﻿30 Allen's naturalist's library. 



Macropus dorsalis, Waterhouse, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. 



Soc, p. 67 (1838); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 



p. 37 (1888). 

 Characters. — Size medium ; form light and delicate ; nose 

 entirely naked ; general colour above grey, becoming rufous 

 on the fore-quarters ; under-parts white or greyish-white ; a 

 narrow black line from the back of the head to the middle of 

 the back ; face-markings nearly obsolete ; upper lip white ; a 

 white spot at the base of the outer edge of the ear ; back of 

 ear rufous, darkening towards the tip ; a distinct white hip- 

 stripe ; fore legs rufous ; hind legs grey ; toes becoming black 

 towards the tips ; tail grey, with the extreme tip black ; claw 

 of the central hind toe relatively short. Length of head and 

 body about 32 inches ; that of tail 24 inches. 



Distribution. — Interior of Queensland and New South Wales. 



XL parry's wallaby, macropus parryi. 



Mac7'opiis parryi, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1834, p. 151 ; 



Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 39 (1888). 

 Ilalniafurus panyi, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. i., p. 583 



(1837). 



{Plate IV.) 



Characters. — Size medium ; form slender and graceful ; fur 

 soft and almost woolly ; general colour of upper-parts clear 

 grey, with a bluish tinge ; chin, chest, under-parts, and inner 

 sides of limbs greyish-white ; face-markings distinct ; two dark 

 " whisker-marks"; cheek-stripe pure white, extending backwards 

 to beneath the eye ; a white stripe in the middle of the upper 

 half of the neck, bordered on each side by a darker line ; ears 

 long, with the basal half and extreme tip of the outer side brown, 

 the rest, like the inside, white ; limbs, with the toes, nearly or 

 quite black ; tail very long, pale grey, with an inconspicuous 



