286 'THE FOOD OF THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES. 



It is to be hoped that Mr. Hermann B. Ritz, who has 

 already done such a lot of good work in explaining the 

 language of the Aborigines, w^ill throw some light on 

 these anomalies. 



Till then, and till all the discrepancies are cleared, I 

 prefer not to give the names of the animals and plants 

 distinguished by the Aborigines, but to sunmiarise the 

 facts ascertained from the vocabulary. 



The Aborigines distinguished by different words : — 



A. — Animals. 



1. Mammalia 25 species (i) 



2. Reptilia 4 ,, 



3. Amphibia i ,, 



4- Aves 53 



5. Pisces 5 



6. Crustacea 3 



7. Insecta 13 „ * 



8. Mollusca 12 



9. Vermes 2 



B.— Plantae ii „ 



Total 129 



That is to say, about 12 per cent, of the number of 

 words enumerated in Calder's vocabulary and 15 per 

 cent, of the words contained in Milligan's vocabulary. 



We will now consider the dilTerent classes separately : 



I. —MAMMALIA. 

 The following 25 species have been distinguished : — - 



1. Ant-eater Echidna setosa. 



2. Bandicoot Parameles obesula (2) 



3. Bat Vespertilio tasmaniensis. 



4. Native Cat Dasyurus maculatus. 



5. Tiger Cat Dasyurus viverrinus. 



6. Native Devil Sarcophilus ursinus. 



7. Dog Canis sp. (domesticus). 



8. Forester Kangaroo .... . . Macropus major. 



9. Brush Kangaroo Macropus Bennettii. 



10. Mouse Mus tasmaniensis (?). 



11. Kangaroo Rat Hypsoprymnus apicalis. 



(i) Including the imported dog. 

 (2) Including P. Gunnii. 



