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296 and the latter five inches. The general colour is deep brown; (rich red brown in some specimens;) the under parts much paler; a white spot is situated in front of each eye. It is found both in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land.

ORNITHORHYNCHOUS.

Our acquaintance with the economy of the Ornithorhynchus in a state of nature, we owe entirely to the researches of Mr. George Bennett; and we willingly close this volume with some extracts from his valuable communication on this subject to the Zoological Society; the more copious, as the details of the habits of an animal so anomalous cannot but be of singular interest.

“The Water-Moles (as these animals are called by the colonists) chiefly frequent the open and