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villosities, and a second, at the base of the first, 

 thicker, and carrying forward two small fleshy 

 points. The stomach is small, oblong, and has the 

 pyloris near the cardia. The csecum is small. In 

 the intestines are seen several saillant parallel la- 

 minas. The penis has only two tubercles. The 

 Ornithorincus inhabits the rivers and marshes of 

 New Holland, near Port Jackson. Only two species 

 are known ; the one with reddish, thin, and smooth 

 fur, (Omithoryncus Paradoxus, Blum.) The other 

 with blackish-brown, flat, and frizzled hair. Probably 

 these are only varieties of age, Voy. de Peron, I. 

 pi. xxxiv. 



