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body are of a yellow colour^ inclining to white on 

 the throat and mesial line of the belly ; all the hairs 

 are of a deep grey colour at the base both on the 

 upper and under parts of the body. The general 

 tint of the head is grey, a tint produced by the 

 admixture of black and white hairs ; the eyelids 

 are black ; the hairs immediately above and below 

 the eye are of a yellow-white colour, as are also 

 those of the upper lip and lower part of the cheeks. 

 The moustaches are moderately long ; the hairs are 

 black at the base and grey at the apex ; the ears are 

 of moderate size, and have the hinder portion emar- 

 ginated ; they are furnished externally with minute 

 hairs, those on the inner side being chiefly of a yellow 

 colour. The feet are of an uniform deep ochre 

 colour. The tail is about equal in length to the 

 body and half the head, and is furnished with small 

 and closely adpressed hairs, between which rings of 

 scales are visible ; on the apical portion of the tail, 

 the hairs are longer ; the hairs on the under side of 

 the tail are of a deep buff colour, and those of the 

 upper side are black and yellow, excepting at the 

 apex, where all the hairs are black. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 4 inches 8 lines; 

 of tail, 3 inches 5 lines ; from nose to base of ear, 1 

 inch ; tarsus (claws included) Of lines ; ear, 6 lines. 



Habitat North of Hunter's River, New South 

 Wales. 



Observations. — The teeth in this species agree in 

 number with those of Phascogale penicillata, and in 

 fact scarcely differ in any respect, making allowance 



