4 AUSTRALIANY ZOOLOGY, 
ofa dark colour, in size, appearance, and flight closely resembling 
the golden eagle, which he had seen in the North-West of Ireland. 
Living specimens are kept in the Botanical Gardens, Sydney ; also 
in the Zoological Gardens, Sydney, Melbourne, and London. The 
Macleay museum has an exhibit from King George’s Sound. 
Species.—In the genus Aquila of the Falconidw family there are 
two species:—1l. The wedge-tailed eagle. 2. The little Australian 
eagle, which has been found at Yarrundi, on the river Hunter; also 
in Victoria and at Cooper’s Creek. 

Tree-Kancgaroo—Dendrolagus bennettianus. 
Discovery.—On Sth Jan., 1886, Mr. De Vis read a paper before 
the Royal Society of Queensland, commencing thus:—‘‘ The relics 
before you, scanty as they are, seem to indicate in Queensland a 
species of Dendrolagus not identical with that which a short time 
ago was found by Dr. Lumholtz in the mountain scrubs of the 
Herbert River. The animal now claiming attention was obtained 
alive by Mr. Smith, a resident of the Daintree River, from whom 
the skin was received, through the Curator of the Botanical 
Gardens.” Nothing more than the skin of the animal being before 
the Society, and that being by no means perfect, there was hardly 
sufficient evidence to diagnose a species from it alone; nevertheless, 
the author of the paper remarked :—‘‘ Should it prove that the skin 
before us really represents a distinct species, I trust that the name 
D. bennettianus will be the one conferred upon it.” This was in 
honour of the late Dr. Bennett, who had often insisted on the 
probability of Dendrolagus being indigenous to Queensland. About 
Sept., 1893, Mr. D. Le Souef spent some time in Northern Queens- 
land for the purpose of collecting tree-kangaroos and other animals 
for the Melbourne Zoological Society. He was very successful, and 
obtained six specimens of this new species, four of which reached 
Melbourne alive. Mr. Le Souef published an interesting account of 
his experiences, wherein he mentions that the tree-kangaroos were 
identified by Mr. C. W. De Vis as the supposed species he had 
tentatively named D. bennettianus. In Sept., 1894, a steamer from 
Cooktown called at Sydney on the way to Melbourne. She had 
started with a consignment of eight cages, containing 16 tree- 
kangaroos. ‘Two had died before reaching Sydney—an adult female 
and a half-grown male. These, together with two roughly-prepared 
skins, were purchased for the Australian Museum, Sydney ; and, 
being now stuffed and skilfully mounted, attract a good deal of 
attention. At the first glance it was apparent that the species was 
perfectly distinct from Dendrolagus lumholtzii ; neither could it be 
reconciled with the descriptions of Papuan forms. In Sept., 1894, 
Mr. E. R. Waite, zoologist of the museum, read a paper on this 
animal before the Linnean Society of New South Wales. This 
gentleman kindly supplied the writer with the information on this 
new mammal, 
