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continued down the back of the hind-legs, and also 

 on the outer side near the heel ; these patches are 

 connected by a broadish dorsal line, which com- 

 mences at the occiput, (where it joins a large round 

 patch, situated between the ears,) and terminates on 

 the tail ; the face is black, and a band of the same 

 colour runs backwards from the eye beneath the ear 

 on to the side of the neck ; the upper lip, lower 

 portion of the cheeks, and the whole of the under 

 parts of the head and body, and the inner side of the 

 limbs are white ; fur like, that of the body extends 

 about 2^ inches on to the base of the tail ; beyond this 

 the tail is covered with rather large scales, between 

 which there are minute hairs, both the scales and hairs 

 are black, excepting on the apical portion of the tail 

 where they are white, the white portion is about 4 

 inches in length ; the hairs of the moustaches are 

 most of them black, but some are white ; feet brown ; 

 the toes of the fore-feet are long, united at the base 

 to the end of the first phalanger ; on the outer side 

 of the foot there is an elongated tubercle, " an unu- 

 sual development of the pisiform bone,"* having the 

 appearance of a rudimental sixth toe ; the underside 

 of the foot is furnished with a remarkably large fleshy 

 pad, the surface of which is rough ; the pads on the 

 underside of the toes, at their extremity, are also 

 very large, and appear in a measure to envelope the 

 claws which are small and weak, and of a white 

 colour ; the hind-feet are very large, the toes are 



* See Professor Owen on the Classification of the Marsupi- 

 alia. Proc. Z. S. January 1839, p. 1 1. 



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