1909.] OF MARSUPIALS AMD MOXOTBEMES IX S.W. AUSTRALIA, 827 



Text-fiff. 261. 



WESTERN 

 AUSTRALIA 



C. JVaULraJxs'f 

 Margarei R 



Augubta 



"ero^eSi 



jNIap showing' distribution of Tarsipes spensercs. 



PSEUDOCHIRUS OCCIDEXTALIS Tlios. (Text-fig. 263, p. 829.) 



Chiefly confined to the banks of rivers and swamps in the 

 South- West ; local, and apparently disappearing in many places. 



Fairly plentiful near the Margai-et River, where tYiQy occur 

 among Ti-ti'ees ami peppermint gums, making nests of grass and 

 sticks among the bushes, although occasionally hiding in hollow 

 trees like the Common ()possum. 



