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  2. The Naturalist HOW THE PLATYPUS BREEDS.

    IT is no mere figure of speech to say that the eyes of the whole scientific world are now turned to and centred upon Mr. Caldwell. His announcement that the platypus is oviparous, and the interest that ...

    Article : 1,349 words
  3. ANIMAL SUICIDES.

    The question of suicide amongst animals is one of considerable interest to students of animal intelligence. The scorpion has long divided with man the reputation of being a suicide-committing animal, and ...

    Article : 477 words
  4. WHITE 'POSSUMS.

    I have heard of white 'possums being caught in the colonies, but never saw one until two or three days ago, when I saw one in a large rat trap. The front foot is broken, but the animal is living and quite ...

    Article : 86 words
  5. Scientific and Useful. HOPE AS A REMEDY AGAINST DISEASE.

    DR. J. Mortimer Granville has been lately rather severely handled by the medical press of London, because he wrote a letter on this subject to one of the daily papers. He is oritioised as having ...

    Article : 486 words
  6. THE WATER COMMISSION.

    The Royal Commission on the conservation of water met on Thursday, 11th instant. The president, Mr. W. J. Lyne, M.P., oooupied the chair, and ...

    Article : 221 words
  7. A DIAMOND EXPERIMENT.

    A curious point in diamond lore has just been established, to the delight of savants in Paris, where the exhibition of the Crown jewels in the Louvre has ...

    Article : 476 words
  8. PLATYPUS FOOD.

    Having read an article in this column wherein a writer says they live on small fish from 1in to 3in long, and all kinds of beetles, I can assure him that, for I have watched platypus in the river, and also ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. PLATYPUS LAYING EGGS.

    Herewith is an extract from a Sydney paper of September 16, 1864, which may help to enlighten those subscribers of yonr journal, who take an interest in the habits of platypus. I may state that I have shot ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. AMERICAN PATENTS.

    The number of patents granted in the United States to the close pf last year, was nearly 300,000. Of these, as shown by a table prepared by Commissioner Butterworth, 10,204 have been for metal ...

    Article : 188 words
  11. IN DEFENCE OF MR. M'COOEY—RINGED SNAKES, &c.

    Sir,—Being a constant reader of your valuable journal and an observer of the naturalist discussion, I can bear out what M'Coooy says concerning native cits in the Bathurst district. I have seen a hen with ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. MARSUPIALS AND MONOTREMATA.

    Mr. Peter Beveridge, of the Green Hill, French Island, writes as follows:—I fear that Mr. Caldwell will have to study the generation of the monotremata a little closer before he arrives at a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 526 words
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