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"Mr. Gilbert's notes inform me that 'the Waurong ... is found 

 in the gum forests of the interior of Western Australia, where there 

 are patches of thick scrub and dense thickets . . . ; the dogs some- 

 times succeed in driving it out to the open spots, when, like the 

 Kangaroo rats, it runs to the nearest hollow log, and is then easily 

 captured' " (Gould, 1863, vol. 2, p. 64). 



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FIG. 15. Crescent Nail-tailed Wallaby (Onychogalea lunata) 



Shortridge (in Thomas, 1907, p. 768) considers it "very numerous 

 in some localities" of Western Australia. He adds (1910, pp. 815- 

 816, map) the following information: 



"Within a more limited area this species seems to have much the 

 same range as Macropus eugenii, both forms frequently occurring 

 together . . . not extending far, if at all, beyond Beverley in the 

 North, or near the coast; its western boundary apparently being 

 the Darling Range. 



"Also occurring in the southern interior of South Australia, where, 

 however, it is little known and probably rare." 



Shortridge records 23 specimens from Arthur River and Woyaline 

 Wells. 



