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(Echidna Hystrix.) 



HE Echidna, more generally known as 

 the Spiny Anteater, and Australian 

 Hedgehog is called J-anocumbine Nyoon- 

 garn, &c. by the black people who eat its 

 flesh and say it is Budgeree Patta (good 

 food). The whole of its body is covered with 

 black or brown hair, and the upper portion 

 has a covering of spines or quills as welL 

 The Echidna can extend its tongue which is 

 very long, beyond its beak or snout, it 

 is covered with a sticky substance to which 

 ants and other insects adhere ; and in this 

 strange manner the Anteater catches its prey. 



