ors By Aylmer Banke Lambert, Eq. ER .S. V.P. L. S. 
kp os 
US 
` Read April 16, 1805. = = 
Macnorvs ELEGANS. 
a 
Macnorvus argenteus auriculis ——— pedibus anticis pen- 
tadactylis. | 
Tas. XVI. 
The account of this animal, and the drawing which I here 
offer to the Society, were taken from a living specimen lately 
` brought from New South Wales, and now in the possession of - 
Mr. Pidcock-of Exeter "Change. It is. distinguished by the 
Settlers in that country, by the name of the Sileer or Brush 
Kangaroo, and by the. Natives is called Ba-ga-ree. It appears 
to be a very distinct species from. the first discovered Ol 
which Dr. Shaw in his General Zoology* has named Macropus | 
major, differing from that, not only i in colour, but also in being 
much smaller, and of a if ore handsome shape. The colour is 
a beautiful silver-gray ; and, t e, it is one of the 
most elegant animals I eve very docile. 
.— Dr White, who so lo S Wales, informs 
me that ‘tha species is ve its habits are very 
. different from. those of the comn 
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