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IX. grey's WALLACY. MACROPUS GREYI. 



Halm aturus grey i, Gray, List Mamm., Brit. Mus., p. 90 (1843). 

 Macropus (^Habnafufus) greyi,V^2i\.ex]\ou?,Q, Nat. Hist. Mamm., 



vol. i., p. 122 (1846). 

 Macropus greyi, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 36 



(1888). 



Characters. — Size medium ; form slender and delicate ; general 

 colour of upper-parts greyish-fawn on the back, but more 

 rufous on the nape and back of head; under-parts pale grey, 

 tinged with rufous ; ears rufous behind, with blackish edges ; 

 face-markings distinct, a black band bordering the naked region 

 of the nose, and a black " whisker-mark " reaching from the nose 

 to the eye, bordered inferiorly by a white cheek-stripe, extend- 

 ing nearly to the ear ; an indistinct light hip-stripe ; limbs white 

 or yellowish, becoming suddenly dark on the toes; tail pale 

 grey, becoming lighter towards the tip, and with indistinct 

 crests of hair on both upper and lower surfaces in its terminal 

 half; central hind claw very long and slender. Length of 

 head and body about 32 inches; of tail 29 inches. 



Distriljution. — South-eastern and South Australia. 



Although allied in external characters to the Red-necked 

 Wallaby, it would seem from the structure of the skull and the 

 form and feebleness of the upper inci-or teeth that this species 

 is really more nearly related to the small Wallabies, of which it 

 may be an overgrown member which has assumed the external 

 characters of the larger species. 



X. BLACK-STRIPED WALLABY. MACROPUS DORSALIS. 



Habnaturus dorsalis, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. i., p. 583 



(1837). 



Macropus {Habnaturus) dorsalis, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. 



Mamm., vol. i., p. 152 (1846). 



