B.--
P. cockerelli, Ramsay.
Common Rabbit B.--
Peragale lagotis, Reid.
Desert B.--
P. eremiana, Spencer.
Doria's B.--
Perameles dorerana, Quoy & Gaim.
Golden B.--
P. aurata, Ramsay.
Gunn's B.--
P. gunni, Gray.
Less Rabbit B.--
Peragale minor, Spencer.
Long-nosed B.--
Perameles nasuta, Geoffr.
Long-tailed B.--
P. longicauda, Peters & Doria.
North-Australian B.--
P. macrura, Gould.
Port Moresby B.--
P. moresbyensis, Ramsay.
Raffray's B.--
P. rafrayana, Milne-Edw.
Short-nosed B.--
P. obesula, Shaw.
Striped B.--
P. bougainvillii, Quoy & Gaim.
White-tailed Rabbit B.--
P. lesicura. Thomas.
Pig-footed B.--
Choeropus castanotis, Gray.
1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales',
vol. ii. p. 188 (Bass's Diary at the Derwent, January 1799):
"The bones of small animals, such as opossums, squirrels,
kangooroo rats, and bandicoots, were numerous round their
deserted fire-places."
1820. W. C. Wentworth, `Description o New South Wales,' p. 3:
"The animals are, the kangaroo, native dog (which is a smaller
species of the wolf), the wombat, bandicoot, kangaroo-rat,
opossum, flying squirrel, flying fox, etc. etc."
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. i.
p. 316
"The bandicoot is about four times he size of a rat, without
a tail, and burrows in the ground or in hollow trees."
1832. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. p. 28:
"The bandicoot is as large as a rabbit. There are two kinds,
the rat and the rabbit bandicoot."
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
"The common people are not destitute of what Wordsworth calls
`the poetry of common speech,' many of their similes being very
forcibly and naturally drawn from objects familiarly in sight
and quite Australian. `Poor as a bandicoot,' `miserable as a
shag on a rock.'"
Ibid. p. 330:
"There is also a rat-like animal with a swinish face, covered
with ruddy coarse hair, that burrows in the ground--the
bandicoot. It is said to be very fine eating."
1845. J. O. Balfour, `Sketch of New South Wales,' p. 26:
"The bandicoot is the size of a large rat, of a dark brown
colour; it feeds upon roots, and its flesh is good eating.
This animal burrows in the ground, and it is from this habit,
I suppose, that when hungry, cold, or unhappy, the Austra
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