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Dimensions.—Head and body about twenty-five inches ; tail 
about sixteen inches. 
Habitat.—Victoria; New South Wales; South Queensland. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 52, pls. viii. fig. 3 (upper 
view of skull) and x. fig. 9 (fourth premolar); Gould, Mamm. 
Austr. ii. pls. xxxi., xxxil. 
6. Macropus stiaMaticus, Gould, sp. (1860). 
Branded Wallaby. 
Size medium; form light and slender. Rhinarium with a central 
upward projection; lower part continued tothelip. Fur short, close, 
and rather coarse. General color above rufous-gray, the gray 
predominating in front, the rufous behind; below white. Crown, 
cheeks, and region round the base of the ear deep rust-color. An 
indistinct pale cheek-stripe with a rufous line below it. Back of 
ears, occiput, and nape brown; an indistinct darker nuchal stripe. 
two lateral longitudinal bright rusty bands. Hip-stripe yellowish, 
very prominent. Arms rufous, legs brilliant rust-color, hands 
and feet gray or rufous-gray ; tips of toes brown. Tail gray- 
brown above; whitish below. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about twenty-eight inches ; tail 
about fifteen inches. 
Habitat.—North-eastern Queensland. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 47, pl. x. fig. 7 (fourth 
premolar); Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pls. xxxill., xxxiv. 
7. Macropus witcoxi, McCoy, sp. (1866). 
Red-legged Wallaby. 
Size small; essential characters as in LZ. stigmaticus, but the 
fur is longer and softer and the colors less brilliant. Base of 
outside of ear rusty. Flanks gray; legs from the thighs rusty- 
red. Hip-stripe almost or wholly obsolete; tip of tail usually 
white. Belly grayish-white. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about twenty-four inches ; tail 
about fourteen inches. 
Habitat.—New South Wales ; Southern Queensland. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 48, pls. viii. fig. 2 (upper 
view of skull), and x. fig. 8 (fourth premolar). 
8. Macropus coxEnl, Gray, sp. (1866). 
Cape York Wallaby. 
Size small; form rather stout and thick. Rhinarium with a 
central upward projection. Fur short, close, and coarse. General 
color above dark sandy-gray; below white. Face-markings 
inconspicuous ; a faint light cheek-stripe. Back of ears, occiput, 
