PERAMELES BOUGAINVILLII. 163 



all of the same size. It was obtained in the pen- 

 insula in Shark's Bay. 



A specimen in the Paris Museum, with the name 

 " Perameles Bougainvillii" attached, I found in such 

 bad condition that I could not well ascertain its 

 characters; but, after comparing the three specimens 

 together, contained in this Museum, it appeared to me 

 they were all of one species, though bearing the three 

 names, P. nasuta, P. aurita, and P. Bougainvillii, 



SIDE VIEW or THE TEETH OF A SPECIES OF Pframeles. 



Closely allied, no doubt, to Perameles is the 

 CHOEROPUS ECAUDATUS 



described by Mr. Ogilby from a drawing made by 

 Major Mitchell. 



" The drawing of the foot very closely resembles 

 that of the genus Sus in form and characters ; two 

 toes only are represented, short, and of equal length; 

 but there is a swelling at the base of the first phalan- 

 ges, which renders it probable that there 1 may be two 



