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of Stonington, U.S., a ver)' intelligent person, to whoni we were 

 much indebted. The tri^dal name which I have proposed for it is in 

 recollection of the benefit we derived from his experience and know- 

 ledge of the intricate navigation of the south-western coast of Pata- 

 gonia, which was freely imparted to us on several occasions." — 

 P. P. K. 



The collection also contained specimens of a Mouse, for which 

 Mr. Bennett proposed the name of Mus Magellanicus. 



Specimens were exhibited of several Marsupialia, on which Mr. 

 Ogilby made the following remarks. 



"A small collection of Marstiplal Quadrupeds, which Mr. Gould 

 lately received from his brother-in-law, Mr. Coxen, contains two or 

 three interesting species, wliich the usual kindness of Mr. Gould 

 enables me to notice. They were all procured, as I am informed, in 

 the country beyond the Hunter River, about eighty mUes north of 

 Sydney in New South Wales. The most remarkable is an unde- 

 scribed species of Phalanger, which I propose to call 



Phalangista Canina. It is similar in size and general proportions 

 to Phal. Vulpim, and the two allied species described in the ' Pro- 

 ceedings ' for 1830-31, page 135, (Phil. Mag. and Annals, N.S., vol. 

 xi. p. 133.) but is easily distinguished from them all by the small 

 size and round form of the ears, as well as by the distribution of 

 the colours. All the upper parts of the body, the head, cheeks, back, 

 sides, and outer face of the arms and thighs are of a uniform grizzled 

 brown ; the throat, breast, belly, and interior of the members dirty 

 ashy grey with a slight shade of yellow. The ears are only an inch 

 in length and about the same in breadth, being thus little more than 

 half as long as in Phal. Vulpina. They are naked within, but co- 

 vered Avith deep coffee- coloured fur on the outside ; the nose, and 

 the paws, both before and behind, are dark hxovm. ; and the tail is 

 bushy and entirely black to within about 2 inches of its root, which 

 is of the same colour as the back. All these circumstances distin- 

 guish the present species from Phal. Vulpina, with which alone it 

 can possibly be confounded, and in which the backs of the ears, and 

 the cheeks and paws are yellowish white, whilst the black colour oc- 

 cupies only the latter half of the tail. Both these animals have long 

 black vibrissa, and a tuft of similar stiff hair on the cheek, about an 

 inch below and behind the eye. The whole length from the nose 

 to the root of the tail is 2 feet ; the length of the tail 13+ inches. 



Phal. Cookii. I notice this species merely to observe that the 

 present specimen is the only certain evidence we possess of this 

 animal being an inhabitant of Continental Australia. Cook observed 

 it in Van Diemen's Land, and I had never been able to ascertain the 

 precise locality from which the various other individuals I had for- 

 merly examined, were obtained. 



Macropus Eugenii. This specimen agrees with M. Desmarest's de- 

 scription, and is interesting as coming from a very distant part of 

 the country. 



Peravieles obesula. An adult specimen of the same size as the 



