THE TREE-KANGAROOS, 59 
grizzled grey; chin black; chest white; flanks and rest of 
under-parts pale yellowish-white ; face black, with a paler band 
across the forehead ; ears with short and coarse hairs, black 
externally, yellow internally. Fore legs to wrist, and hind legs 
to ankle, pale yellow; wrists and ankles darker ; toes black; 
tail mingled black and pale yellow, the upper surface pale1 
than the lower, but with a darker patch near the root. Length 
of head and body about 26 inches ; of tail about the same. 
Distribution—Northern Central Queensland, in the neigh- 
pourhood of the Herbert river. 
Habits.—The following account of the habits of this species 
is taken from that given by Dr. Carl Lumholtz, who derived 
most of his information from native sources ; it will probably 
serve for those of the genus generally. The “ Bungary,” as this 
Kangaroo is termed by the natives, although apparently far 
from uncommon in the scrub-clad mountainous districts, is 
extremely difficult to find, on account of its inhabiting the 
most inaccessible regions, when it can only be tracked by the 
aid of the natives, who must be accompanied by a well-trained 
Dingo. When one of these animals is put on the trail of a 
Bungary in the early morning, when the scent is fresh and 
strong, it follows up the tracks until it reaches the tree which 
the creature has ascended. One of the hunters then climbs 
the tree, and either seizes hold of the long tail of the Kangaroo 
with one hand, at the same battering in its head with a club 
held in the other, or compels the animal to leap down, when it 
is at once seized by the dog. It is said that two or three of 
these Kangaroos are frequently found asleep in a single tree; 
and that they are chiefly nocturnal in their habits, being es- 
pecially active on moonlight nights. From the absence of 
claw-marks of the Bungary on the stems of all but one particu- 
lar kind of tree, the creature apparently frequents only that 
| sort, up which it may often be heard climbing at night. During 
