HYPSIPRYMNUS OGILBYI. 185 



The specimen is in the Museum of the Zoological 

 Society. 



The Hypsiprymnuspenicittatus, Mr. Gould informs 

 me, is common throughout the Colony of New South 

 Wales, and is also found at Adelaide. 



OGILBYI HYPSIPRYMNUS. 



Hypsiprymnus Ogilbyi. 

 Bettongia Ogilbyi, Gould MS. 



Less than a rabbit ; tail moderately long ; fur 

 dense, the under fur very abundant, soft, long and 

 woolly ; general colour brown, (not dark,) obscurely 

 washed with yellow on the sides of the face and 

 body ; the whole of the under parts of the body 

 dirty yellowish white ; ears rather short and round- 

 ed, clothed with yellow hairs ; hind-feet brown, dark- 

 est on the sides, especially of the toes ; fore-feet 

 palish brown. Tail well clothed; a very small space 

 at the base covered with fur like that of the body; 

 beyond this, and extending to about the middle of 

 the tail, the hairs are of a rusty hue on the upper 

 side, and very pale brown on the under; the apical 

 half of the tail is clothed with black hairs, which 

 vary from rather more than half, to three quarters of 

 an inch in length those nearest the tip are the long- 

 est ; on the sides of the tail the hairs are comparative- 

 ly short, and excepting at the tip they are chiefly of a 

 deep brown colour; on the under side of the apical 

 half of the tail the hairs are longer than on the sides. 



