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myalls of tlie Charroogin or Coolgibbera tribe o£ the Mulgrave Eiver. 
One was tlie skull of a male, tbe other of a female. The intellectual 
development and cranial peculiarities will be found "in the uncom- 
plimentary description by Mr. ~De Yis, who informs us, with becoming 
scientific modesty, that both are Dolichocephalic, mesognathous, 
microsome, platyrhine ! " This will probably be considered sufficient 
for the average reader to meander along with in the meantime. They 
can purchase the balance in the official record and cut it up into 
13-perch syllables, to be sold on the time-comprehensible system. 
Among the rest of the mammals is the Tel low- shouldered Flying Fox 
{JPteropus scapulatus), [ih?it that extends to the islands in Torres Straits. 
Then comes the North Australian White-footed Eat {Aconihomys 
Icuco'pis) ; followed by Hydromys l&ucogaster, or the Long-tailed Water 
Eat, common under different forms in many parts of Australia, There, 
too, is Halmaiurus agilis, or the Eed Creek Wallaby, found from 
Eockhampton northwards ; a festive marsupial usually remarkable 
for his robust condition. Next to this light-hearted herbivorous 
gourmand is another Halmaiurus^ the skeleton only of which was 
found by me on the summit of the Little Mulgrave Eange, and 
described by Mr. De Vis as " possibly an unknown species." Finally 
we have Dasyurus maculatus^ or Spotted-tailed Native Cat, extending 
in various forms from Tasmania to the Cape York Peninsula. Two 
of these were caught in traps at 4,000 feet, and tracks were seen on 
the summit at over 5,000 feet. These cats are responsible for serious 
destruction of bird life. 
In reviewing the birds of Bellenden-Ker the reader cannot 
reasonably expect me to do more than describe the most interesting of 
the seventy-nine distinct species among the 200 specimens collected 
by the expedition. Among the new birds named by De Yis is Ninox 
lurida, a small sj)ecies of the Boobook Owl seen in dark scrubby gullies 
up to the Palm Camp at 4,000 feet. It is found on Bellenden-Ker 
and in the gorge of the Herbert Eiver. Next is the Sericornis 
gutturalis, or Black-throated Sericorn, first shot by Mr. Broadbent, 
and found on Bellenden-Ker up to the highest peak at 5,240 feet. 
Most remarkable- of all the birds named by De Yis is Fvionodura 
neivtoniana, or " Meston's Bower Bird." The name requires some 
ex23lanation. On my first ascent of the mountain I shot a full- 
plumaged male specimen at 4,S00 feet. This was regarded by De Yis 
as one of an entirely new species and named Corymhicola mestoni. 
Subsequently it appeared that a young uucoloured male had been 
previously shot by Broadbent on the head of the Tully, and received 
from De Yis the name of Frionodura uewtoniana. To me, therefore, 
belonged simply the honour of having shot the first full-plumaged 
male and observed the habits of this extraordinary bird, and the final 
name, to be known hereafter to science, is l^rionodura newtoniana, or 
Meston's Bower Bird. Since the first male was found by me, several 
males and females have been shot by l^roadbent on the Herberton 
Eanges at 3,500 feet. The blacks on the Mulgrave and Kussell call 
this bird " Wargandilla." So far it is unknown south of the Tully or 
north of the Barron. During the expedition we obtained seven males 
in perfect plumage and several females. This is one of the three 
handsomest birds in Australia, the other two being the Eilie Bird and 
Eegcnt Bird — Ftilorhis victoria and Sericuhcs ineJlnus. In habits and 
peculiarities it is one of the most eccentric birds in the world. The. 
