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the Macropodidai. In its long bones it approaches very closely 

 to Dijrrotodon, possibly to Nototherixmi also. Its thigh-bone 

 shows that it hardly departed from these in the structure and 

 movements of its hind quarters. It is in short a transition form. 



It is to be regretted that the rest of the bones, namely, two 

 ribs, portions of two dorsal vertebra?, part of a pelvis and of a 

 scapula and portions of a tibia and fibula, are too imperfect to 

 afford material for comparative or descriptive notes. It may be 

 convenient that the creature should have a name, and since its 

 remains have carried us from the known to the unknown, the 

 writer would suggest Sthenomerus Charon. 



Contributions to the Zoology of New Guinea, Part YII. 



By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. (Curator of the Museum, Sydney.) 



Since I last laid before the Society some notes on the avi-fauna 

 of New Guinea, I have been fortunate enough to secure large and 

 important collections of birds from the interior portion of the east 

 end of the island, inland from Port Moresby, collected at the 

 foot of, and on the slopes of Mount Astrolabe range. The first 

 portion of these collections was obtained from Mr. Charles 

 Hunstein, and is extremely interesting, showing that as we ascend 

 the mountains to higher altitudes, we meet with species which 

 were previously only known from Mount Afak, in the north-west 

 island, such as Grallinabrugni, Oreocharis, Diphyllodes chrysoptera, 

 Phiogcenas rufigula, and many others. 



There were comparatively few new species in this portion of the 

 collection, but it contained many that were not previously known 

 from that portion of the island ; nevertheless I obtained a new 

 species of Sericornis, a genus which, as far as I know, had not been 

 previously recorded from New Guinea. The Qrallina also proved 

 of interest, as one sex only of this species was previously known. 



