735 



"W^illshire in 1891, show tliat the language spoken there is the 

 same as that of the Everard tribe: — ippee, breasts; cobbie, 

 water; curlier, emu; murra, hand; mear-roo, spear-thrower; 

 puppa, dog; warroo, fire. Mr. Willshire's spelling has been 

 retained. The language of the Everard Range tribe has, 

 therefore, a fairly wide area in our North-West, in the south- 

 western corner of the Northern Territory, and probably 

 extends some distance into Western Australia. It has a 

 clcse affinity to the Parnkalla, in Eyre Peninsula, and this 

 again is one of the great family of languages which are (or 

 were) spoken from Cape Jervis northwards along the coast, 

 on Yorke Peninsula, and thence into the Far North, follow- 

 ing generally the line of the Flinders Range, and which are 

 linguistically well marked off from most of the native tongues 

 spoken to the east of them, from the Murray mouth right 

 up to Cooper Cre«k and the Finke River. 



(c) MAMMALIA AND OPHIDIA. 



By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Director, South Australian 



Mus€um. 



[Contribution from the South Australian J/ use urn.] 



The mammals and snakes obtained during the expedition 

 ^re few in number and are well known from Central Aus- 

 tralia. Occasion has, however, been taken to redescribe 

 ■Acanthophis pyrrhus, Boulenger, of which several specimens 

 are in the collection of the South Australian Museum. Field 

 notes supplied by Captain White are appended within 

 iDrackets. 



Mammalia. 



MURIDAE. 



ASCOPHARYNX CERVINUS, Gould. 



HapaJotis cervinus, Gould: Proc. Zool. Soc, 1851, p. 127, 

 and Mamm. Auist., iii., 1863, pi. x. ; Spencer: Rep. Horn. Exp, 

 ■Cent. Aust., ii., 1896, p. 11. 



Conilurus cervinus, Ogilby : Cat. Aust, Mamm,, 1892, p. 120. 



Thylacomys cervinus, Waite: Proc. Roy. Soc, Vict., x., 

 1898, p. 122, pi. vi., fig. 3. 



Ascopharynx cervinus, Waite: Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), v,, 

 1900, p. 223. 



Notomys cervinus, Thomas: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), xvii., 

 1906, p. 83. 



Seven specimens were obtained at Wantapella Swamps 

 and one at Indulkana, July, 1914. The gular pouch is pre- 

 sent in all specimens of both sexes, and, as far as known, the 



