130 NEW SPECIES OF OUNITHORYNCHUS. 
ing on the belly, the colours of the fur are those of the 
thick hairs, and are as follow : upper parts in general dark 
greenish-brown ; upper part of the head tinged with yel- 
low ; a yellowish-white spot before each eye ; sides and tail 
lighter, being of a yellowish-grey. Under part of each of 
the limbs, and perineal region, of a vinous colour, approach- 
ing to chesnut. 
The dimensions are as follow : 
Beak from the frontal margin to the end, - 2^ inches. 
Breadth of the beak near the end, - - Ig 
Height of frontal margin, - - - 5^ 
Length of the spur, . - ^ « 5^ 
Total length, ----- 23 
The above description is from a specimen in the Museum 
of the University of Edinburgh, presented by Alexander 
Hunter, Esq. writer to the Signet, and is said to be from 
Van Diemen's Land. 
A specimen in the same extensive and interesting collec- 
tion, also from Van Diemen's Land, and presented by Dr 
Burnet, one of the Medical Commissioners of the Navy, is 
of the following description. Its length is 21 inches, and 
it is proportionally smaller in all its parts. It agrees with 
the above in all essential particulars, the colours, however, 
somewhat paler ; the hairs of the tail are equally matted, 
but longer ; the under surface of the tail is entirely covered 
with very short, flat, adpressed hairs ; the spurs much more 
slender, acute^ and of a pale horn-colour; the vinous or 
chesnut-coloured spots of the under parts more distinct. 
This individual is probably a younger one, as is indicated 
by the comparative fineness of the pile, the slender spur, 
and inferior size ; and had newly received its pile, as is 
shewn by the under surface of the tail being covered, that 
