47S 



POUCHED QUADRUPEDS. 



which diet their teeth seem suited ; but some of the species arc al.>o 

 reputed to feed on roots and bulbs. 



Gunn's Bandicoot (Perameles Gunniij, a pretty creature, about as 

 large as a Rabbit, marked across the loins with alternate black and 



FIG. 405. GUNN'S UANJJICOOT. 



white bands, is accused of inflicting great injury by destroying bulbs 

 in gardens. These creatures are said also to devour corn in grana- 

 ries, as rats and mice do in Europe. 



The Myrmecobms is about the size of a Squirrel, nearly black be- 



KlG. 406. MYlJMKfOBIl .-. 



