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of the same grey tint as the body.” The natives of King 
Georges Sound, Mr. Neill moreover states, never molest this 
pretty little creature, either because it is too insignificant for 
an article of food, or perhaps some superstitious feeling 
forbids them. They inform him that it feeds upon young 
shoots of grass, as well as upon the honey of the Banksias, 
Xanthorcea, &e. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
2 
3 
“ of tail.. 
2 
7 
“ of ear. 
5 
“ of fore foot . 
3 i 
“ of hind foot . 
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** of thumb of ditto 
2 
“ of skull 
84 
Width of ditto ... ... ... . 
6 
Length of nasal bones . 
3 
“ of palate ... ... . 
4 
il from outer side of upper premolar 
to back of last true molar 
3* 
“ of auditory bullce . 
2 4 
“ of lower jaw, measured from the 
condyle to the base of the incisors 
Height of ditto from the apex of the coronoid 
process. 
The bones of the skull are thinner than in Phalangista 
gliriformis , and the temporal ridges are scarcely perceptible : 
the auditory bull® are large, and the posterior root of the 
zygomatic arch is much inflated to increase the air-cells of 
the ear chamber; towards the hinder part of the palate are 
two oblong openings, each rather more than a line in length, 
and behind these are two minute round openings The fleshy 
pads of the hands and feet are distinctly striated in the 
transverse direction, and on the intermediate spaces are 
minute tubercles, and each toe is terminated by a fleshy pad 
having concentric striae. The tips of the nails do not project 
beyond these pads. 
