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SOUTH QUEENSLAND MARSUPIALS. 



By Heber a. Longman, F.L.S., Director. 



MACROPUS RUFICOLLIS Desm. 



Although the pelts of Macropus ruficollis Desm. have been frequently 

 noted by the writer during the large sales of marsupial skins in Brisbane, no 

 specimens with definite Queensland localities were obtained until July last, 

 when Mr. M. J. Colclough of our staff secured two males and two females at 

 Mundubbera, Burnett District. This is the most northerly record for the species. 

 Except for a reference in Ogilby's Catalogue* and a nots by Lonnberg and 

 Mjoberg of a skin from Tambourine Mountainf, there appear to have been no 

 registrations ol this large wallaby for Queensland. 



A NEW MACROPOD. 



Notwithstanding its proximity to Brisbane, Stradbroke Island in Moreton 

 Bay has never been satisfactorily searched for its mammals. This large island, 

 thirty-three miles in length and attaining a breadth of seven miles, Has big 

 areas which are very rarely visited. Although Petaurokles volans and Petaurus 

 sp. are reported, we have no records of other Phalangeridae, but Mr. Roland lUidge 

 notesi having seen the nest or "drey" of a ring-tailed opossum over forty years ago. 

 Bandicoots {Isoodon macrurus) are common. Very large specimens of the great grey 

 kangaroo {Macropus giganteus) are to be occasionally seen, and a common wallaby 

 is 31. ualabatus of the mainland. In the early days pelt-hunters took a heavy toll, 

 but fortunately the island was recently added to the many reserves which have been 

 proclaimed in Queensland. 



Mr. Colclough remembers seeing many years ago numbers of what was 

 known as the Red Stradbroke Wallaby, which then frequented the open forest 

 and grasslands of this large island, occasionally being seen also on the sea 

 shore. Unfortunately no specimens were secured for this Museum. Through 

 the kindness of Mr. Thomas Welsby, of Amity Point, whose writings have 

 added much to our knowledge of Moreton Bay, we received some time ago two 

 heads, with perfect skulls, forepaws, and a pelt of this very elusive red wallaby. 

 Later on we hope to secure, by special permit, additional material, but as it is 

 obvious that this marsupial presents characteristics which make it distinct from 

 described forms, a preliminary notice is here given. 



* J. Douglas Ogilby, CataL Austr. Mamm. Austr., Mus., 1892, p. .56. 



t Lonnberg and Mjoberg, KungL Sven. Vet. Ak. Hr., Bel. 52, 1915, p. 7. 



J R. Illidge, Qld. Naturalist, III, No. 6, 1922, p. 109. 



