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Show M.Al\fMALIA. Mammalia not belonging to the order lJiw·s1piata are rare in the Continent of Australia. Besides the Dog, we are acquainted with none excepting a few species of Rodents, and these all belong to the family MuridClJ. The present animal adds one to tlte limited number already known: in the Museum of the Zoological Society there is another species, the cl~aracters of which I will point out in the next description. 67 Musfusci'pes is remarkable for the great length and softness of its fur, and tlw brown colour of its feet: it is rather less than Mus Rattus, and of a stouter form. Not having had an opportunity of examining the molar teeth and the cranium of this auinJal, I cannot be positive that it is a species of the genus Mus; in external characters and the form of the incisor teeth, however, it agrees perfectly with the animals of that genus. "This animal was caught in .a trap baited with cheese, amongst the bushes at King Ueorge's Sound."-D. 28. Mus GouLou. JJI. vellere longo, molli, oclt1'aceo, pilis nig1·icantibus adsperso, !tis ad latera 1'arim·ibus: cmpore subtz'ts, pedilmsf_fue albis: auribus majusculis: cauda, capite cmporeque paulo b1·eviore. DEsenlJ)TION.-Ears rather large and slightly pointed, tarsi slender and tolerably long; tail about equal in length to the body ancl half the head; fur long and soft; general colour pale ochreous yellow; on the back there are numerous long black hairs interspersed with the ordinary fur, which gives a darker hue and somewhat variegated appearance to that part; feet, chin, throat, and the whole under-parts of tl1e body white; ears brown, sparingly clothed with minute yellow hairs, both extemally (excepting on the forepart, whet·e tl1ey are brownish) and internally; tail brownish above, and yellowish white beneath; the hairs of the moustaches long, and of a brown colour; upper incisors deep orange, lower incisors yellow; claws white. The hair of the back is of a deep lead colour at the base, pale ochre ncar the apex, and dusky at the apex ; the longer hairs are black ; the hairs of the belly arc deep gmy at the ha e and broadly tipped with white. In. Lines. Length from nose to root of tail 4 8 of tail a 6 Length of tarsus (claws included) of car Io. Lines. I 0 0~ from nose to car I 0! 7 VAR. ,B.-General colour of the fur pale ochreous yeJlow, the ieet, under· side of the tail and the whole of the under parts, as well as the lower portion of the |
