18/47 SPECIES MAMMAL SKIN 8 MAMMAL DEPT. AUSTRALIAN SECTION. A.M.N.H. No. 153481 COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN. DICKAREE WATERHOLE - 10 miles south of BIRDSVILLE - S.W. QUEENSLAND. COLL. NO. M. 8. East Margin of Simpson Desert (actually 2 miles inside U.S. Aust.) DATE 29TH MAY 1940 SPECIES S mouse. mfm. SEX SHOT 10 P.M. TOTAL: - 128. TAIL:- 51. H.F.C.U.- 16 H.E.A.C.:- 9 CONDITION GONADS. WGT. 13.53 gm. STM. full of mixed foods, grain, bulbous onion green roots, beef dripping, scraps of damper. Trapped actually on board the work van which would tend to show they will enter camps dwelling. BAIT: Whole-meat damper (mixed). MOULT WING R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25. Sec. L. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25. Sec. Up Covs. Und. Covs. Up Covs. Und. Covs. TAIL R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. L. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Up Covs. Un Covs. BODY UPPERS-RUMP UNDERS-VENT. LOWER BACK FLANKS UPPER BACK BELLY NAPE BREAST CROWN NECK CHEEKS CHIN ABR. W. T. W/T. SKULL Badly damaged. MARKED. M. 8. REMARKS This specimen has an extremely short tail for the species but this may be an injury. The tail of this specimen was badly damaged during skinning making the specimen of little or no value. L. J. Value. Body 72. S & MCO. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764.