Few of any genera ofplants contain more species than Acacia, and in Australia it isthe richest of all; about 300 species, as occurring in ourcontinent, have been clearly defined. One of the men saw an animal somethingless than a greyhound; it was of a mouse colour, very slendermade, and swift of foot. In New Zealand,the species are--The Black Stilt-- Himantopus novae-zelandiae, Gould; Maori name,Kaki. (Not common.