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covering its shoulders, and when expanded, which it was 
enabled to do by means of transverse slender cartilages, 
spreads five inches in the form of an open umbrella.” 
Tiliqua tuberculata, Gray. 1 — Seal Island, in King George the 
Third’s Sound. 
Trachysaurus rugosus , n.s. — King George the Third’s Sound. 
Leptophis punctulatus, n.s. 2 3 — 'Careening Bay. 
Mollusca — J. E. Gray. 
Delphinula laciniata, Lam.' 1 — Found at low water upon 
the Coral Reefs, in the entrance of Prince Regent’s 
River. 
Bulimus kingii, Gray. 4 5 — Abundant on the hills of King 
George the Third’s Sound, in the vicinity of Bald Head. 
Patella neglecta, n.s. — Abundant on the rocky shores of K. G. 
Sound. 
Padollus rubicundus , De Mont fort.' 1 — Found upon Rottnest 
Island. 
In June, 1825, the French vessels “Thetis” and “Esperance,” 
commanded respectively by de Bougainville and du Camper, were 
cruising about the Southern Coast. I have, not at present been able 
to consult the published account of this voyage, and do not know 
whether members of the expedition made any observations on the 
fauna of Western Australia. 
In October, 1826, the French ship “Astrolabe,” commanded by 
Dumont d’Urville, spent about a fortnight at King George’s Sound. 
The celebrated naturalists Quoy and Gaimard, who had already 
accompanied Freycinet’s expedition in the “IJranie” and “Plivsi- 
cienne” previously referred to, were members of this expedition 
also, and published an account of the Zoology of the voyage, with 
illustrations of a large number of new species. I have here extracted 
the accounts of Western Australian animals from this work, and it 
will be noticed that in addition to the animals obtained on the 
voyage of the “Astrolabe” at King George’s Sound a few from 
Sharks Bay obtained on the previous voyage are described. 
The following general remarks on the two Western Australian 
localities examined by Quoy and Gaimard were written by them “to 
facilitate zoological researches” : — 
Sharks Bay. — This great extent of sea, sheltered by islands, is 
quite shallow. We were anchored near Per on Peninsula, on a bottom 
covered with fucus, which we were unfortunately unable to explore 
properly, and which appeared to promise an ample harvest of 
1 Tiliqua scincoides, White. 
3 Dendrophis punctulatus, Gray. 
3 Angaria delphinus, L. var. laciniata, Lamk. 
4 Bothriembryon kingii, Gray. 
5 Haliotis scalaris, Leach. 
