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MONOTREMATA.
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.
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ORNITHORHYNCHOUS.
Our acquaintance with the economy of the Ornithorhynchus in a state of nature, we owe en- tirely 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
