CONTENTS. Vll 



Family Muridee 231 



Eat (Mus decumanus) 231 



Mouse {Wins muscidus) 234 



Cape Mole-rat (JBathyei-gus) 235 



Moles from the Cape of Good Hope (JBathyergus) 237 



. Mr. Banks's " Nick " (Orycterus Capensis) 237 



Family Helamidce^. 238 



Forster's Jerboa (Helamys Capensis') 238 



Family Jerboidce 240 



Jerboa (Dipus sagitta) 240 



Family Arctomyidce . 241 



Marmot (Arctomys marmotta) 241 



Family Sciuridce . 243 



Virginia Grey Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus) 243 



Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volucelhi) 246 



Subclass Lyencephaea 248 



Order Marsupialia ;..... 248 



Animals from New Holland 248 



Kangaroo (Macropus major) 250 



Potoroo (Macropus minor) 254 



Hepoona Roo (Petaurus taguanoides) 255 



Wba-tapoa Roo (Phalangista vulpina) 257 



Opossum (Didelphis Virgmiana, opossum, and dorsigera) .... 260 



Opossum (Didelphis Hunteri) 265 



Tapoa Tafa (Dasyurus tafa) 266 



Class AVES 270 



Order Eaptoees 270 



Golden Eagle (Aguila chrysaetos) 270 



Black Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 272 



Dark-brown Eagle (Halia'etus alhicilla) 272 



Bald Eagle (Halia'etus leucocephulus) 273 



Golden Vulture ( Vidtur fulviis) 274 



Sparrow-Hawk (Astur nisus) 275 



Hen-barrier (Circus cyaneus) 276 



Gosbawk (Astur palumbarius) 276 



Kite (Milvus regalis) 277 



Hom-Owl (Otus aurita) 277 



Great Horned Owl (Bubo maximus) 278 



Owl (Strix Jlammea) 279 



Order Insessores 280 



Family Fissirostres 280 



Swallows (Hirundo) 280 



Night-raven, or Goatsucker (Caprimidgus Europceus) 280 



Family Dentirostres 281 



Butcher-bird (Lanius excubitor) 281 



