...birds ; among butterflies, the Oruithoptera ; among plants, the wild banana, orange and mangosteen, the rhododendron, the epiphytic orchids, and the palms...epoch, Torres Straits, now only a few fathoms deep, was dry land, and that a stream of Papuan life poured into Australia across the bridge so made. Sharply...

...cuscus, and among plants the profusion of epiphytic orchids and of palms, all point to a northern origin. In the heart of a great Queensland " Scrub " a naturalist...surroundings whether he were in New Guinea or Australia. Late in the Tertiary Epoch, as I read the record, Torres Straits, now only a few fathoms deep, was...

...Otnithoptera; among plants, the wild banana, orange and mangosteen, the rhododendron, the epiphytic orchiHs, and the palms : so that, in the heart of a great Queensland...were in New Guinea or Australia. It may be supposed lliat late in the Tertiary epoch Torres Straits, now only a few fathoms deep, was upheaved, and that...

...birds ; among butterflies, the Oruithoptera ; among plants, the wild banana, orange and mangosteen, the rhododendron, the epiphytic orchids, and the palms...epoch, Torres Straits, now only a few fathoms deep, was dry land, and that a stream of Papuan life poured into Australia across the bridge so made. Sharply...

...among mollusca, the operculate snails and the genus Papuina, characterise this element. So much is this so, that in the heart of a great Queensland " scrub," a naturalist could hardly answer from his surroundings whether he were in New Guinea or Australia. Among recent writers,...

...element. So much is this so, that in the heart of a great Queensland "scrub," & naturalist could hardly answer from his surroundings whether he were in New Guinea or Australia. Among recent writers, Haddon has shown that the islands of Torres Straits are the denuded remnants...

...of Australia by the New Guinea plants and animals is such that, Hedley says, " in the heart of the great Queensland ' scrub ' a naturalist could scarcely...surroundings whether he were in New Guinea or Australia." 4. The Relations of the Floras of Australia and New Zealand The relations of the animals and plants...

...Characteristic plants of the tropical vegetation of Queensland are the ' wild banana, orange, and mangosteen, the rhododendron, the epiphytic orchids, and the palms...surroundings, whether he were in New Guinea or Australia ' (Hedley). As we pass to the south of the Clarence River on the east coast, to the west of the Fitzroy...

...birds ; among butterflies, the Ornithoptera ; among plants, the wild banana, orange and mangosteen, the rhododendron, the epiphytic orchids, and the palms...surroundings whether he were in New Guinea or Australia." And he adds, " It may be supposed that late in the Tertiary epoch, Torres Straits, now only a few fathoms...

...among mollusca, the operculate snails and the genus Papuina, characterise this element. So much is this so, that in the heart of a great Queensland " scrub," a naturalist could hardly answer from his surroundings whether he were in New Guinea or Australia. Among recent writers,...