2* V VERTfcAfTA OF THE LOWER MURRAY, 



'.? rvJviJi Sfct*{&n$<xwer Qreek I caught the first of these creatures, 

 and I was seriously informed by the natives, that it was " brother 

 belonging to black-fellow, who kill lubra if you kill him." 



Farther down the river this superstition vanished more and 

 more ; still they never assisted in procuring specimens of this family. 



The following are the species collected : 



1. NTCTOPHILUS G-EOFFROYI. 

 Geoffrey's Nyctophilus 



observed at various places between Gunbower Creek and the 

 Junction of the Darling. 



2. SCOTOPHILUS PTJMILUS. 



The Little Bat 



of which a single specimen was caught near Milldura, 20 miles 

 from the Darling. 



3. SCOTOPHILUS MORIO. 



Chocolate Bat- 

 specimens of which have been captured on the Lower Darling. 

 I have been informed that a " tailed Bat " was also an in- 

 habitant of that part of Australia, but I did not succeed in 

 securing a specimen. I suppose that it is a new species of the 

 genus Molossus, of which only a single representative is as yet 

 described from this country, discovered some years ago by the 

 late Dr. L. Becker, in the neighbourhood of Melbourne. 



4. RHINOLOPHUS MEGAPHYLLUS. 



The Large-leaved Horse- Shoe Bat 

 frequently observed near Gunbower Creek. 



CARNIVORA. 



CANIS DINGO. 



The Dingo, Warrigal of the natives, is the only Australian 

 representative of the large Group of carnivorous animals inhabit- 

 ing every other part of the globe ; and as our " Native Dog " has 

 already established a reputation for himself, I shall be as brief as 

 possible. In spite of the many enemies of the Dingo he is as 

 plentiful as ever on the Lower Murray and Darling ; neither the 

 strychnine of the settlers, nor the guns or spears of the Aborigi- 



