21/47 SPECIES A.M.N.H. NO. 153417 and 153418 SPIRIT No. 14 MAMMALS AUSTRALIAN SECTION COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN. COLL. NO. SPIRIT 14. DICKAREE WATERHOLE - 10 miles south of BIRDSVILLE - S.W. QUEENSLAND East margin of Lampon Desert. DATE 29TH MAY 1940 SPECIES 2 RATS (♂♀) SEX CONDITION GONADS. SHOT ♂ 9 P.M. ♀ 11:30P.M. WGT. gm. SKL. STM. No number on individual tags but dates locality. BOTH ♂ & ♀ in SAME BUNDLE GAUZE. is IN LARGE SPIRIT TANK. No.1. 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. UP COVS. UND. COVS. 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. TAIL R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. UP COVS. UN COVS. L. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. BODY UPPERS—RUMP LOWER BACK UPPER BACK NAPE CROWN CHEEKS UNDERS—VENT. FLANKS BELLY BREAST NECK CHIN ABR. W. T. W./T. SKULL REMARKS Specimens were going bad so put into alcohol to save them. The ♂ was shot sitting up on his hind legs (like a squirrel) outside the entrance to his burrow. He seemed as much curious as afraid of the flashlight beam when it was focussed on him. The ♀ froze in a normal all fours attitude in about ½" depth of water where she had been drinking or crossing to a small island or knoll in the waterhole (depth 4", width of water 8 ft.) when the flash lamp beam caught her. S. & MCD. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764.