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pair gained the lop of the island in safety. A more i)ro]on,c^ed stay u])on the 

 island would prohably be well rewarded. 



Greenly Island. — This beautiful granite island is very like the islands of 

 the Pearson group as far as its geological formation and its vegetation are con- 

 cerned. During my visit in 1920 I noted dejecta which I think were undoubtedlv 

 those of a wallaby, and other members of the party made the same observation 

 independently. Yet no animal was seen, and this is rather surprising, since it 

 would almost certainly be a rock wallaby, and these creatures are likely to be 

 met with during a day-time visit to the island. Further examination of this 

 grand granite pile (upon which the landing is at times by no means easy) should 

 be undertaken later. 



Other Marsupials. 



One animal, the quite recent extermination of which we must greatly regret, 

 is the small unknown creature which used to live in great numbers on St. 

 Francis Island. 



These little animals were always spoken of by the late Mr. Lloyd, of St. 

 Francis Island, as "tungas," '^^^ a name by which he said a somewhat similar animal 

 was known in his young days on the Nullarbor Plains. He described them as 

 very small wallabies, creatures which used to hop into the homestead and eat 

 scraps thrown to them from the table. 



According to Mr. Arnold, sen., they were properly known as "talkies." 

 a word which appears to be an obvious corruption of "thulka." a native name 

 used widely in the northern parts of South Australia as a designation for 

 Thalacomys lagotis. Mr. Arnold also speaks of them as "kangaroo rats." 

 but does not think that they ever lived on the mainland. 



No description precise enough to be of real use can now be obtained, and 

 it serves little useful purpose to speculate upon its identity. 



Cats were liberated in order to destroy it, and they have done their work 

 with thoroughness. 



(■'• This name is employed in certain parts of South Austraha to designate the Bcttougias. 

 If the exterminated animal was a member of this genus it was probably B. fcniciUata. 



