ADVERTISEMENT 

 FROM THE PUBLISHER. 



The geographical distribution and fixed habitats of 

 animals is not less interesting than their history_, and 

 in the volume before us we have an extraordinary 

 illustration of this peculiar law of nature* 



The discovery of New South Wales, amongst 

 other wonders, first made us acquainted with the 

 existence of almost all the Marsupial Quadrupeds, 

 and we trust we now present to our readers a treat 

 of no ordinary kind, when we lay before them this 

 volume of our Work, exclusively devoted to the 

 consideration of that very interesting and extensive 

 family. We remarked upon a former occasion, 

 that a peculiar feature, or we might say advantage 

 in the Naturalist's Library, has been the facility 

 afforded us, in bringing out entire volumes, devoted 



