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N°. 1 , but upperparts of head and tail blackish , back 

 grizzled and uuderparts of body brighter. 



3. Nearly fullgrown male. Australia, upperparts sooty- 

 grey; head above, outside of legs and tail light rusty; 

 ears behind , underparts of head and of body and inside of 

 legs pure white. 



4. Nearly fullgrown male. Australia. Frank, 1845. Head 

 above, back, sides of body, upperhalf of legs and tail 

 dark mouse grey ; lower half of legs externally and a cir- 

 cle round the eyes light rusty; ears behind, underparts of 

 body and of head and inside of legs pure white. 



5. Female, mother of N"». 6 and 7. Australia, 1870. 

 Colored like N». 4. 



6 and 7. Young specimens. Upperparts generally darker 

 than in N". 5 , outside of legs lighter. Circle round the 

 eyes dark rusty. For the rest like the mother. 



8. Young individual. Australia. Colored like the former 

 young specimens. 



9. Adult female, described by Temminck (Mammalogie. 

 I. p. 7). According to the named author this specimen is 

 one from Cook's voyage. Now I find that in Cook's account 

 there is only question of two individuals , viz : a female 

 from Endeavour river (1770) and a male from Van Die- 

 mensland (1777). Temminck says that the /maZe-specimen 

 in the Leyden Museum is from van Diemensland and from 

 Cook's voyage, meanwhile Cook's ma/e-specimen from Van 

 Diemensland was »the only animal of the Quadruped 

 kind they got". My conclusion therefore is that Tem- 

 miuck's specimen either is from Endeavour river or is 

 not one of the two specimens of Cook's voyage. It is 

 colored like No. 4, except the circle round the eyes which 

 is darker. 



10. Adult female. Van Diemensland. One of the spe- 

 cimens described by Ogilby in 1837 s. n. Phalangista 

 viverrina. Head above, back and sides of body, tail and 

 outside of legs dark ashy brown ; ears behind , underparts of 

 head and body and partially the inside of legs pure white. 



Notes from tlie I-<ey(len JMuseum, Vol. VII. 



