Quad.
SPOTTED MARTIN.
The species is about the size of a large polecat, and measures from the tip of the nose to the setting on of the tail eighteen inches; the tail itself being nearly the same length.

The visage is pointed in shape, and the whole make of the animal does not ill resemble that of the Fossane.
The general colour of the fur is black, marked all over with irregular blotches of white, the tail not excepted, which has an elegant appearance, and tapers gradually to a point.
The situation of the teeth and jaws is much the same as in the rest of the genus, as may be seen in the upper part of the plate.
Inhabits the neighbourhood of Port Jackson.
Genus XVII.

Didelphis .-- Lin.

Syst.

Nat.
Genus XXII.