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and oval in their shape. The tail is round at the base, 

 and very villous and beautiful ; more tufted at the ex- 

 tremity, where the hairs are also flatter. The upper part 

 of the body is of a grayish-brown, pretty uniform through- 

 out ; rather more obscure on the external face of the arms 

 and legs, and more gray on the anterior part of the lateral 

 membrane. The head is of a grayish-brown, tolerably 

 deep. On the frontal ridge are hairs of a golden fawn- 

 colour, mixed with others. Chin brown. The neck, 

 throat, breast underneath, and a line on the anterior limbs 

 internally are white. The feet are of a brown approaching 

 to black. The toes of the hinder feet are considerably fur- 

 nished with hair, especially underneath. The tail is of a 

 fawn-coloured brown near its origin, then passes to brown, 

 and becomes very dark towards the extremity. 



A white or whitish variety of this Phalanger has been 

 observed. Sometimes completely white, with the exception 

 of several places on the feet and lateral membrane, where 

 some ashen-gray hairs are found mixed with others ; and 

 the end of the tail, which is brown. Sometimes they are 

 found of a dirty whitish-yellow, with the back of a very 

 clear ashen-gray. 



Habitat — the environs of Port Jackson and Botany Bay, 

 in New Holland. 



The Long-tailed Flying Phalanger, (Did. Macroura,) is 

 about the size of a surmulot-rat. The pelt is of an obscure 

 gray, or brownish above and whitish underneath. The 

 head and neck are both whitish. A band of a more brown- 

 ish hue extends from the top of the head to the nose. The 

 ears are rather large, slightly rounded and whitish. The 

 extremity of the fore-paws white. The last half of the tail 

 of a deep black, which diminishes a little towards the base, 

 which is of the same brown as the body. 



This Phalanger is also a native of New Holland. 



