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on the hills ; and it is very difficult to procure specimens, as 



the places it frequents are so dense as to render shooting it 



almost impossible, nor can a dog even chase it. The only 



chance of obtaining it is by the aid of the natives, a number 



of whom walking or, rather, pushing their way through and 



beating the bush as they go abreast, and loudly shouting 



' woiv, ivoiv, looio,' drive the Damas before them, when, by 



waiting in a clear space, you get the chance of a shot." 



General colour of the fur grizzled brown, becoming of a 



reddish tint on the back of the neck, arms, and rump; face 



grey, washed with rufous on the forehead ; outside of the 



ears and the space between them blackish grey ; hinder legs 



light brown ; tail grizzled grey ; under surface of the body 



pale grey. 



ft. in. 



Length from the nose to the extremity of the tail . . 2 11 



. of tail 1 21 



of tarsus and toes, including the nail 5f 



• of arm and hand, including the nails 4^ 



of face from the tip of the nose to the base 



of the ear 4 



of ear '^i 



'2 



This animal is closely allied to, and of nearly the same size ' 

 as //. Thetidis, but has much larger ears, and a much morb 

 dense and lengthened fur, the base of which is bluish grey, 

 to which succeeds reddish brown, then silvery white, the ex- 

 treme tips being black. 



The above is the description of a female ; the male will 

 doubtless prove to be of larger size. 



Habitat. Iloutmann's Abrolhos and Western Australia. 



SO. Ilalmaturus gracilis, Gould. 



Macropus yracilis, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xii. 

 p. 103. 



Face aiul all the upper surface of the body grizzled grey 

 and dark brown, the grizzled appearance being produced by 



