THE FLYr\<; SQMKKKU OK I'KTAUHUS." 



T.v size, this species is about equal to this common squirrel ; and its tail is rather lon-er tli:ui its body. 

 Its colour is delicately gray above, somewhat darker the head, and while beneath. A black 

 line passes from the point of 

 the nose, along the back, to- 

 wards the tail ; and the lateral 

 folds of the skin are bounded in 

 front and on the sides by a 

 similar band, which blends 

 gradually on the inside with the 

 gray of the body, and is bor- 

 dered on the outer margin by a 

 fringe of white. Each of the 

 eyes is placed in a spot of black, 

 and a faint blackish line extends 

 along the upper surface of the 

 hinder limbs. The tail is also 

 of a darker hue, especially to- 

 wards its extremity. 



The Petaurus is an inhabit- 

 ant of New South Wales, and is 

 described as particularly plentiful 

 at the foot of the Blue Mountains. A figure and description in Phillip's Voyage seem to have led to 

 its being associated with Norfolk Island, but its locality is far more extensive. The fur is exceedingly 



THE 1'LYIXU 



T1IK ASUV KUALA. 



soft and beautiful, and is occasionally used by the natives to form the scanty cnvering woni by some 

 few of the least barbarous of the race. Could it be obtained in sufficient quantity, it would unques- 



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