NOTES ON ZOOLOGY OF THE MA.CLAY-COAST IN 

 NEW GUINEA. 



II. (1) 



By N. de Miklouho-Maclay. 



On a New Species of Macropus : Macropus tibol. 

 (Plate XIX.) 



The only kangaroo, which came into my hands during my stay 

 at the Maclay-Coast, was a small Macropus, which I now describe 

 as Macropus tibol, keeping as a name for the species the name under 

 which the animal is known amongst the natives (2). Macropus 

 tibol appears to be very scarce on that coast ; during my prolonged 

 stay there, I succeeded in obtaining only tioo specimens of it — one, 

 shot by myself in the forest in 1872 and the second, brought to me 

 in 1876, by a native whose dog discovered and killed it in the 

 dense scrub not far from the beach. Both were adult males and 

 of about the same size. (3) 



The principal measurements taken the same day on which I 



obtained the second specimen in 1876, (a young (J), were the 



following : — 



From the tip of the nose to the base of the tail ... 

 Length of the tail ... 



From the tip of the nose to the occiput 



Fore limb ... ... ... ... ... ... about 



Him:l limb ... ... ... ... ... ... about 



From the head to the end of the tail of the 4th toe ... 



Length of the ear ... 



Circumference of the base of the tail ... .. about 

 From knee to knee over the back ... ... about 



(1) The firsit "Note on Zoology of the Maclay-Coast" has been published 

 in Proceed. Lin. Soc. of N.S.W., Vol. IX., Part, 3, p. 713. 



(2) I mean the natives speaking the dialect of Bongu. 



(3) Another proof of the scarcity of this animal is the fact, that amongst 

 the bone implements used by the natives (who, before my arrival at the 

 Maclay-Coast in 1871 were not acquainted with the use of any metal) only 

 very few indeed were made of bones of M. tibol. 



