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parts of the body and inner side of the limbs at the 

 base^ are yellowish white ; the hairs covering the 

 fore-feet are of a slightly deeper and less bright colour 

 than those on the legs, and those on the hind-feet 

 are of a dirty yellowish tint ; the tail, excepting at 

 the base, is of a dusky brown colour, but the tip is 

 covered with white hairs. The moustaches are black, 

 and the claws are nearly white. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 13^ inches ; tail, 

 12 inches; nose to ear, 2 inches 4 lines; ear, 9^ 

 lines ; tarsus, 1 inch 8 lines ; fore-foot, 1 inch 1 line. 



Habitat, New South Wales. 



This is the '' Phalanger de Cook " of the Regne 

 Animal, as may be plainly seen even by the short 

 description there given. I may add, moreover, that a 

 careful description, taken by myself from the original 

 of Cuvier's description, agrees perfectly with the 

 present animal — Cuvier, however, is in error in re- 

 ferring to Cook's plate for an illustration of this 

 species. 



The description of the Phalajigista Cookii of Tem- 

 minck's '^ Monographies de Mammalogie" also agrees 

 with the present species — since Temminck says " les 

 flancs et les quatre exremetes sont roussdtres," a cha- 

 racter which distinguishes it from the following ; he 

 is wrong, however, in giving the habitat of Van Die- 

 men's Land.* 



* Most authors give Van Diemen's Land as the habitat of 

 this species, but I think this error arises from the former one, 

 of supposing it to be identical with the animal figured in Cook's 

 Voyage. The exact locality of the Paris specimen may not 

 have been known. 



