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a paler grey than in the male,) there is a conspicuous 

 broad white mark on each side of the muzzle, extend- 

 ing backwards, from the angle of the mouth, beneath 

 the eye in the male the corresponding mark is in- 

 distinct. The ears are covered internally with white 

 hairs, and externally the hairs are very nearly of the 

 eame grey tint as the head, excepting near the tip, 

 where they are dusky. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 5 feet ; tail, 3 

 feet ; nose to ear, 8 inches ; ear, 5f inches ; tarsus, 

 (claws not included) 13^ inches. The female mea- 

 sures from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, 

 49 inches ; tail, 35^ inches the tail is therefore 

 longer in proportion than in the male, and it is more- 

 over more slender. The posterior incisor is not quite 

 half as broad again as either of the preceding incisors, 

 and is destitute of the external folds or grooves, so 

 general in the group. I have not had an opportunity 

 of examining the incisors of a male specimen. 



The muzzle is hairy as in the M. major, but the 

 hairs do not extend quite so far forwards. 



The specimen described by Messrs. Quoy and 

 Gaimard is said to be from Port Macquarie ; it is 

 in a very bad condition. I have therefore, with Mr. 

 Gould's permission, taken my description from two 

 specimens brought by him from the interior of New 

 South Wales. 



