chined, or Hippomane Mdncinella*, which fpread even to the
tops of the mountains* Lord Howe TJland fwarms with birds,
fuch as parrots, parroquets, large pigeons, and feveral other land
birds ;- alfo gannets in infinite numbers, rails, white gallinules,
like thofe o f Norfolk IJle, and a land fowl of a dufity brown color,
with a bill four inches long, feet like a chicken, ve ry fat, and
very good food.
T h e c o a f t fw a rm s w i t h f i i h ; b u t w h a t w i l l r e n d e r th is ' i f la n d
o f u n fp e a k a b lfe u f e to o u r c o lo n i f t s , a r e t h e a m a z in g a b u n d a n c e
o f t u r t l e w h i c h f r e q u e n t its I h o r e s d u r in g fu r t im e r , a n d m a y b e
t a k e n in t h a t f e a fo n in a n y n u m b e r s ; b u t a t t h e a p p r o a c h o f
w i n t e r t h e y a l l r e t i r e n o r t h w a r d . Norfolk IJlaftd a l fo a b o u n d s
w i t h f i i h , a n d i n t h e fe a fb n w i t h v e r y f in e tu r t le .
V i -e Ws o f this f ih g u l a r ifland is g i v e n by Mr. Phillips.
F A U N U L A.
I w i l l now Continue the fubjeits o f natural liiftory o f the
great country I have j uit quitted, collected from the materials
furniflied by Sir Jofepb Banks, by Mr. Phillip, by the furgeon-
general Mr. John White, and by others who have accidentally
contributed their fhare. A Fattfiula, not unacceptable to natu-
rallfts, will now be given. I never want opportunity when I
fpeak o f birds, o f making my due acknowledgments to my
Worthy and ingenious friend Mr. Latham, for the ready means
I find from his excellent Ornithology o f felecting the various
fubjeits. I fhall begin, as ufual, with the quadrupeds, and refer
for a more ample account to the new edition o f my Hiftory of
# Catefby, i, 9 5 , f Voy. p . 180 ,
Quadrupeds
Quadrupeds lately publiihed. In. all this vaft land there does not
appear a Angle fpecies o f hoofed animal; none o f the ape kind,
and very few genera oí quadrupeds have been hitherto difco-
vered in any,one part.
T h e New Holland Dog, Hiß. Sluadr. L N° 158. Phillip, Bplfipy Doe.
Bay, 274. tab. 45. White’s 280. tab. 57. is a genuine fpecies. The
natives are too fayage _themfelv.es. to reclaim any animal into a
ftate of domefiicity.
T h e genus oí Opojfum fnrniflies more fpecies than any other o p o s s u m .
found inthis country, and fome o f .them.of mait Angular and
wonderful kinds. The firft I mention is related -to the phß-
langer Opojfum, N° 226.. I refer here to Hawkfwprtb} iii. 586. and
to the print o f the male, tab. 8. p. 108. of vol. ii. of Mr. [Cook's
.laft Voyage. It is-found in Pan Diemens j^and, and again about
■Endeavour, river.
T h e Vulpine Opojfum found near fort J.ackfon, N* 2-24. Phillip,
150. tab. 16. White, 278. tab. 56.
O f t h e v e r y e c c e n t r i c f p e c i e s , th e Kangaroo, I,h a v e t o m e n t io n ; K a n g a r o o ,
' J ................ ‘ - A ’ - , ^ • ’ THE GIGANTIC .
firft, the gigantic kind defcribed. in the .Hiß.!§>uad..N°-229. To
what I collected from voyagers,-I have heen able to add ponfider-
-ably from the fight of the,living gnimalipeyrn-in London in the
fpring o f i792;.poifibly the figure m.Hiß-Sgßd. tab,lxiv. porredtpd
from the.living fubjeét, may be as .accurate as .any yet given.
T h e /potted is an elegant fpecies,defcribed in Hifl. Pipad.
N° 23t.. Phillip, 147.ta.b15. Th,e, cplpr-is blaqk, blotched »with
white; the tail buihy.
The fpecies,called by the hiftorianof Neyp.Holland úxe. Kgn.-
gar-oo rat, p. 277. tab. sp]. <x Hiß. Qgad. N°.230. is-a lefler.fpecies,-
. with the habit o f the gigantic.
Plying