Great-winged Petrel as a prey item of the Peregrine Falcon. By Martin Schulz and Krus Kristensen.
  • Notes on the nest of a Bearded Dragon Pogona minor. By Mr and Mrs B. Smith.
  • Rainbow Lorikeets feeding on the fruit of Allocasuarina obesa. By R.H. Stranger.
  • Notes on the Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, Lonchura castaneothoras, at Maylands. By R.H. Stranger.
  • Red-capped Parrot feeding on leafminers. By O. Mueller.
  • A Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) and a Blue Petrel (Halobaen a caerulea) found dead on Rottnest Island. By Peter Coyle.
  • Re-discovery of Tetraria australiensis C.B. Clarke (Cyperaceae). By G.J. Keighery.

Volume 19 No 2 – January 30, 1993

• Identification of Pseudomys chapmani, P, hermannsburgensis, P. delicatulus and Mus musculus using footpad patterns. By N.K. Cooper.
• Consett Davis: Scientist, Soldier, Kimberley Collector and Casualty of War. By Kevin F. Kenneally.
• A Botanical Survey of Walcott Inlet, Kimberley, Western Australia. By Kevin F. Kenneally and Daphne Choules Edinger.
• Mammals of The Munja-Walcott Inlet Area West Kimberley, Western Australia. By Andrew Chapman.
• The Flora of a Remnant of Native Vegetation on The Eastern Swan Coastal Plain. By M.H. Robinson and P.R. Mawson.
• Herpetofauna of an Urban area near Perth, Western Australia. By Brad Maryan.
• From Field and Study
  • First Record of a Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana in Western Australia. By R.E. Johnstone and T. Kirby.
  • Short-nosed Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus on Culeenup Island. By Melvyn J. Lintern and Suzie P.Roe.
  • First records of two reptiles Morelia spilota imbricata (Boidae) and Tiliqua occipitalis (Scincidae) from the vicinity of Eyre Bird Observatory, Western Australia. By Phillip Griffin and Tim Hunt.
  • First Record of a Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould) in Western Australia. By R.E. Johnstone.

Volume 19 No 1 – March 1, 1992

• Observations of captive and wild Western Ringtail Possums. Pseudocheirus ocidentalis. By Mike Ellis and Barbara Jones
• Notes on the distribution, ecology and taxonomy of the Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata in Western Australia. By R.E. Johnstone.
• Plants collected by J.A.L. Preiss from Kings Park in 1839. By E.M. Bennett.
• The combat ritual of two monitor lizards, Varanus caudolineatus and Varanus gouldii. By Graham G. Thompson, Philip C. Withers and Scott A. Thompson.
• Probable spawning site of the Freshwater Cobbler Tandanus bostocki located in the Murray River Western Australia. By Michael John Hutchinson.
• Long-billed Corellas have an uncertain status in the South-west of Western Australia. By Marion Massam and John Long.
• A checklist of plants found growing in a native or naturalised state on Culeenup Island, Yunderup, Western Australia. By B.M.J. Hussey, D. Anderson and S. Loney.
• Annotated list of the birds of Dorre Island. By P.G. Kale.
• Flowering calendar for Reserve No. 3694 in metropolitan Perth. By R.J. Cranfield and C.M. Parker.
• Birds benefit from professional fishing at Mandurah, W.A. By R.H. Stranger.
• Notes on the status of the skink lizard Ctenotus lancelini, on Lancelin Island. By Robert Browne-Cooper and Brad Maryan.
• From Field and Study
  • Seed dispersal in Templetonia sulcata. By Greg Barrett.
  • Notes on nesting chats. By N. Kolichis.
  • A Display in the Splendid Fairy-wren Marurus splendens. By R.H. Stranger.
  • Nesting of the Fairy Tern Sterna nereis at the Causeway. By R.H. Stranger
  • Crab and spider share a web. By Gary J. Morgan and Dorothy J. Brennan.
  • Bird notes from the saltmarsh near Sandfire Flat. By N. Kolichis.

Volume 18 No 8 – October 1991

• The colour forms of the Christmas Spider, Gasteracantha minax, in South-western Australia. By Julianne M. Waldock.
• Occurrence of the White-winged Fairy-wren, Malurus leuconotus, at Maylands, Western Australia. By R.H. Stranger.
• The distribution of the Mediterranean Snail, Theba pisana (Mollusca: Helicidae), on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. By Teresa Lebel.
• Breeding of the Red-kneed Plover, Charadius cinctus, at Maylands, W.A. By R.H. Stranger.
• Natural history notes on the Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios, from Western Australia. By Tim M. Berra and Barry Hutchins.
• From Field and Study
  • Notes on the fauna of a remnant bushland in Victoria Park. By Margaret C. Turpin.
  • Food items of Red Wattlebirds. By Otto Mueller.
  • A spider capturing a centipede. By R. Peter McMillan.
  • Nest Predation by Grey Butcherbird. By Otto Mueller.
  • Little Ringed Plover at Herdsman Lake. By Otto Mueller.

