294 MEMOIJiS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



" Collect reptiles and insects. 



" See after a second emu in W. Australia. 



" Collect emus from every locality. Ascertain the sex and procure if possible 

 adult birds. 



■ Eggs of Leipoa and Megapodius in brine or new preservative. 



" Specimens^ and crania of all quadrupeds, great or small." 



NOTES. 



1. The genus Halmaturus is now usually incorporated with Macrojnis, although, apart from 

 size, the persistence of the premolar in the smaller wallabies forms a useful distinction from the 

 kangaroos {Macropus sensu stricto). Some of the large fo.ssil luacropods, however, have a 

 persistent premolar. Halmaturus " Tithys " — Macropus thetidis. The " pama " or parma 

 wallaby was described by Waterhouse in 1846 as M. parma. 



2.' The unsuitable term " monkey " for the koala or native bear was subsequently dropped. 



3. Although Gould described from Dr. Ludwig Becker's notes the nest and habits of his 

 Menura victories, no account of the nidification of the closely-allied New South Wales bird 

 appeared in his books. 



4. Macropus "laniger'" is better known as M. rufus, the red kangaroo. Onychogale 

 frcenata is the bridled wallaby, one of the nail-tailed group. 



5. Bettongia lesueuri. — It may be noted that Gould wrote of the rat kangaroo and the 

 kangaroo rat, and the confusion exists to-day ; but the former, meaning rat-like kangaroo, is 

 obviously the better term. 



6. "The great brush opossum" is Trichosurus caninus, typically found in our "scrubs" 

 or rain-forest, whilst T. vulpecula is characteristic of the open forest. 



7. As noted by Gould in his Handbook, I, p. 624, the bronze cuckoo, Lamprococcyx pilagosus, 

 lays olive -brown eggs. 



8. " Gilberti " evidentlj^ refers to Potorous gilberti, a rat kangaroo of Western Australia, 

 named by Gould in 1841 in recognition of Gilbert's work. 



It is impossible to read through these notes without feeUng a touch of that 

 enthusiasm with which John Gould inspired his able collector. The records of these 

 two men stand out in the literature of AustraHan Natural History, and the writer 

 considers it a privilege to be able to give some publicity to the interesting notes 

 in this little volume. 



Heber a. Longman. 



