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summits and forming a dense gloomy shade. The creeks and 

 mountains are often very rough for travelling over, in consequence 

 of the rocky nature of the country, mostly granite. In addition to 

 the Talegella and Megapode, the Australian Cassowary also in- 

 habits these scrubs, but when captured and placed in confinement 

 it invariably goes blind unless shade is provided, as its eyes cannot 

 stand the bright light of the sun for long. The overland road 

 from Bloomfield to Cooktown is very rough, and a narrow zig-zag 

 track has been made over the mountains. It is very steep in 

 places and the ground covered with loose stones, boulders, &c, 

 so much so that riders have to lead or drive their horses both up 

 and down, it not being safe to ride them. The track is walled in 

 on either side with dense scrub, and when over the range from 

 the Bloomfield side passes along the banks of the Annan River for 

 some distance. This is a beautiful stream, running over a solid 

 granite rocky bottom with deep pools in many places, worn in 

 the rock by the action of loose stones, most of them nearly 

 circular ; one was only two feet in diameter and about fifteen feet 

 deep, and almost circular, the loose stones being at the bottom. 

 The time of my visit was the dry season, but it must look much 

 more beautiful during the rainy season, with a larger body of 

 water dashing down the often steep rocky inclines. The banks are 

 lined with dense scrub on either side. 



On 1 6th November I bid adieu to the family of my kind host, 

 Mr. Hislop, whose sons had so ably helped me in collecting 

 during my visit, and reluctantly left this splendid collecting 

 ground on my return journey, bringing with me six Tree-climbing 

 Kangaroos, Dendrolagus Bennettianus. Two unfortunately died 

 a few days after leaving. On arriving at Brisbane, Mr. de Vis 

 informed me that the Tree-climbing Kangaroos I had were not 

 Dendrolagus Lumholtzii, but a new variety which he had des- 

 cribed and named Dendrolagus Bennettianus, after the late Dr. 

 Bennett. 



I arrived in Melbourne on 30th November, and, with the 

 exception of the two Tree-climbing Kangaroos before mentioned 

 which succumbed, brought everything else safely to their destina- 

 tion, thanks to the kind help of Captain Lee and the officers of 

 the s.s. Arawatta. The stock consisted of : — Four Dendrolagus ; 

 one Parry's Wallaroo ; two Carpet Snakes and eggs ; three 

 Leach's Kingfishers, kindly given by Mr. E. A. C Olive, of 

 Cooktown ; lizards, rats, &c, (Sec. ; and all are now doing 

 well in the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, the Tree Kangaroos 

 especially being a source of great interest. 



Sixty-two limelight views from photographs taken by the author 

 were exhibited in illustration of the paper. 



The following lists of specimens collected at " Wyalla," Bloom- 



