158 CURIOUS HOMES AND THEIR TENANTS. 



seems rather awkwardly constructed for a tree-climber 

 — and others that build clever little nests, generally in 

 a hollow in the ground which they find or dig out for 

 the purpose. 



Of all the kangaroo tribe the tuft-tailed potoroo is 

 the only one, it seems, that has any prehensile power, 

 or power to lay hold of anything, in the tail. The 

 tip of this useful member has a brush of long hairs, 

 making a sort of tufted knot at the end, which, with 

 the action of the muscles beneath, gives the animal the 

 ability of encircling and holding on to objects with 



Potoroo carrying grass with which to build its nest. 



its tail, and particularly of seizing and carrying the 

 bunches of grass it uses in building its nest. 



The country where the tuft-tailed potoroo abounds 

 has no cover or hiding places, consisting, as it mostly 



