PREFACE. 
IX 
of Australia,’ to keep the subject complete, by issuing a supplementary part, from time 
to time, should sufficient new materials be acquired to enable me so to do. 
As with regard to my other publications, so also with this, I have to offer my best 
thanks to many persons for the kind and friendly assistance they have rendered me in 
prosecuting my labours on the ‘ Mammals of Australia.’ I cannot, therefore, close these 
remarks without recording my obligations to Professor Owen, Dr. Gray, and G. R. 
Waterhouse, Esq., of the British Museum ; to Ronald C. Gunn, Esq., of Launceston ; 
the Rev. T. J. Ewing and Dr. Milligan of Hobart Town ; to Dr. Bennett, W. S. Mac- 
Leay, Esq., Gerard Krefft, Esq., the late Dr. Ludwig Becker, W. S. Wall, Esq., the 
authorities of the Australian Museum, and the late Frederick Strange, of New South 
Wales; to Charles Coxen, Esq., of Queensland; John Macgillivray, Esq.; the late Com- 
mander J. M. R. Ince, R.N. ; to His Excellency Sir George Grey, formerly Governor of 
South Australia, and now of New Zealand ; the late John Gilbert ; Professor M‘Coy, of 
Melbourne; George French Angas, Esq., of Angaston, South Australia; W. Ogilby, Esq., 
formerly Secretary of the Zoological Society of London; Dr. Sclater, its present Secretary; 
R. F. Tomes, Esq.; M. Jules Verreaux, of Paris; Dr. W. Peters, of the Royal Museum 
of Berlin ; and lastly, my son, Mr. Charles Gould, the Geological Surveyor of Tasmania. 
I believe I have here enumerated the names of all who have favoured me with specimens 
or with the benefit of their opinions, in reference to the subjects of the present work. To 
have omitted the name of one friend would be a source of much vexation to me ; but 
if such should unfortunately have been done, I trust it will be considered the result of 
inadvertence, and not of intentional neglect. 
To my artist, Mr. Richter, I consider (and I have no doubt my readers will concur 
in my opinion) that much credit is due for the manner in which he has executed the 
drawings, both from the dead as well as from the living examples from which they were 
taken. My Secretary, Mr. Prince, has also discharged the same praiseworthy services as 
heretofore. 
It will be observed that, in mentioning the localities frequented by the various species, 
I have mostly employed the term Van Diemen’s Land to designate the large island lying- 
off the south coast of Australia ; there is now, however, a very general desire that it should 
be called Tasmania — in honour of Tasman, its original discoverer ; this term has, therefore, 
also been used, and hence has arisen the discrepancy of employing two names for one 
island. Even since the commencement of the work, new colonies have sprung up, or the 
older ones have been divided ; thus the country now known as Queensland was formerly 
part of New South Wales, and Victoria, until lately, was known as Port Phillip. 
