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the whole under parts of the body, and the inner side 

 of the limhs are dirty yellowish- white, or yellow ; a 

 large longitudinal patch of rust coloured hairs is 

 observable on the chest ; the feet are dusky, and the 

 claws horn coloured ; the ears are nearly naked 

 within (apparently of a brownish flesh colour ;) ex- 

 ternally at the base they are densely clothed with 

 woolly fur like that of the head, this is of a blackish 

 colour on the upper or fore part of the ear, and white, 

 or nearly so, on the lower part; the apical portion of 

 the ear is but sparingly clothed with short brownish 

 hairs, a considerable space extending inwards from 

 the outer margin of the ear, as well as a narrow line 

 along the inner margin, are also but sparingly clothed. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 18 inches ; tail, 

 1 3 inches ; nose to ear, 3 inches 2 lines ; ear, 1 inch 

 1 1 lines ; tarsus, (the claws not included) 2 inches 

 7 lines ; fore-foot, (without the claws) 1 inch 1 1 

 lines. 



Nine specimens of this species are now before me, 

 the greater portion of which are from New South 

 Wales; one or two, however, are from Van Diemen's 

 Land, where the species is common. They vary 

 considerably in colouring ; two young specimens 

 measuring about one foot in length, (tail not includ- 

 ed) are rather paler in their colouring than the adults, 

 they are grey above and nearly white beneath. The 

 specimen from which the description is taken is a 

 female; two male specimens differ in having the 

 under parts of the body, and the cheeks, of a buff- 

 yellow colour, in having the deep rusty patch on 