Volume 18 No 7 – July 1991

• Darwin's correspondence with James Drummond. By Patrick Armstrong.
• Natural history notes on lizards from the Roe Plain, Western Australis. By Allen E. Greer, Roger Thorpe and Anita Malhotra.
• Acacia cyperophylla var. omearana, a new variety of "Minni Ritchi" Acacia from the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. By B.R.Maslin.
• Seedlings of Australian Casuarinas I. Germination. By Yee H. Hwang and John G. Conran.
• Dragonflies from the Western Kimberley region. By David J. Thompson.
• A Survey of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of Mount Walton, western Goldfields, Western Australia. By C.R. Dickman, N.J. Henry-Hall, H. Lloyd and K.A. Romanow.

Volume 18 No 6 – March 1991

• Fossils from Orange Grove: a local puzzle solved. By Frances S. Dodds, George W. Kendrick, Margaret C. Lefevre and Robin Roe.
• Biological notes on Schoenus capillifolius (Cyperaceae) a rare and unusual Sedge. By G.J.Keighery.
• First records of the Mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda, from the Gibson Desert and Queen Victoria Spring Nature Reserves. By David Pearson.
• Behavioural mimicry in the automized tail of a pygopodid lizard. By Allen E. Greer.
• Pollination of Hibbertia conspicua (Dilleniaceae). By G.J. Keighery.
• From Field and Study
  • Trapping of insects by Eremaea beaufortioides. By R.P. McMillan.
  • A Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis (Vieillot) in Western Australia. By R.E. Johnstone.
  • A record of the Euro, Macropus robustus in John Forrest National Park. By K.D. Morris and R.N. Bromilow.
  • Banksia canei (Mountain Banksia) in Western Australia. By Greg Keighery.
  • Musk Duck feeding on vertebrates. By Margaret C. Turpin and John Dell.
  • Brolgas in the Gascoyne Region. By J.R. Weeldenburg.
  • Another Brolga sighting. By Daphne Choules Edinger.
  • New herpetofauna records of Wongan Hills. By Brad Maryan.
  • Additional reptile records from Wongan Hills. By B.D. Wellington.

Volume 18 No 4/5 – December 1990

• Vegetation and Flora of Bold Park, Perth. By G.J. Keighery, J. Harvey, B.J. Keighery.
• Vertebrate Fauna of Bold Park, Perth. By R.A. How, J. Dell.
• Ecological Appraisal of an Isolated Banksia Woodland Reserve No. 3694 South of the Swan River, Perth. By Margaret C. Turpin.
• Obituary – Dr. G.M. Storr, by R.E. Johnstone.

Volume 18 No 3 – October 20, 1990

• Flora of Benger Swamp, South-west Western Australia. By G.J. Keighery, J.J. Alford.
• The distribution of European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), in Western Australia. By Dennis King.
• A new species of Grevillea (Proteacea Grevilleoideae) from South-west Western Australia. By P.M. Olde.
• A new species of Acacia from Western Australia. By R.S. Cowan, B.R. Maslin.
• The terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the Torndirrup National Park. By V.W. Smith.
• The Water-rat, Hydromys chrysogaster (Muridae) on Dorre Island, W.A. By J. Anthony Friend, Neil D. Thomas.
• Freshwater crayfish of the Wilson Inlet Catchment Basin, South-west Western Australia. By Russell W. Jones.

Volume 18 No 2 – June 29, 1989

• Ontogenetic colour change in the Gwardar, Pseudonaja nuchalis. By Brian Bush.
• Land birds at Monkey Mia, Peron Peninsula, Western Australia 1985-1987. By M.G. Brooker.
• Breeding of the Banded Stilt in the Western Australian Goldfields during 1986. By David Pearson.
• The diet of Rainbow Trout in Wungong Dam, Western Australia. By B.J. Pussey and P.F. Morrison.
• The Amphibia, Reptile and Mammal fauna of the Murray-Serpentine River Delta, South West Western Australia. By R. Browne-Cooper, D. Robinson, B. Maryan.
• Tuber and leaf structure of Ondinea purpurea Den Hartog (Nymphaeaceae). By Paula Williamson, Edward Schneider and Lee Malins
• From Field and Study
  • Another Record of the Rednecked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) in South Western Australia. By O. Mueller.
  • White-breasted form of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus, off the Pilbara Coast. By A.N. Start and K.D. Morris.
  • Red-tailed Tropicbirds return to the Abrolhos Islands. By Kevin Coate
  • White-tailed Black Cockatoos on Rottnest Island. By Stephanie Winnett

Volume 18 No 1 – March 5, 1989

• Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias) a strandline pioneer new to the Perth Region. By Petrus C. Heyligers.
• Whale Sharks of Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia: A preliminary study. By Geoff Taylor.
• Notes on the vegetation, flora and birds of Edithana Pool, Gascoyne District, Western Australia. By Ken R. Newbey and Brenda J. Newbey.
• Observations on the osteology and natural history of the agamid lizard Ctenophorus femoralis. By Allen E. Greer.
• From Field and Study
  • Brolgas on the Lyndon River. By K.J. McNamara, G.W. Kendrick, A. Baynes, E. Frankel, A. Gale, R. Holst, J. Long and J. Maisey.

