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which is said to be very like that of the Hare in flavour, this 

 species is much hunted by the colonists. 



XX. DAMA WALLABY. MACROPUS EUGENII, 



Kangunis eugenii, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 



xvii., p. 38 (1817). 

 Halmaturus eugenii^ Schinz, in Cuvier's Theirreichs, vol. i., p. 



888 (1821). 

 Macropus etige?in, Lesson, Man. Mamm., p. 227 (1827); 



Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 54 (1888). 

 Halmaturus derbianus. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. l, p. 583 



(1837). 

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



Soc, p. 67 (1838). 

 Halmaturus houtmanni^ et H. dama^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 



1844, pp. 31, 32. 

 Macropus gracilis^ Gould, op. cif., p. 103. 



{Plate V.) 



Characters. — Size small ; form light and graceful ; naked 

 portion of muzzle ending some distance from the mouth ; fur 

 rather short in specimens from the mainland, longer in those 

 from the islands. General colour grizzled grey, rufous on the 

 shoulders ; under-parts white or greyish-white ; usually an in- 

 distinct white cheek-stripe ; ears dark grey, long in specimens 

 from the mainland, shorter in island examples ; an ill-defined 

 dark streak from the back of the head to the back ; shoulders, 

 sides of neck, and fore legs rufous ; feet and tail grey, with 

 nearly black extremities. Length of head and body from 

 about 24 inches in mainland, to 28 in island, specimens ; of tail 

 17 inches. 



Distribution.— Western Australia, and islands off the Western 

 md Southern Coasts. 



