186 THE KANGAROOS. 



and are of a black colour. The ordinary hairs of the 

 back are rather broadly annulated with pale rusty 

 yellow sometimes rusty white, and at the point 

 they are blackish-brown ; the longer interspersed 

 hairs are black. The fur both on upper and under 

 parts of the body is grey at the base. 



Length from nose to tail, 13 inches; tail, 10| 

 inches; tarsus, 3 inches 11^ lines; ear, 11 lines; 

 nose to ear, 2 inches 8 lines. 



Inhabits Western Australia in the neighbourhood 

 of Swan River. 



This species is very closely allied to H . penicillatus, 

 but its tarsi are proportionately rather longer and 

 more slender, and differ in being of a deeper hue ; 

 the ears are longer, and the apical half of the tail is 

 black both above and below. In H. penicittata the 

 black hair is confined to the upper surface of the tail, 

 on the under part longish brown adpressed hairs ex- 

 tend to the tip, this under part is, moreover, much 

 more densely clothed than in the present species, in 

 which the hairs are not sufficiently numerous to hide 

 the scales this does not arise from the wearing away 

 of the hair, as is often the case, for the under side of 

 the tail is better covered than the sides. 



BABBIT-LIKE HYPSIPRYMNUS. 



Hypsiprymnus cuniculus . 



Hypsiprymnus cuniculus, Ogilfy. Proceedings of the Zoologi- 

 cal Society for May 1838, p. 63. 



Head somewhat elongated ; ears moderate, round- 



