Thermal strain, magnetostriction and magnetization measurements of Ni 41 Co 9 Mn 31.5 Ga 18.5 polycrystalline ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) were performed across the martensitic transition temperature, T M , and the reverse martensitic transition temperature, T R , at atmospheric pressure. When cooling from the austenite phase, a steep decrease in thermal expansion due to the martensitic transition at T M was found. When heating from the martensitic phase, a steep increase in the thermal expansion due to the reverse martensitic transition at T R was observed. These transition temperatures decreased gradually with increasing magnetic field. The field dependence of the martensitic transition temperature, dT M /dB, is ¹4.2 K/T and that of the reverse martensitic transition temperature, dT R /dB, is ¹7.9 K/T. The metamagnetic transition appeared between 330 and 390 K. The results of thermal strain and magnetization measurements indicate that a magneto-structural transition occurred at T M . The region above T M or T R is the ferromagnetic austenite phase and that below T M or T R is the paramagnetic or weak ferromagnetic martensitic phase. At constant temperature, a magnetic field-induced strain was observed with a value of 1.0 © 10 ¹3 , which indicates that this alloy is sensitive to magnetic fields. Strong magneto-structural coupling was revealed by the magnetic properties and phase transitions.