PTEROPODID^E. DASYURIDJS. 27 



Order CHIROPTERA. 

 Family PTEROPODID^E. 



Genus PTEROPUS. 



170. Pteropus medius, Temm. Frugivorous Bat. 

 Hab. India. 



. Purchased, Feb. 19, 1861. 

 b. Purchased, Feb. 20, 1862. 



Order MARSUPIALIA. 



Family DIDELPHYID^E. 



Genus DIDELPHYS. 



171. Didelphys mrgmianus, Shaw. Virginian Opossum. 

 Hab. North America. 



a. Male. Presented by A. Downs, Esq., of Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia, C.M.Z.S., Feb. 28, 1860. 



172. Didelphys crassicaudatus, Desm. Thick-tailed Opossum. 

 Hab. Rio de la Plata. 



a. Female. Presented by H.E. W. D. Christie. F.Z.S., Minister 

 to the Argentine Confederation, July 5, I860. 



Family DASYURID^E. 



Genus DASYURUS. 



173. Dasyurus viverrinus, Geoff. Viverrine Dasyure. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 



a. Male. Purchased, July 12, 1860. 



174. Dasyurus maugai, Geoff. Mauge's Dasyure. 

 Hab. Australia. 



a. Male. Presented by H.E. Sir George Grey, K.C.B., F.Z.S., 



Governor of New Zealand, May 26, 1861. 



175. Dasyurus ursinus (Harr.). Ursine Dasyure. 

 Hab. Tasmania. 



. Male. Presented by L. C. Stevenson, Esq., March 24, 1860. 



b. Female. Presented by J. C. Wildash, Esq., Aug. 9, 1861. 



