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Mr. Lamnert’s Description of a New Species of Macropus. 319 
found solitary, whereas the other is found in herds of forty or 
fifty together. Among the numerous Drawings of Natural 
History which Dr. White brought home from that country, and 
are now in my possession, this animal is wanting, owing, no 
doubt, to the difficulty of procuring a specimen. 
The measurement of the animal above described, is as fol- 
lows: | 
: Inches. 
Length from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail 624 — 
From the tip of the nose to the eye PM - 0 24. 
From the tip of the nose to the back part of the skull — 55 
From the back part of the skull to the tip of the tail decr 
Length of the tail - - cr n = E 
Length of the ears. - , - x Hero. e oT 
From the tip of the fore claw to the top of the shoulder 12% 
Length of the fore leg from the claw to the knee uH ee 
From the tip of the hind claw to the top of the thigh — 24 
‘Length of the hind leg from the claw to the knee IO 
Girth at the widest part, three inches before the hind — 
| legs s 7 y =e 28 
Girth thros inches, behind the fore denm dM rn IH 
XVI. Ex 
