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of birds received from Miss Rebecca Stone, twenty-nine 

 species of shells received from Mr. Yate, about the same 

 number from Mr. Busby, five species of reptiles, three spe- 

 cies of fish, a few insects and Crustacea, and fifty-eight 

 species of shells brought home by Dr. Dieffenbach, and 

 described in this appendix, we have no specimens from this 

 country in the British Museum collection the National 

 Collection of the mother country, which should be the richest 

 in the natural curiosities of its different colonies. 



From these materials, assisted by my friend Dr. Rich- 

 ardson, and my assistants in the British Museum, Mr. 

 G. R. Gray, Mr. E. Doubleday, and Mr. Adam White, the 

 following list of species has been compiled ; and to render 

 it more complete, the descriptions of any new species that 

 have occurred to us have been added. 



J. E. GRAY. 



British Museum, 1 5th August, 1842. 



N.B. Since the above was written the British Museum has received a collec- 

 tion of shells presented by Dr. Stanger, the preserver of the remnant of the 

 African expedition, a collection of insects and shells from Dr. Sinclair, thirty- 

 eight specimens of birds collected by Dr. Dieffenbach, presented by the Directors 

 of the New Zealand Company, together with three other species offish collected 

 by Dr. Dieffenbacl,, which had been sent to the College of Surgeons, but have 

 been transferred to the Museum by Mr. Owen. 



I. LIST of MAMMALIA hitherto recorded as found in NEW 

 ZEALAND, by John Edward GRAY, F.R.S., &c. 



The physiognomy of the natives has been figured by the 

 various navigators who have visited the Island, and more 

 lately by Quoy and Gaimard. Voy. Astrolab. t. 1, f. 1, 2. 

 Homo sapiens, var. Nova Zelandice. 



As yet no terrestrial beast, except bats, has been found 

 wild in these Islands, nor do any appear to be known to the 

 natives. 



Fam. VESPERTILIONID^E. 



1. Vespertilio tuberculatus. G. Forster. Icon, ined., 



n. 1. 

 Yellowish brown; ears small, rounded. 



Inhab. Dusky Bay, New Zealand. G. Forster. 



