232 THE KANGAROOS. 



the neck, and extends to the occiput ; here, it is 

 most distinct on the back, and does not extend to 

 the occiput. 



EUGENE ISLAND KANGAROO. 



Macropus Eugenii. 



Kangurus Eugenii, Desmarest. Mammalogie, p. 274, sp. 427 

 Macropus Eugenii, Lesson. Manuel de Mammalogie, p. 227. 

 Halmaturus Thetidis, Geoff. $ F. Cuv. Mamm. Ivi. 



Fur very soft ; general colour grey-brown, tinted 

 with rust in the region of the shoulders, the back of 

 the neck and the upper part of the head, as well as 

 the fore-feet ; the whitish colour of the under parts 

 of the body rather distinctly separated from the deep 

 colouring of the upper parts ; under side of the tail 

 white, slightly tinted with rusty ; upper side grey- 

 brown ; each of the hairs of the back is grey for the 

 greater portion of its length, and then annulated with 

 brown and whitish, and at the point brown ; those 

 on the shoulders and back of the neck, are at first 

 grey, then rusty, followed by white, and at the point 

 rusty again. 



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

 4 inches 4 lines ; tail 13^ inches. 



Habitat the Island of Eugene on the South Coast 

 of New Holland. 



An animal in the Museum of the Zoological Society 

 agrees generally, so well with the foregoing descrip- 

 tion, which is from Desmarest, that there can be no 

 doubt, I think, as to its being the M. Eugenii. It is 



