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times inclining forwards. General colour of upper-parts grizzled 

 grey ; neck rufous ; under-parts white ; no streak on neck ; 

 ears long, with the back grey, margined with white ; occasion- 

 ally a faint light hip-stripe ; legs grey or rufous ; feet pale 

 brown ; tail grey for its basal fourth, the remainder brown 

 above and white beneath. Length of head and body about 

 25 inches ; that of tail 16 inches. 



Distribution. — North Queensland. 



This species and Alacropus agilis are the only true Wallabies 

 in North Queensland, and it is not a little remarkable that both 

 are distinguished from the other members of the group to 

 which they respectively belong by their short fur, general sandy 

 coloration, inconspicuous markings, and white hip-stripe. Pro- 

 bably this similarity in their coloration is the result of adapta- 

 tion to the surroundings of the countries which these Wallabies 

 inhabit. 



XV. BRANDED WALLABY. MACROPUS STIGMATICUS. 



Halmatiirus stigmaticiiSj Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, i860, p. 



375- 

 Macropus stig/naticuSy Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 47 

 (1888). 



Characters. — Size medium ; form light and slender ; naked 

 portion of muzzle with a central upward projection, inferiorly 

 continued to the lip; fur short, close, and rather coarse. 

 General colour of upper-parts rufous grey, the latter tint pre 

 dominating in front and the former behind ; under-parts white ; 

 crown of head, cheeks, and region round the base of the ear 

 deep rust-colour ; back of ear, hinder part of head and nape 

 of neck brown ; an indistinct darker stripe down the middle of 

 the neck ; two lateral longitudinal bright rusty bands ; a con- 

 spicuous yciluvvish hip-stripe. Fore legs rufous; hind legs 



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