Letter from A. S. H. Le Souef, Director, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney.Please provide particulars of the Opossums in your collection found in the North West, indicating length of body and tail and colour - in particular details of
white marks.Please provide information about northern limits of distribution.In August 1911 Mr Woodward loaned me skins from Gracefield, Canbellup, Waneroo and Yallingup, some of which showed variations from the normal.Please provide particulars of the Phalanger (Petaurus) reported by Gould in the Northern Territory and later in the Kimberley but others including Mjoberg were unable to find. A skin for comparison with the Eastern variety would be appreciated.
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