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and the chest to between the fore legs, where it is washed with 

 tawny ; fore legs and feet above light tawny or yellowish, below 

 yellowish white ; hind feet white, the heels brownish, thighs 

 pencilled like the body, whitish on the inner side ; tail less than 

 half the length of the body and head, whitish below, dark brown 

 above. The ears moderate, rounded, covered with soft dark brown 

 hair without, lighter on the margins, whitish within. The under 

 fur is soft and short, not plentiful, brownish on the back, lighter 

 on the sides, and whitish on the under parts of the body. The 

 spiny, flat, grooved hairs on the back are barred with black and 

 yellow, in about equal proportions, some with black tips and 

 yellow in the middle, others vice versa ; all whitish near the root ; 

 on the rump the yellow predominates, on the forehead the black- 

 tipped hairs ; these spiny hairs are continued on the face and 

 base of the tail ; on the latter part they are less spiny and more 

 roundish in form ; the hair is close pressed and continued to the 

 tip of the tail ; on the belly and under parts the hairs are uniform, 

 whitish. 



Total length from tip of nose to tip of the tail, 21 '5 inches ; 

 tail, 6"3 inches ; from tip of nose to anterior base of ear, 3*2 

 inches ; from tip of nose to anterior margin of eye, 2 inches ; ear 

 in length 1 inch, in width about middle, 0'6 inch ; length of fore 

 foot and nails 1*6 inches, length of longest toe-nail 0*6 inch; hind 

 foot and nails 3'1 inches, length of the longest toe-nail 0*6 inch ; 

 distance between the posterior incisor and canine, (Ml inch; 

 between the canine and first premolar, 0*12 inch ; from anterior of 

 foremost incisor to the first true molar, 1*2 inches ; from tip of 

 snout to front incisor, 0"45 inch. 



Hab. North-Eastern Queensland, Rockingham Bay, to the 

 Endeavour River. The present specimen was obtained near 

 Cooktown. 



This is one of the largest species of Perameles known, being 

 about the same size as P. nasuta, to which it assimilates on the 

 whole, but differs considerably in detail. The hair is spiny, both 

 above and below, with a strong admixture of bright deep yeVow 

 and black on the upper parts, while the spiny hairs of the under 



