940 r;obert collett, 



been the subject of closer anatomical examination by Dr. Guldberg, of 

 the üniversity of Christiania, the result of which he has described in 

 a paper „Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Eierstockeier bei Echidna'^ (in: 

 Sitz.-ßer. Jenaisch. Gesellsch. Medic.-Naturwiss., Jahrg. 1885). 



Farn. Ornithorhynchidae. 

 53. Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw) 1779. 



Plalypiis analijius Shaw, Nat. Mise. vol. X, pl. 385 (1779). 

 Ornilliorliynchus pm-udoxvs Blumenb. , in: Yoigt's Mag. vol. II, p. 205 



(1800). 

 Ornühorhynchus analinus Wateeh., Nat. Hist. Mamm., vol. I, p. 25 (1846). 



The Ornithorhynchus is spread over a great part of Queensland. 

 Thus it is numerous in the districts about Rockhampton, and Mess'' 

 Archer have constautly caught it in the neighbourhood of their sta- 

 tions in this district. 



Dr. L. found it also on several of the small tributaries of the 

 Herbert River, or at least as far north as 18" S. L. 



A young individual which he secured here in Jan. 1883, was not 

 preserved. 



