﻿6o Allen's naturallst's library. 



the rainy season, small young trees are those especially selected. 

 The natives report that the Bungary will jump from great 

 heights on to the ground, when its movements are agile and 

 rapid. From being frequently found at great distances from 

 water, it is popularly beheved not to drink. The flesh is much 

 esteemed by the natives, and is said to be very palatable to 

 Europeans, although frequently uninviting, owing to the pre- 

 sence of a parasite, which burrows beneath the skin. 



IL black tree-kangaroo, dendrolagus ursinus. 



Dendrolagus ursinus^ Schlegel and Miiller, Verhandl. Nat. Ges. 

 Ind., p. 141 (1839-44) ; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 

 p. 94 (1888). 



Characters. — Size about the same as the last, but tail consider- 

 ably longer than the head and body ; form thick and clumsy ; 

 nose tuberculated inferiorly, and so thinly haired as to be 

 practically naked ; the tuberculated portion nearly white, and 

 the hairy part black ; lower lip with two grooves ; fur long, 

 straight, and coarse, except on the face, which is covered only 

 with pale under-fur ; the latter short, woolly, and pale brown ; 

 fur of back of neck directed forwards. General colour uni- 

 form black ; face pale whitish-brown or grey ; under-parts a 

 pale brown ; ears short, rounded, with soft woolly black hairs 

 externally, and on the inside of the edges ; tip of tail some- 

 times yellow. 



Distri"bution. — North-western New Guinea. 



in. BROWN tree-kangaroo, dendrolagus inustus. 

 Bendrolagus inustus, Schlegel and Miiller, Verhandl. Nat. Ges. 

 Ind., p. 143 (1839-44); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 

 p. 95 (1888). 



Characters. — Larger and rather more slenderly built than the 

 last, with the tail considerably longer than the head and body. 



