330 ROBERT COLLETT, 



This river, whicli reaches the sea immediately to the south of 

 Cardwell, flows in its upper course through a wild mountainous district 

 with steep declivities, and an almost impenetrable scrub. It contains 

 hardly any appreciable amount of water except during the rainy 

 season. The object of bis expedition was to explore the coast ranges 

 beyond Herbert River which rise to a height of from 3000 to 

 4000 feet, and can be perceived as an extended chain of mountains 

 from far out at sea. In these districts, many parts of which have 

 hardly ever been trodden by a white man, Dr. L. spent narly six 

 months, only accompanied by a couple of black attendants, and without 

 any other society than the natives. 



From the mountains, excursions were made over the table lands, 

 to within 170 miles from the coast. 



The stay at Herbert River formed in many respects the most 

 interesting portion of his travels. Although the principal object of 

 his journey was to secure as füll a collection of birds as possible, Dr. 

 L. by no means neglected the mammals, of which the specimens ob- 

 tained proved of great interest. Among these were examples of a 

 species of Dendrolagus new to science, and representing a type previ- 

 ously unknown from the continent of Australia. 



In the middle of 1884 Dr. L. returned to Europe, after having 

 forwarded. most of the collected specimens to the University Museum 

 in Christiania. 



Although Dr. L., as above mentioned, had not attached the most 

 importance to the collecting of mammals, yet the number of species, 

 of which specimens were brought home, amounts altogether to 51, to 

 which must be added. Ornitliorhynchus anatinus (Shaw), of whicli 

 owing to an accident, no specimen was preserved, or in all 52 species, 

 to be treated of further on. 



Besides these, several other species were noticed without his 

 being able to obtain any specimens; amongst others, several larger 

 and smaller forms of Macropodidae (for instance the great red. 

 Halmaturus rufus and several Hypsiprymni). 



The collection is moreover comparatively poor in Chiroptera 

 and Muridae, as of these groups, only a few specimens were pre- 

 served, as occasion offered. 



river of the sarae name , which flows in a north easterly direction intö 

 the extremity of the Gulf of Carpeutaria; accordiug to Dr. L. this latter 

 river has been re-named Georgina River. 



