or, more especially
towards the centre, for it was not noticed to the north of the Stony
Desert. Wherever seen it was in the most miserable condition, and it is
difficult to say on what they lived. This animal was of all colours. It
appears to me that if these dogs are indigenous, nature has departed from
her usual laws as regards wild beasts, in giving them such a variety of
colours.

2. MACROPUS MAJOR.--Great Kangaroo.

This animal did not extend beyond 28 degrees. Six or seven were there
seen on a small stony range, but very few were observed to the westward
of the Barrier Range.

3. MACROPUS LANIGER.--Red Kangaroo.

This fine animal did not extend beyond the neighbourhood and plains of
the Murray, where it is not numerous. Several of the smaller kangaroos
were taken during the progress of the Expedition up the Murray and
Darling rivers; but as they have been frequently described, it is not
thought necessary to insert them in this list.

4. CHOEROPUS CASTANOTUS, GRAY.

This animal was first killed on the Darling, but the specimen was
destroyed by the dogs. Two or three were afterwards taken alive in
latitude 26 1/2 degrees. They were found lying out in tufts of grass, and
when roused betook themselves after a short run, to some hollow logs
where they were easily cut out. The Choeroups is a beautiful animal,
about eight inches long in the body, with a tail of considerable length,
having a tuft at the end. The fur is a silvery grey, and very soft. When
confined in a box they ate sparingly of grass and young leaves, but
preferred meat and the offal of birds shot for them. The Choeropus is
insectivorous, and I was therefore not surprised at their taking to
animal food, which, however, not agreeing with them, they died one after
the other. They squat like rabbits, laying their broad ears along their
backs in the same kind of way.

5. HAPALOTIS MITCHELLII.

This beautiful little animal was, as I have observed in the introduction
to this notice, first seen in the vicinity of the Depot. It was
subsequently found in vast numbers, inhabiting the sandy ridges from Fort
Grey to Lake Torrens. Those immense banks of sand were in truth marked
over with their footprints as if an army of mice or rats had been running
over them. They are not much larger than a mouse, have a beautiful full
black eye, long ears, and tail feathered towards the end. The colour of
the fur is a light red, in rising they hop on their hind legs, and