O ON SOME POINTS IN THE ANATOMY OF KANGAROOS, 



Mr. Goldie found this fish very abundant in the Goldie River, 

 about 100 miles by its course from its mouth in Redsear Bay, and 

 about 30 miles in a straight line inland from the sea. He and his 

 party used the fish as food for some time and found them excellent, 

 as indeed all the Mugilidce are. Very fortunately Mr. Goldie was, 

 at the time he was engaged in collecting these Fishes, short of a 

 sufficient number of other Fish to fill up a cask, and to that 

 circumstance I am indebted for a much larger number of specimens 

 of this Fish, than Mr. Goldie would otherwise have thought of 

 preserving. 



On some points in the Anatomy op the Uro-genital Organs 

 in Females of certain species of Kangaroos. — Part II. 



By J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc. 



The organs of sixteen females referable to the following species' 

 have been examined : — 



Rock Wallaby fPetrogale penidllata) 1 specimen. 



Red-necked Wallaby (Halmaturus ruficollis), 2 specimens. 



Wallaroo ( Osphranter robustus) 4 specimens. 



Red Kangaroo (0. rufus) 2 specimens. 



Dorsal-striped Wallaby (H. dorsalis) 2 specimens. 



Black -tailed Wallaby (H. ualabatus) 1 specimen. 



Grey Kangaroo ( Macropus major) 4 specimens. 



From fourteen of these specimens, sections were carefully cut, 

 commencing at the last half-inch of the median vagina, and 

 continuing until the appearance of the meatus urinarius. In none 

 of the sixteen specimens is there a direct communication between 

 the median vaginal and the uro-genital chambers, though with the 

 exception of M. major, they all belong to species in which the 

 direct communication is known to exist after parturition. This 

 state of things is confirmatory of the view that the direct 

 communication as a rule, is probably completed during pregnancy, 

 or at parturition. But though the direct communication was not 

 met with, there are various shades of approximation to it. 



