30 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Macropus dorsalis, Waterhouse, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. 
Soc., p. 67 (1838); Thomas, ~at. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 
p. 37 (1888). 
Characters.—Size medium; form light and delicate; nose | 
entirely naked; general colour above grey, becoming rufous ! 
on the fore-quarters; under-parts white or greyish-white; a 
narrow black line from the back of the head to the middle of | 
the back ; face-markings nearly obsolete ; upper lip white ; a i 
white spot at the base of the outer edge of the ear; back of | 
ear rufous, darkening towards the tip; a distinct white hip- 
stripe ; fore legs rufous ; hind legs grey ; toes becoming black | 
towards the tips ; tail grey, with the extreme tip black ; claw |{ 
of the central hind toe relatively short. Length of head and ; 
body about 32 inches; that of tail 24 inches. | 
Distribution.—Interior of Queensland and New South Wales. | 
XI. PARRY’S WALLABY. MACROPUS PARRYI. 
Macropus parryt, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1834, Pp. 1515 
Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 39 (1888). 
Hailmaturus parryi, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. i. p. 54m 
(1837). 
(Plate IV.) 
Characterz.—Size medium ; form slender and sraceful ; fur 
soft and almost woolly ; general colour of upper-parts clear | 
grey, with a bluish tinge; chin, chest, under-parts, and inner | 
sides of limbs greyish-white ; face-markings distinct ; two dark 
« whisker-marks”: cheek-stripe pure white, extending backwards 
to beneath the eye; a white stripe in the middle of the upper 
half of the neck, bordered on each side by a darker line; ears 
long, with the basal half and extreme tip of the outer side brown, 
the rest, like the inside, white ; limbs, with the toes, nearly or} 
quite black ; tail very long, pale grey, with an inconspicuous 
