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KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES, 27 
Kangurus rufogriseus, Desmarest, of. cit, p. 36. 
_ Halmaturus ruficollts, Goldfuss, Isis, 1819, p. 267. 
Macropus ruficollis, Lesson, Man., Mamm., p. 226 (1827) ; 
Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 33 (1888). 
Macropus rufogriseus, Lesson, loc. ctt. 
(Plate 11.) 
Characters.—Size medium ; form slender; nose naked ; general 
colour of upper-parts greyish-fawn, with the back of the neck 
-and rump bright rufous; under-parts white or greyish-white ; 
face-markings inconspicuous ; sometimes an indistinct whitish 
mark on the hip; feet grey, shading into black on the toes ; 
_tail grey above and white below, with an inconspicuous black 
tip. Length of head and body about 42 inches; that of tail 
about 30 inches. 
Distribution. Southern Queensland, New South Wales, and 
Victoria. 
Variety. Bennett’s Wallaby (var. AZ. dennett7), from Tasmania, 
has longer and thicker fur and a more sombre tone of colora- 
tion than the typical form. Nape and rump dull rufous brown ; 
back and ears nearly black; face-markings almost invisible ; 
under-parts dirty greyish-white ; tail darker grey. This variety 
has often been regarded as a distinct species, although it is 
obviously only a local race modified by the peculiar climate 
of Tasmania; it is this race which is represented in our 
plate. 
The Red-necked Wallaby is the largest representative of the 
group. 
Writing of the Tasmanian race, which is generally termed 
“ Brush-Kangaroo” by the colonists, Gould states that it is 
extremely abundant. “Its flesh is generally eaten and highly 
esteemed, and its skin forms a considerable article of com- 
