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from New South Wales, north of Hunter's River. 

 The general colour of the upper parts is deep grey- 

 brown with a slight rufous tint ; over the shoulders, 

 back of neck, and base of fore-legs externally, a 

 bright rust colour prevails, but this tint does not ex- 

 tend on to the head, as stated in Desmarest's descrip- 

 tion, nor on to the fore-feet ; the upper surface of 

 the head being dusky, the fore part of the arms grey- 

 ish, and the fore-feet brownish ; the chin and throat 

 are white, the whole under parts of the body are also 

 white, but less pure ; the hind-feet are of an uniform 

 dark brown colour or very nearly so. The tail is 

 brownish grey above and dirty white beneath, and in 

 parts tinted with brownish ; a very small portion of 

 the tail at the base is covered with fur like that of 

 the body; on the remaining portion the hairs are 

 shortish, harsh, and somewhat adpressed ; on the 

 sides of the tail the hairs are scanty, and the scales 

 covering the tail are very apparent the same cha- 

 racter is observable in a very young animal of the 

 same species. The ears are tolerably well furnished 

 within with moderately long dirty white hairs ; ex- 

 ternally they are clothed with fur like that on the 

 top of the head, on the fore part of the ear it is 

 blackish, and on the hinder part greyish ; the muzzle 

 is somewhat greyish ; and the upper lip is dirty white. 

 Length from nose to root of tail, 22 inches; tail, 13^ 

 inches ; nose to ear, 4 inches ; tarsus, (without the 

 claws) 5^ inches; ear, 1 inch 10 lines; fore-arm, 

 about 3 inches. 



In the young animal before alluded to, and which 



