HORN EXPEDITION-MAMMALIA. 
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In the skull of a male, in which in the lower jaw the permanient has 
carried up the milk which still remains as a thin shell forming a cap on the 
permament tooth, there is present between /’ and/'* on the left side a small tooth. 
Mr. Thomas* says that there is sometimes present in the lower jaw a minute tooth 
between and /' which probably represents p^. In this specimen the tooth in 
question is separated by a diastema of 1 mm. from and by one of 2 mm. from 
so that presumably it indicates a tooth anterior to p^. In the upper jaw the 
single tooth present between the canine and is separated from the former by a 
diastema of 1 mm., and from the latter by one of 3-5 mm. 
In a second skull—that of a mature female—in the upper jaw there is on 
each side a diastema of 3-5 mm. between p and the canine, of 3 mm. between the 
latter and the small tooth ?), and of slightly less than 3 mm. between the latter 
and /k 
The native name is Wi-ota. 
Sub-order POLYPROTODONTIA. 
Family Peramelidte.I 
(1) Peragale lagotis, Reid. The rabbit-bandicoot. 
This is not uncommon, judging by the number of tails used by the natives as 
ornaments. They tie the white terminal tufts together in bundles of from twelve 
to twenty. 
It is to be found wherever the ground is suitable for its burrows. 
The native name (Charlotte Waters) of the animal is Urgata and of the tail 
Alpeeta. 
Range.—Central, South and West Australia. 
(2) Chceropjis casin?iotis, Gray. The pig-footed bandicoot. 
At the present time this is one of the most difficult of the smaller marsupials 
to secure. It is known to the natives by the name of “ Dubaija,” but during the 
expedition we were unable to secure a single specimen. On a subsequent visit to 
Charlotte Waters I was fortunate enough to obtain one secured by the blacks. 
The dorsal surface, as in Western Australian specimens, is of a light, almost 
orange-brown, colour; the ventral surface is light fawn colour. 
* Brit. Mus. Cat., p. 186. 
t Since this was printed I have received from Mr. B^'me a species of Perameles and specimens indicating the 
existence of another species of Peragale, of smaller size than P. lagotis and of a darker colour. 
