st entirely vegetarians.

<hw>Pouched-Mouse</hw>, <i>n</i>. the vernacular name adopted
for species of the genera <i>Phascologale</i> (q.v.),
<i>Sminthopsis, Dasyuroides</i> and <i>Antechinomys</i>.
They are often called <i>Kangaroo-mice</i> (q.v.).
The species are--

Brush-tailed Pouched-Mouse--
<i>Phascologale penicillata</i>, Shaw.

Chestnut-necked P.-M.--
<i>P. thorbechiana</i>, Schl.

Crest-tailed P.-M.--
<i>P. cristicauda</i>, Krefft.

Fat-tailed P.-M.--
<i>P. macdonnellensis</i>, Spencer.

Freckled P.-M.---
<i>P. apicalis</i>, Gray.

Lesser-tailed P.-M.--
<i>P. calura</i>, Gould.

Little P.-M.--
<i>P. minima</i>, Geoff.

Long-tailed P.-M.--
<i>P. longicaudata</i>, Schleg.

Orange-bellied P.-M.--
<i>P. doria</i>, Thomas.

Pigmy P.-M.--
<i>P. minutissima</i>, Gould.

Red-tailed P.-M.--
<i>P. wallacii</i>, Grey.

Swainson's P.-M.--
<i>P. swainsoni</i>, Water.

Yellow-footed Pouched-Mouse--
<i>Phascologale flavipes</i>, Water.

The <i>Narrow-footed Pouched-Mice</i> belong to the genus
<i>Sminthopsis</i>, and differ from the <i>Phascologales</i>
in being entirely terrestrial in their habits, whereas the
latter are usually arboreal; the species are--

Common Narrow-footed Pouched-Mouse--
<i>Sminthopsis murina</i>, Water.

Finke N.-f. P.-M.--
<i>S. larapinta</i>, Spencer.

Sandhill N.-f. P.-M.--
<i>S. psammophilus</i>, Spencer.

Stripe-faced N.-f. P.-M.--
<i>S. virginiae</i>, De Tarrag.

Thick-tailed N.-f. P.-M.--
<i>S. crassicaudata</i>, Gould.

White-footed N.-f. P.-M.
<i>S. leucopus</i>, Grey.

The third genus, <i>Dasyuroides</i>, has only one species--
Byrne's Pouched-Mouse, <i>D. byrnei</i>, Spencer.

The fourth genus, <i>Antechinomys</i>, has only one known
species--the <i>Long-legged Jumping Pouched-Mouse</i>,
<i>A. laniger</i>, Gould.

<hw>Pounamu</hw>, or <hw>Poenamu</hw>, <i>n</i>.
the Maori name for <i>Nephrite, Jade</i>, or <i>Greenstone</i>
(q.v.). In the second spelling the <i>e</i> is hardly sounded.

1773. Hawkesworth, `Cook's Voyages,' vol. ii. p. 400:

"Two Whennuas or islands [afterwards called New Zealand] which
might be circumnavigated in a few days, and which he called
Tovy Poenammoo; the literal translation of this word is `the
water of green talc,' and probably if we had understood him
better we should have found that Tovy Poenammoo was the name of
some particular place where they got the green talc or stone of
which they ma