796 MR. W. J. SCOTT ON THE QUEENSLAND TIGER. [Nov. 5, 



scribed from a skull by Professor Owen ; and Gould's names are 

 correct. The skull is very much rounder, contracted (but still 

 broad) between the orbits, and the frontal bones are wedged in 

 between the nasal; this is very characteristic of this species. The 

 postorbital process is also much raised, and is never flat as in the 

 allied species, the P. lasiorhinus. 



2. " The Phascotomys lasiorhinus. Fur dark mouse-colour and 

 silky ; nose hairy ; skull rather flat above, as regards the nasal 

 bones, no wedge piece enters between them from the frontals ; the 

 mandibular condyle ends in a thin process at the base of the 

 coronoid. 



"3. Phascotomys lasiorhinus, var. niger. In this variety the skull 

 is very much contracted between the orbits, and appears to be slightly 

 more elongate. Our specimens come from Port Lincoln. I regret not 

 to have a photograph of the skeleton of this species at hand ; the sca- 

 pula is broader than in P. latifrons, which has the narrowest scapula 

 of all the Wombats known to me. 



"4. Phascolomys platyrhinus. Grizzly grey-brown in colour; 

 hair very harsh to the touch. This well-known species inhabits the 

 south-east coast of New South Wales, and is probably also found in 

 Victoria. I enclose photographs of it. 



" 5. Phascolomys assimilis, Krefft. Resembling in shape and colour 

 the common Wombat, P. platyrhinus, but different in the skeleton. 

 The skull is shorter and broader, the teeth are larger, the upper 

 grinders more pushed out sideways, the lower ones more curved and 

 turned inwards. There is a considerable difference in the incisor 

 teeth : the upper ones are flat, compressed, striated, and with a groove 

 in the middle ; the lower ones are much curved. 



" 6. Phascolomys wombat from Tasmania, allied to P. assimilis 

 and to certain fossil species 



" Yours sincerely, 

 " Br. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S." " Gerard Krefft." 



An extract was read from a letter addressed to the Secretary by 

 Mr. Walter J. Scott, C.M.Z.S., dated Valley of Lagoons, Queens- 

 land, June 5th, 1872, concerning the question of the supposed native 

 Tiger of Queensland, already referred to in former letters *. 



Mr. Scott stated that Mr. Robert Johnstone, an officer of the 

 Native Police, being in the scrub on the coast-range west of Card- 

 well with some of his troopers, had seen a large animal in a tree 

 about forty feet from the ground, which on being approached sprang 

 off to another tree about ten feet off, grasped it and descended 

 tail first. The animal was said to have been larger than a pointer- 

 dog, of a fawn-colour, with markings of deeper shade. Its head was 

 quite round, and showed no visible ears ; its tail was long and thick. 



Mr. Scott was now more than ever convinced of the existence of 

 the animal, and would not be content until he got specimens. 

 * See P. Z. S. 1872, p. 355. 



