﻿50 Allen's naturalist's LiBRARy. 



II. BRIDLED WALLABY. ONYCHOGALE FRENATA. 



Macropus fr(znatus^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 92. 

 Onychogalea frcs?tata, Gray, List Mamm. Biit. Mus., p. 88 



(1843)- 

 Habnaturus frcenaius^ Schinz, Synops. Mamm., vol. i., p. 548 



(1844). 

 Ony chorale frenata^ Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 76 



(1888). 



Characters. — Size small ; form light and slender; nose nnrrow, 

 wholly haired ; fur soft and thick. General colour clear grey ; 

 chin and chest white ; rest of under-parts pale grey ; middle of 

 back of neck black ; ears short, greyish-brown externally, 

 white internally ; a distinct white shoulder-stripe, continued 

 along the sides of the neck to behind the ear ; sides of neck 

 grey, tinged with rufous ; an indistinct pale hip-stripe \ fore 

 legs and outer sides of hind legs and feet white. Tail of medium 

 length, grey, with the tip black, and the terminal nail short 

 and rounded. Length of head and body about 22 inches ; of 

 tail 18 inches. 



Distribution. — Interior of Southern Queensland, New South 

 Wales, and Victoria. 



HaMts. — One of the most elegant of the Kangaroo family. 

 This species, says Gould, " inhabits all the low mountain ranges 

 similar to those of Brezi, the elevation of which varies from 

 one to five or six hundred feet, and which are of a sterile cha- 

 racter — hot, dry, stony, and thinly covered with shrub-like stony 

 trees. . . . When started from its seat, which is formed 

 like that of a Hare, and sheltered by a tuft of grass or a small 

 bush, it bounds away with remarkable swiftness, generally giving 

 the best dogs a sharp run, and frequently effects its escape by 

 gaining the thick part of the trunk or the hole of a decayed 

 tree ; and I recollect, on one occasion, that on being sharply 



