19/47 SPECIES A.M.N.H. NO. 153429-153439 MAMMAL SPIRIT 12. MAMMAL DEPT AUSTRALIAN SECTION COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN. COLL. No. SPIRIT No. 12. DIGKAREE WATERHOLE-10 miles south of BIRDSVILLE - S.W. QUEENSLAND East margin of Simpson Desert. DATE 29TH MAY 1940 SPECIES (about a dozen) Brush tailed Kangaroo Rats. SEX CONDITION GONADS. SHOT Wght. gm. SKL. STM. ALL IN. LARGE GLASS JAR, LABEL MARKED No. 12. 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. 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. TAIL R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. L. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. BODY UPPERS-RUMP UNDERS-VENT. LOWER BACK FLANKS UPPER BACK BELLY NAPE BREAST CROWN NECK CHEEKS CHIN ABR. W. T. W./T. SKULL REMARKS These specimens commenced to go bad so were popped into spirit. This was due to a rise in Temp. + close weather. These specimens are in a large size glass "Age" jam jar along with 2 different species of mice & a bandicoot. Label on jar is marked No. 12. These specimens were collected by digging out during the day & by shooting by flash light at night, which latter is much the best way of collecting. The sex ratio seems to be very many M's to a single F. This lot should be a pretty fair cross section but it is just possible 2 or more common in small outdoor burrows where they breed, though from burrows dug out it is definite they breed freely in the large burrows. S. & MCD. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764.