19G MEMOIIiS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Though it was provided with a small tin of water it was never seen to drink,, 

 and I do not think water can have been necessary to it. After it was tame I tried 

 holding a little piece of sponge soaked in water and in milk just in front of it, but 

 it would not drink, nor did it lick off drops of water which fell on its fur. 



It cleaned its fur in the same manner as a cat, sitting up on its haunches and 

 licking itself, licking its paws and passing them over its head and neck to clean 

 those parts of its fur which were out of reach of its tongue. 



Its ordinary call was a low chirrup, and it frequently uttered this sound in 

 the evening when running about in its cage. It would generally make the sound from 

 its hiding place whenever I chirped to it in the day-time. When the cat was playing 

 with it, it uttered a much louder, shriller, chirping sound, but I am glad to say this 

 terrified call was not heard again. 



Owing to a scarcity of insects I one evening introduced into its cage a large 

 crab-spider with a breadth of some five inches across the legs. The mouse had 

 killed and eaten a smaller specimen of the same kind, measuring from three and 

 a-half to four inches across, but next morning the large spider was still unharmed 

 in the cage. I removed it and, on hunting for the mouse found it in its corner alive 

 but shivering, the trembling being especially apparent in its tail. Next day it died, 

 and I have little doubt that its death was caused by the poisonous bite of the spider. 



I am indebted to Mr. H. A. Longman, Director of the Queensland Museum,, 

 for identifying the species. 



