478 



POUCHED QUADRUPEDS. 



which diet their teeth seem suited ; but some of the species are also 

 reputed to feed on roots and bulbs. 



Gunn's Bandicoot (Perameles Gunnii), a pretty creature, about as 

 large as a Rabbit, marked across the loins with alternate black and 



Fig. 405. — gunn's bandicoot. 

 white bands, is accused of inflicting great injury by destroying bulbs 

 in gardens. These creatures are said also to devour corn in grana- 

 ries, as rats and mice do in Europe. 



The MyrmecDbius is about the size of a Squirrel, nearly black be- 



KlG. 4n6.— MYRMKCOBUS. 



