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obtained. It is a common species near Sydney, on the Clarence 

 River, near Rylston, and in many other localities. 



31. HYLA AUREA. 



Common Golden Tree Frog. 



This species, widely distributed over Australia, is the most 

 common of all our Batrachians : the natives when pinched for 

 food capture large numbers of it by the light of a torch at night ; 

 a supply of this frog can always be secured wherever there is 

 fresh water near. 



32. HYLA PEROXII. 



Yellow-Legged Tree Frog. 



This species, which ranges also over a great part of the 

 continent, is generally found during the day-time under the 

 bark of the "Flooded Gum" (Eucalyptus rostrata). 



33. HYLA ADELAIDENSIS. 

 Adelaide Tree Frog. 



This species is not common on the Murray ; its range extends 

 as far as Western Australia. 



34. PELODRYAS OERULEUS. 

 Great Green Tree Frog, 



The largest of our Batrachians, found in every part of Aus- 

 tralia, and in New Guinea. I have seen specimens as large as a 

 man's fist. This species feeds upon almost every living object 

 that can be swallowed : lizards, frogs, all kinds of insects, and 

 young birds for I have once taken the nestling of a small 

 honey-eater out of the stomach of one of these insatiable 

 reptiles. 



This concludes my notice of the reptilian fauna of the Lower 

 Murray, which, as before mentioned, will prove much richer both 

 in genera and species than it appears at present to be. I could 

 enumerate some 5 or 6 more species, but these were in such bad 

 preservation that it was found impossible to determine their 

 character with certainty. 



