Mammalia.

The only indigenous terrestrial Mammalia possessed by New Zealand are two kinds of Bats. The commoner of [unclear: then] (Scotophilus tuberculatus) will be found in Desk Case 24, First Gallery. It is often seen about Dunedin in the evenings. The other kind, which has longer ears [unclear: and] a short tail (Mystacina velutina^*), is not represented in the collection. The so-called New Zealand Rat and Dog are now considered to have been introduced by the [unclear: Maoris]. Remains of the Rat and the Dog will be found [unclear: in] Desk Case 27, First Gallery. Five species of Seals are found in New Zealand and the neighbouring islands. Three of these are represented in the collection, and will be found at the north end of the Ground Floor in the centre of the hall. The Fur Seal (Arctocephalus cinereus) is still common in the West Coast Sounds, &c. Hookers Seal (Arctocephalus hookeri) is common in the Auckland and Campbell Islands, but it is also found in New Zealand. The Sea Leopard (Stenorliynchus leptonyx) is distributed ever the Antarctic Ocean, but is nowhere numerous. The two species not yet represented are the Sea Lion (Otaria page 30 jubata) which is reported to live at the Auckland [unclear: Islands] and the Sea Elephant (Morunga), which is still found [unclear: at] Macquarie Island. This species was formerly found [unclear: at] New Zealand. Fragments of a skull of a young [unclear: individual] from the Maori cooking place at Shag Point will [unclear: be] found in Desk Case 27, First Gallery; and a fossil skull [unclear: at] an adult, from the Oamaru silt, in Case 1. Of [unclear: Whale] and Dolphins (Cetacca), New Zealand possesses at [unclear: least] 16 species. Of these a fine skeleton of a young [unclear: Right] Whale (Eubalcena australiensis), 29 feet long, [unclear: occupies] the centre of the Hall. The teeth are represented [unclear: by] Baleen, the "whalebone" of commerce, of which in [unclear: the] present specimen there are 281 plates in each jaw. [unclear: It] was caught at Waikouaiti in September, 1875. [unclear: Alongside] it is a skeleton of the Black-fish ([unclear: Globiocephalus] macrorliynchus) or Grampus. It is one of the [unclear: toothed] whales. The teeth are, however, much better [unclear: developed] in the Killer (Orca australis), a skull of which is on [unclear: the] top of the small case in the N. W. corner of the hall. [unclear: Next] to this is a skull of the Bottle-nosed Whale ([unclear: Mesplodes] hectori), which has only two teeth in the lower jaw, [unclear: is] this case will also be found skulls of the Cow-fish ([unclear: tursis] metis); and of two different Porpoises (Clymenia [unclear: obscure] and Electra clancula).