EDITORIAL NOTE. 



Ox the return of tlie Expedition in August, 1894, some little time elapsed before 

 all the material collected reached Adelaide and Melbourne and could Ije distributed 

 to specialists. During the two years which have since passed by, the working out 

 of the material, writing of reports and reproduction of illustrations has been 

 proceeded with as rapidly as possible. 



The Zoological collection has been largely increased by the cordial co-operation 

 of Mr. P. M. Byrne of Charlotte Waters, Mr. F. J. Gillen of Alice Springs, 

 Mr. E. C. Cowle of Illamuita, and Messrs. P. Squires, J. Field and J. Besley of 

 Alice Spi'ings. 



To Mr. P. M. Byrne we are especially indebted for the opportunity of securing 

 and describing a number of interesting forms, amongst which are no fewer than 

 four new species of Marsupials captured in the neighbourhood nf Charlotte 

 Waters. 



Mr. F. J. Gillen generously phiced his valuable anthropological notes at the 

 disposal of Dr. Stilling, and they appear as a special article in the Anthropological 

 Section, which is also largely illustrated by reproductions of photographs taken 

 and lent by Mr. Cillen for the purpose. 



The map has been compiled and the reproduction of photographs has been 

 executed in London undei' the personal supervision of Mr. Hoin ; the remainder 

 of the illustrations have been lithographed and all the letterpress printed in 

 Melbourne under my own supervision and I have to express my thanks to 

 Mr. Wendel for the skill which he has displayed and the troul)le which he has 

 taken in rendering the lithographs as accurate as possible. The work has been 

 issued in parts l)oth to facilitate publication and to allow of the portions dealing 

 with separate branches being more accessible to workers than they would perhaps 

 have been had the \dluuie been pul)lished as a whole. 



In the work of editing I have to thank my colleagues on the Expedition, 

 Profes.sor Tate, Dr. Stirling, and Mr. Watt for their cordial co-ojseration, and I 

 am also much indeljted to Mr. Winnecke for valuable information, and to Mr. 

 T. S. Hall, Demonstrator and Lecturer on Biology in the Melbourne University, 

 both for assistance in the preparation of the indexes and for suggestions and help 

 in many ways. 



