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inches in length. It seemed a very affectionate little thing, and 
never liked to be left alone. It is probable that the young ones 
follow the mother about when out grazing, as this one would 
continually follow any one moving about. From room to room it 
would be at one’s heels. When one stood, it would push in and 
stand apparently quite happy and contented between one’s feet ; 
while if an attempt were made to get away from it by running or 
dodging, it would patter after with incredible rapidity. This 
habit of following was apparently due to the instinct of keeping 
close to the mother for safety. When put in the yard, it would 
at times fancy a moving fowl was its lost mother, and off it would 
run after it, following it round and round, up and down, to the 
great astonishment of the fowl. Sometimes it would be after a 
dog or a pig in the same way. Like the specimen observed by Sir 
E. Home, it liked to be taken up to lie in the lap, where it would 
fastly fall asleep. It even seemed to be quite happy when carried 
about hanging over the arm. At night it was left wrapped up in 
_ furs in a corner of the room adjoining the bedroom ; in the morning, 
whenever it heard any movement or voice, it would endeavour, by 
scraping at the door, to get into the bedroom, or, if the door were 
left open, it would try to climb up on to the bed. 
It is probable that the young Wombats do not dig, as this little 
one never attempted it even when left in the garden, and, further- 
more, its front claws were quite blunt and worn down, and very 
unlike the long digging claws of the adult. 
My little one took milk or water, and was very fond of nibbling 
fresh grass. It seemed to feel the cold very much, and would 
often climb on to the open hearth and lie before the fire. 
After having had the little Wombat for only about a week, it 
pined and died. 
Pseudochirus peregrinus (Bodd.). 
This species is decidedly rare in the Taralga district, though it 
is occasionally met with. In Lydekker’s recent “‘ Hand-book to 
the Marsupialia and Monotremata,” he says of this form, that 
“although there is usually but a single offspring produced at a 
birth, it is stated that as many as three young may occasionally 
be found in the pouch of the female.” My friend, Mr. Walter 
Scott, of Golspie, to whom I have been much indebted for his 
