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Sp. 1. ORNITHORYNCHUS FUSCUS. 
TAB. CXI), 
O. rostro pedibusque nigris, unguibus anticis linearibus 
obtusis, corpore fusco. 
Ornithorynchus fuscus. Peron Poyage aux Terr. Aust. 
pl. xxxiv, fig. 1. 
Habitat in Australasia, 
BROWN ORNITHORYNCHUS. 
Beak and legs black, anterior claws linear. obtuse, body’ 
brown. i? 
Inhabits New Holland. 
Sp. 2. CLE ee 8 RUFUS. 
O. pallidé rufus: unguibus anticis acuminatis acutis. 
Habitat in Australasia. 
REDDISH ORNITHORYNCHUS. 
Pale reddish: anterior claws acuminate, acute. 
Inhabits New Holland. 
This species differs from O. rufus not only in colour, but 
in having the beak narrower, the nostrils more terminal, 
the anterior claws acuminate, and in the form of the hair 
of the anterior part of the body, which has a much longer 
club at its extremity. 
