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NOTES ON THE FAUNA OF THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA. 



NOTES ON THE EAUNA OE THE GULE 

 OE CARPENTAEIA. 



BY 



C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 



{Bead on the 12th September, 1884.J 



In July last Mr. K. Broadbent, during his progress in 

 the north, paid a visit to Kimberley, at the mouth of the 

 Norman Hiver : a locality which, some years ago, he examined 

 for novelties with success. On the last occasion, he unfortu- 

 nately found the country around suffering much from drought, 

 the nearest water being twenty miles away. Circumstances so 

 untoward forbade a long stay : but, at the same time, made 

 the collection found of greater interest, since we may 

 reasonably suppose, that its contents represent no small portion 

 of the permanent inhabitants of the neighbourhood at that 

 season. A few mammals, some sixty kinds of bii-ds, and two 

 or three lizards, were procured or observed. The importance 

 of recording the present distribution of animal and vegetable 

 life in our countiy urges me to ask a place in the Society's 

 Proceedings for the following list : — 



MAMMALS. 



Mus delicatulus, Gould. A solitary example which, on account 

 of the inconsistent differences in its proportions, might 

 have been considered as new ; with the same length of 

 body (6.4 c m), it has a much longer tail (7.0), longer 

 ears (1.2), a shorter head (2.15), and shorter hind foot 

 (1.8). But, in colouring, it is fairly well represented 

 by Mr. Gould's description, and I therefore hesitate to 

 distinguish it. 



Mus sp. 



These small rats, apparently undescribed, I propose to bring 

 under notice on a subsequent occasion. 

 Perameles bougainvillei, Q and O. 

 Onychogalea annulicada, n.s. (Pg. 



