PROF. OWEN ON THE OSTEOLOGY OF THE MARSUPIALIA. 



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nostrils, and fig. 7 is a back view of the lower jaw of the Phase, latifrons, showing the 

 remarkable condyloid (c d), coronoid (c r) and angular processes, and the peculiar inward 

 inflection of the angular processes (a). All the figures are of the natural size. For the 

 original drawings I am indebted to Joseph Maclise, Esq., Member of the Royal College 

 of Surgeons. 



The geographical distribution of Australasian Marsupialia is shown in the following 

 Table :— 



SPECIES OF MARSUPIALIA 



* Phal. vulpina and Phal. fuliginosa may prove varieties of the same species. 



t Mr. Waterhouse, from whose excellent " Natural History of Mammalia" the species are cited, regards this 

 as a varietj' of the Halmaturus ruficollis of Australia. 



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