56 MACROPUS. 



13. MACROPUS GREYI, Gray, sp. (1843). 



Grey's Wallaby. 



Size medium ; form slender and delicate. General color above 

 grayish-fawn on the back, more rufous on the nape and back of 

 the head; below pale gray tinged with rufous. Ears rufous 

 behind, their edges blackish. -Face-markings distinct. A black 

 band bordering the naked rhinariurn. A black whisker-mark 

 from the nose to the eye, bordered below by a white cheek-stripe, 

 which reaches nearly to the ear. An indistinct light hip-stripe. 

 Arms, hands, legs, and feet white or yellowish, becoming abruptly 

 black on fingers and toes. Central hind claws unusually slender 

 and long. Tail very pale gray becoming lighter towards the tip ; 

 indistinct upper and lower crests of white hair on the distal half. 



Dimensions. Head and body about thirty-two inches ; tail 

 about twenty-nine inches. 



Habitat. South-eastern and South Australia. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 36, pis. vii. fig. 2 (upper 

 view of skull] and ix. fig. 3 (upper incisors); Gould, Mamin. Austr. 

 ii. pis. xviii., xix. 





 14. MACROPUS RUFICOLLIS, Desmarest, sp. (1817). 



The Red-necked Wallaby. 



Size medium; form slender. Rhinarium naked. General color 

 above grayish-fawn, the back of the neck and the rump bright 

 rufous ; below white or grayish-white. Face-markings inconspicu- 

 ous. Ears rather long, their backs rufous ; blacker towards the 

 tip. Sometimes an indistinct whitish hip-mark. Hands and feet 

 gray, grading into black on the digits. Tail gray above ; white 

 below, with an inconspicuous black pencil. 



Dimensions. Head and body about forty -two inches; tail about 

 thirty inches. 



Habitat. Southern parts of Queensland, New South Wales, 

 and Victoria. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 32, pis. v. fig. 4 (rhinarium} 

 ix. fig. 2 (upper incisors), and x. fig. 2 (fourth premolar); Gould, 

 Marnm. Austr. ii. pis. xiv., xv. 



14a. M. RUFICOLLIS, var. BENNETTI, Waterhouse (1837). 

 Tasmanian Red-necked Wallaby. 



Colors as in typical variety, but much more sombre in tone 

 Fur much longer and thicker. Nape and rump dull rufous-brown ; 

 back of ears nearly black ; face-markings scarcely visible; under 

 parts dirty grayish-white ; tail darker gray. 



Dimensions. As in typical form. 



