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diverge as they recede from the hack of the head ; 

 the space between them is of a deeper colour than 

 elsewhere, being blackish near the occiput, but be- 

 coming gradually paler towards the shoulders ; the 

 tail is grizzled with black and white and slightly suf- 

 fused with blackish at the tip, which is furnished 

 with a small horny tubercle; on the chin ie a dusky 

 spot ; the throat, fore part of the neck, and chest are 

 pure white, and the belly is greyish ; on each side of 

 the muzzle is a white mark, and above this is a 

 somewhat indistinct dusky line ; an undefined dusky 

 line is observable on the upper side of the head. 

 The ears are of moderate size, and the hairs on the 

 inner side are white ; on the sides of the neck and 

 base of the fore-legs there is a wash of cream colour. 

 The tarsi and fore-legs are slender and almost of 

 white ; on the toes some blackish hairs are inter- 

 spersed with the white, and produce a grizzled ap- 

 pearance. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 23 inches ; tail, 

 20 inches ; tarsus, 5^ inches ; tip of muzzle to ear, 4 

 inches 2 lines; ear, 2^ inches; middle toe, 1 j inches. 



Inhabits the interior of New South Wales. 



CRESCENT MARKED KANGAROO. 



Macropus lunatus. 



Macropus lunatus, Gould. Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London, for August 1840. 



This is a small species, about equal in size to the 



