56 MACROPUS. 
13. Macropus GreEyI, Gray, sp. (1843). 
Grey’s Wallaby. 
Size medium ; form slender and delicate. General color above 
grayish-fawn on the back, more rufous on the nape and back of 
the head; below pale gray tinged with rufous. Ears rufous 
behind, their edges blackish. Face-markings distinct. A black 
band bordering the naked rhinarium. A black whisker-mark 
from the nose to the eye, bordered below by a white cheek-stripe, 
which reaches nearly to the ear. An indistinct light hip-stripe. 
Arms, hands, legs, and feet white or yellowish, becoming abruptly 
black on fingers and toes. Central hind claws unusually slender 
and long. ‘Tail very pale gray becoming lighter towards the tip; 
indistinct upper and lower crests of white hair on the distal half. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about thirty-two inches; tail 
about twenty-nine inches. 
Habitat.—South-eastern and South Australia. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 36, pls. vii. fig. 2 (upper 
view of skull) and ix. fig. 3 (upper incisors); Gould, Mamm. Austr. 
ii. pls. xvill., xix. 
14. Macropus RUFICOLLIS, Desmarest, sp. (1817). 
The Red-necked Wallaby. 
Size medium; form slender. Rhinarium naked. General color 
above grayish-fawn, the back of the neck and the rump bright 
rufous; below white or grayish-white. Face-markings inconspicu- 
ous. Ears rather long, their backs rufous ; blacker towards the 
tip. Sometimes an indistinct whitish hip-mark. Hands and feet 
gray, grading into black on the digits. Tail gray above; white 
below, with an inconspicuous black pencil. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about forty-two inches; tail about 
thirty inches. 
Habitat.—Southern parts of Queensland, New South Wales, 
and Victoria. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 32, pls. v. fig. 4 (rhinarvum) 
ix. fig. 2 (wpper incisors), and x. fig. 2 (fourth premolar); Gould, 
Mamm. Austr. ii. pls. xiv., xv. 
14a. M. RUFICOLLIS, var. BENNETTI, Waterhouse (1837). 
Tasmanian Red-necked Wallaby. 
Colors as in typical variety, but much more sombre in tone 
Fur much longer and thicker. Nape and rump dull rufous-brown ; 
back of ears nearly black ; face-markings scarcely visible ; under 
parts dirty grayish-white ; tail darker gray. 
Dimensions.—As in typical form. 
