MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 



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Less, Fisch. P. Pilayi, Less. Cal- 

 ocephalus lagurus, Fr. Cuv. 



Phoca leptonyx, JBlainv. Schinz. P. 

 Horaei, Less. Stenorhynchus lep- 

 tonyx, Fr. Cuv. 



Phoca Weddelii, Schinz. Otaria Wed- 

 delii, Less. 



Phoca cristatus, Schinz. P. mitrata, 

 Camper. P. leucopla, Thien. Stem- 

 matopus cristatus, Fr. Cuu. S. 



mitratus, Less. Cystophora borealis, 



Nils. 

 Phoca Chorisii, Schinz. P. tigrina, 



Less. P. punctata, Encycl. Angl. P. 



maculata, Fncycl. Angl. 

 Phoca seriaceus, Schinz. 

 Phoca testudinea, Shaw. Schinz. 



Teichechus. 

 Trichechus Rosinarus, Linn. Schreb. 



Schinz. 



OBDO V.— Marsupialia. 



FAMILIA I.— Kapacia. 

 Thylacinus. 

 Thylacinus cynocophalus, Schinz. T. 

 Harrisii, Temm. Didelphis cynoce- 

 phala, Harris. Dasyurus cynoce- 

 phalus, Geoff. 



Dasyurus. 

 Dasyurus ursinus, Geoff. Tern. Schinz. 

 Didelphys ursinus, Harris. Sarco- 

 philus ursinus, Fr. Cuv. Fisch. 

 Dasyurus macrourus, Geoff. Fisch. 

 Schinz. Viverra maculata, Shaw. 

 Temm. ScJireb. 

 Dasyurus Maugei, Schinz. D. Maugei 



et D. viverrinus, Geoff. Schreb. Tern. 

 Desm. F. Cuv. Fisch. D. maculatus, 

 Geoff. 



Dasyurus Geoffroyi, Gould. Water. 

 Schinz. 



Dasyurus hallucatus, Gould. Schinz. 

 Phascogale. 



Phascogale penicillata, Geoff. Schreb. 

 Desm. Schinz. Dasyurus penicilla- 

 tus, Geoff. Didelphis penicillata, 

 Shaw. Petrogale penicillata, Gray. 



Phascogale melas, Schinz. 



Phascogale Swainsonii, Water. Schinz. 



Phascogale flavipes, Waterh. Schinz. 



(To be continued.) 



Change of Colour in the Bullfinch. — I have a Bullfinch which has turned 

 a bright black from the natural colour. — Samuel Browne, the Vicarage, 

 Dudley, December 8th., 1857. 



I conclude that this is from its having been fed on hemp-seed: it is 

 not an unusual change. — F. O. M. 



The Avocet, (R. Avocetta.) — I have recently preserved a very fine specimen 

 of this bird for Mr. Guteridge, of Faversham, Kent, shot close to the town. 

 These birds were a few years since rather abundant in this neighbourhood. 

 — James Gardner, 52, High Holborn, London. 



Cuckoos Building a Nest. — At the latter end of April and the commence- 

 ment of May we found a nest in the course of building, and not having 

 seen such a nest before, we watched it, and had the satisfaction of seeing 

 a pair of Cuckoos, (Cuculus canorus,) busily engaged constructing it. The 

 birds were watched for many days by several persons, and unfortunately 



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