142 NOTES ON ZOOLOGY OF THE MACLAY-COAST, 



Colour and character of the, fur. — The general colour chocolate 

 brown, dulled browner at the base ; fur close, soft to the touch ; 

 the head and down the back, the arms and legs of a deeper 

 chocolate tint, inclining to reddish on the feet and hands. Chin, 

 throat, and under surface, the inner parts of the flanks, ashy. 

 Beginning at the knee and extending in the direction of the 

 femur towards the base of the tail is noticeable an indistinct 

 oblique stripe of a lighter tint. On the face examined from the 

 side, a narrow line of a light tint is also perceivable, which runs 

 from below the nostril along the upper lip to below the orbit. A 

 narrow line of paler hair on the inner margins of the ears. Hair 

 on the limbs shorter and stiffer. Tail with short soft hair above, 

 with very short hair almost bare below. 



The general habitus of the body resembles in many respects the 

 smaller kind of Macropi, known in Australia under the vulgar 

 name of " Pademelons." 



The examination of fig. 2 (representing the head of the animal 

 in profile and natural size), and of fig. 3 (showing the muzzle from 

 the front), will give a better idea of the muzzle, divided in the 

 middle, the distribution of the conspicuous hair, the size of the 

 eyes, ears, and their relative position than a long description. 



The muzzle is bare, covered with fine black scales, the margins 

 of the underlip is also free of hair. 



The hands compared with the feet (fig. 4 and fig. 5) are small ; 

 the fingers thin with long, narrow, dark reddish brown (blackish 

 on the base paler at the tip) nails. The internal side of the hands 

 are covered with fine, flat scales of different size. 



The scales on the under surface of the foot are larger than those 

 of the hand and near to the heels are worn down, and the skin 

 there appears glossy and flocky. 



Tail. The u^jper portion of the tail only, as already mentioned, 

 is covered with hair. 



The skull of M. tlbol examined from above (Fig. 7), shows a 

 very round cranium and no ridges in the Parietalia ; examined 

 from the side (Fig. 8), the greatest height of the skull corresponds 



