I 
418 PHASCOOALE LEUCOGASTER. 
a distinct species. I have seen, however, several specimens 
from Western Australia which agree perfectly with the indi¬ 
vidual from which Mr. Gray drew up his original description, 
and differ from the P.favipes in having the under pints of 
the body white, and in having little or no rusty yellow on 
the sides of the body, and on the feet The general tint of 
the upper parts of the body likewise differs somewhnt, being 
less grey: on the fore parts of the body it is browuish grey, 
and on the hinder parts rich brown. The feet are brownish 
white; not unfrequently suffused with brown behind. The 
tail is brown above, pale-brown beneath, and dusky towards 
the point. 
A skull, removed from a specimen sent me from King 
George’s Sound by Mr. Neill, differs from a skull of P.Jlatipex 
in the British Museum collection, in having the muzzle land 
consequently the nasul bones) a trifle shorter, but the difference 
is not more than is often found in individuals of the same 
species, and I think it by no means improbable that the P. 
leu coy aster is a local variety of P./lariyes. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
Ins. Lines* 
4 5 
Ins. Unesf 
4 9 
In».Line<; 
4 G 
•* of tail ... ... . 
2 10 
3 2 
3 2 
“ from nose to ear 
u* 
114 
11 
11 of ear 
5 
5 
5 
44 of hind foot and nails 
8 
9 
91 
* From specimen in the British Museum, from the neighbourhood of the 
Canning River, Western Australia. 
f From specimen in the same collection from Victoria Plains. 
♦ From a male specimen found at King George's Sound, and presented to 
the author by Mr. Neill. 
