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KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES, 39 
which is said to be very like that of the Hare in flavour, this 
species is much hunted by the colonists. 
XX. DAMA WALLABY. MACROPUS EUGENII,. 
Kangurus eugenit, Desmarest, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., vol. 
XVii., p. 38 (1817). 
Halmaturus eugenit, Schinz, in Cuvier’s Theirreichs, vol. i., p. 
888 (1821). 
Macropus eugenit, Lesson, Man. Mamm., p. 227 (1827); 
Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 54 (1888). 
Halmaturus derbianus, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 583 
(1837). 
Macropus derbianus, Waterhouse, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. 
Soc., p. 67 (1838). 
FHlalmaturus houtmanni, et H. dama, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 
1844, Ppp. 31, 32. 
Macropus gracilis, Gould, of. cit., p. 103. 
(Plate V.) 
Characters.—Size small; form light and graceful; naked 
portion of muzzle ending some distance from the mouth; fur 
rather short in specimens from the mainland, longer in those 
from the islands. General colour grizzled grey, rufous on the 
shoulders ; under-parts white or greyish-white ; usually an in- 
distinct white cheek-stripe ; ears dark grey, long in specimens 
from the mainland, shorter in island examples ; an ill-defined 
dark streak from the back of the head to the back ; shoulders, 
sides of neck, and fore legs rufous ; feet and tail grey, with 
nearly black extremities. Length of head and body from 
about 24 inches in mainland, to 28 in island, specimens ; of tail 
17 inches. 
Distribution. Western Australia, and islands off the Western 
and Southern Coasts. 
