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Each volume is illustrated, but, we think, somewhat too 

 profusely ; for the illustrations are not all of equal merit, and 

 many of them are certainly not good enough to be retained either 

 as works of art, or as accurate delineations of the objects they are 

 intended to represent. In a future edition a judicious weeding 

 out of the less satisfactory ones would make room for desirable 

 additions to the text, and thereby enhance the value of the work. 



Through the kindness of the publishers we are enabled 



The New Zealand Huia, Heteraloeha acutirostris. 



to reproduce here the illustrations which are given of a few 

 remarkable species, namely : — 



1. The Koala, or Native Bear of Australia, Phaseolarctus 

 cinereus, a specimen of which lived for some time in the Regent's 

 Park Zoological Gardens, feeding on the leaves of the blue gum- 

 tree, especially procured for it. It is one of the Phalangistidce, 

 a family of the Marsupials, or pouched animals, arboreal in its 