Volume 17 No 8 – January 6, 1989

• In Memoriam: Dr. D.L. Serventy.
• Obituary: Dr. D.L. Serventy (1904-1988). By G.M. Storr.
• Tributes: Dr. D.L. Serventy.
• Reptiles and amphibians of the Darling Scarp near Perth. By B.D. Wellington and J. Dell.
• Observations of bird species at Pelican Point, Perth, Western Australia. By Max Bailey and Kate Creed.
• From Field and Study
  • Varanus tristis at Peak Charles. By Brad Maryan.
  • Feeding Behaviour of Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor). By Penny Hussey.
  • A Range Extension of the Skink Lerista lineata. By K. Youngson and G. Harold.
  • John Dell: Australian Natural History Medallionist 1988. By K.F. Kenneally.
  • Notice to Contributors.
  • Index to Volume 17.

Volume 17 No 6/7 – November 4, 1988

• A botanical survey of Vansittart Bay and Napier Broome Bay, northern Kimberley, Western Australia. By Stephen J. Forbes, Kevin F. Kenneally and John M. Aldrick.

Volume 17 No 5 – October 7, 1988

• Seabirds and shorebirds at Ningaloo in winter, with comments on Hutton's shearwater. By S.A. Halse and N.J. Halse.
• A redshank at Peel Inlet and a review of its status in Western Australia By Roger Jaensch and John Blyth.
• Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) released on Rottnest Island in 1960. By Peter Coyle.
• Grevillea donaldiana (Proteaceae), a new plant species from the Kimberley Division of Western Australia. By Kevin F. Kenneally.
• An unusual form of the saltmarsh grass Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth. By A.R. Smith-White and P. Adam.
• An answer to the puzzle of the tracks. By Garry J. Morgan and John D. Blyth.
• Breeding systems of the Western Australian flora III: Alzoaceae. By G.J. Keighery.
• From Field and Study
  • "Basil's Asparagus" (Xerolirion divaricata A.S. George): The Man Behind The Name. By J.H. Ross.
  • Obituary: Ken Newbey (1936-1988) By K.F. Kenneally.

Volume 17 No 4 – July 29, 1988

• The invasion of S.W. Australia by the Orange Palmdart Cephrenes augiades sperthias (Felder) Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, and the subsequent increases in species associated with the fronds of the Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis). By Michael John Hutchison.
• Mammals of the Darling Scarp, near Perth By J. Dell and R.A. How.
• George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist. By Helen Fordham.
• From Field and Study
  • Crested Grebe on Rottnest Island. By Shirley Loney.
  • Notes on a clutch of Monitor (Varanus caudolineatus) eggs. By L.A. Smith.

Volume 17 No 2/3 – June 30, 1988

• The Singing insects of King's Park and Perth Gardens. By Darryl T. Gwynne, Paul Yeoh and Andrea Schatral.

Volume 17 No 1 – November 1, 1987

• On the tracks of a natural puzzle. By Gary J. Morgan and John D. Blyth.
• Notes on the herpetofauna of Woody Island, Archipelago of the Recherche By Bradford Maryan and David Robinson.
• Observations on the osteology and natural history of the agamid lizard Ctenophorus clayi. By Allen E. Greer.
• The brooding spider crab Paranaxia serpulifera (Guerin) from Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. By Garry J. Morgan.
• Herpetofauna of Garden Island. By David Robinson, Bradford Maryan and Robert Browne-Cooper.
• Taxonomic and natural history notes on Tympanocryptis butleri and T. parviceps. By Allen E. Greer.
• From Field and Study
  • First Record of a New Zealand Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera gouldi (Hutton) in Western Australia. By R.E. Johnstone.
  • Taxonomic Status of Pheasant Coucal, Red-tailed Black-cockatoo and Red-backed Fairy-wren in the Pilbara, Western Australia. By Julian Ford.
  • Turtle egg predation by the Golden Bandicoot (Isoodon auratus) on Barrow Island. By K.D. Morris.
  • Banded Southern Giant Petrel recovered on Rottnest Island. By Denis Saunders.
  • First record of Leaden Flycatcher for South-western Australia. By T. Allen.
  • Notes on a mistletoe weevil – Metyrus albicollis Germ. By R.P. McMillan.
  • Grey Teal breeding on Rottnest Island. By Peter Graham.
  • Additions to the Herpetofauna of Wongan Hills. By D. Robinson.
  • White-Backed Swallow on Rottnest – Vagrant or Pioneer? By Boyd Wykes.
  • Spotted Pardalote on Rottnest Island. By Julian Ford.
  • Barn Owl on Rottnest Island. By D.A. Saunders.
  • Another sighting of Black Honeyeaters eating ash. By Kevin Coate.
  • Sacred Kingfisher snared by Dodder. By M.G. Brooker.