Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Journals
  3. Oryx
  4. Volume 4
Journal Home
Refine listing

Refine listing

Access:
Publication date:

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×
< Back to all issues

Volume 4 - December 1958

Contents

Page 4 of 6

Reviews

  • Arctic Birds of Canada. By L. L. Snyder. Toronto University Press. London: Oxford University Press. 38s.

  • N. R.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 337-338
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Research Article

  • The Requirements of a Conservation Programme*

  • V. N. Serventy
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 199-201
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • A good conservation programme may be considered under four headings,

    The need for modern and flexible legislation.

    Control of reserves.

    Policy formulation.

    The enlistment of public sympathy.

    The need for modern and flexible legislation.—The first essential is legislation to protect fauna from destruction either by farmers or “sportsmen”. In Western Australia we have almost model legislation along these lines. There is “blanket” protection for all mammals and birds, while provision has been made for some to be declared unprotected should all the circumstances warrant it. In other words the long-established privilege of human beings in English countries to be considered innocent until proven guilty, has been extended to these two major groups of animals. Reptiles are still outside this “blanket”, though some species have been given safety, but by and large, this legislation can be considered satisfactory. Yet a negative attitude to conservation is scarcely sufficient; there is the question of preserving the habitat. Without this, many species must inevitably disappear.

Back matter

  • ORX volume 4 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. b1-b6
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Reviews

  • Wild Encounters. By Eileen A. Soper. Routledge and Kegan Paul.25s.

  • M. D.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 279-280
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • Soondar Mooni. By E. O. Shebbeare. Victor Gollancz, Ltd.London. 18s.

  • E. P. G.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 385-386
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Research Article

  • The Quokka

  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, p. 202
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • The first bulletin on fauna conservation in Western Australia, published in 1956, contains an article by Mr. A. R. Main, of the University of Western Australia, on the importance of pure research in conservation. In developing his theme, Mr. Main tells of investigations into the natural history of a small wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, the quokka.

Reviews

  • Elephants. By Richard Carrington. Chatto and Windus, 25s.

  • E. O. S.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 386-387
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • Anare: Australia's Antarctic Outposts. By Phillip Law and John Béchervaise. Melbourne (Oxford University Press). 45s.

  • G. C. L. B
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 338-339
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Shorter Notices

  • Study of Tropical Vegetation. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Kingsway, London. 30s.

  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, p. 281
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Reviews

  • Zoological Photography in Practice. By Hugh B. Cott. Fountain Press, London, 1956. Price £2 12s.

  • G. F.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, p. 52
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • Audubon Western Bird Guide. By Richard H. Pough. Doubleday. New York. $4.95.

  • N. B. K.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 203-204
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • The Rabbit. By H. V. Thompson and A. N. Worden. Collins. 240 pp. 16s.

  • J. K. Stanford
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 53-54
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • Nature Protection Throughout the World. Edited by George Dennler de la Tour.

  • C. L. B.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 387-388
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Shorter Notices

  • The Unesco Courier, January, 1958. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Kingsway, London. Price 1s.

  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, p. 281
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Reviews

  • Reptiles Round the World. By Clifford H. Pope. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 21s.

  • J. I. M.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, pp. 339-340
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • Some Common Australian Birds. By Alan and Shirley Bell. Oxford University Press. 1956. 35s.

  • A. J. M.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, p. 204
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Shorter Notices

Reviews

  • Animal Babies. By Suschitzky. Thames and Hudson. 10s. 6d.

  • G. C.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, p. 340
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

  • Animal Friends and Foes. By Osmond P. Breland. Faber and Faber. 16s.

  • M. D.
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 September 2009, p. 388
    • Article
      • You have access
    • PDF
    • Export citation

Page 4 of 6