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are numerous everywhere (in Van Diemen's Land), they burrow in the ground universally, as far as I have seen, and live principally on roots. I knew one gentleman's entire collection of Cape bulbs,
GUNN'S BANDICOOT.
principally Bambianeæ, eaten by them, and I suffered considerably myself, having lost some entire species of bulbs through these animals."[1] On this, Mr. Waterhouse inquires, "May not these animals destroy the bulbs to get at insects with which they are infested?"
- ↑ Annals of N. H. vol. ii.