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rule, the head is bhiek, the back i^ray, and the under parts tawny ; 

 length, including tail, 21 to 24: tail, 14 to 15. 



Family DIDELPHID.E. The Opossums. 



DIDELPHI5 MARSUPIALIS VIRGINIANA (AV/v). 

 Opossum. 



Abundant throughout the State. It is nocturnal in its habits, and, 

 therefore, although so common is rarelv seen. 



The Porpoise (^Phociciia phodoia /..) and the Dolphin (^Tiirsiops 

 tursio X.) occur on the coast of Florida, and the former occasion- 

 ally enters the rivers. 



