
MR. E. T. BENNETT’S ACCOUNT OF MACROPUS PARRYI. 297 
The measurements of Parry’s Kangaroo, as compared with a specimen of the common 
or greater Kangaroo in the Society’s Museum, are as follows : 






Macr. Parryi. | Macr. major. 
Ft. In. Ft, -In. 
Total length from the muzzle to the tip of the tail . 5.4 6 8 
Girth round the middle of the body ete 2 6 
Length of the head 6 9 
body Dy Al ee oe eo 
tail 2 6 2 9 
aT ae rane ae 4 4a 
LEER ENG HALEY COLT He Cy ES ce pt es ot ie eR Ea 2 23 
Length of the hinder foot from the calcaneum to the tip of 
the longest claw PORE MN: PURE RET Ma ee 102 a 
TSO EG OME DOUG, sete ca, nw nee th PR ona ee ailinast tebe tl 
fore arm and foot from the olecranon to the 
HipOh the MONSEREKelAWasrotwyseiecy 4271) “teylsiedana Hacehiate : 9 
The two latter measurements are not given in the common species, the specimen com- 
pared being without bones in those parts, and consequently liable to contraction or 
distension under the hands of the stuffer. A second specimen of Macr. major in the 
Collection measures 3 feet in the length of the body, and 2 feet 8 inches in that of the 
tail. 
Sir Edward Parry states the animal ‘‘ to have been obtained at Stroud, near Port 
Stephens, in the latitude of about 30° South. It was caught by the natives, by whom 
it is called Wolliroo; having been thrown out of its mother’s pouch when the latter was 
hunted. At that time it was somewhat less than a rabbit ; but having continued in 
the possession of Sir Edward Parry for more than two years in New South Wales, be- 
sides six months on the passage to England, it may be considered as fully grown. It 
was never kept in confinement until it was embarked for England, but lived in the 
kitchen, and ran about the house and grounds like a dog, going out every night after 
dusk into ‘‘ the bush” (or forest) to feed, and usually returning to its friend the man- 
cook, in whose bed it slept, about two o’clock in the morning. Besides what it might 
obtain in these excursions, it ate meat, bread, vegetables, in short, anything given to it 
by the cook, with whom it was extremely tame, but would allow nobody else to take 
liberties with it. It expressed its anger when very closely approached by others, by a 
sort of half-grunting, half-hissing, very discordant sound, which appeared to come from 
the throat, without altering the expression of the countenance. In the daytime it would 
occasionally, but not often, venture out to a considerable distance from home ; in which 
case it would sometimes be chased back by strange dogs, especially those belonging to 
the natives. From these, however, it had no difficulty in escaping, through its extreme 
