242 THE KANGAROOS. 



portionately shorter; the claws, or nails, short; ^re- 

 legs large and very strong ; fur rather short and 

 harsh, and having a somewhat shaggy appearance, 

 especially about the head ; general colour slate grey, 

 obscurely washed with brownish ; the tarsi brown 

 behind, and gradually shaded into black on the fore 

 part ; toes black ; fore-feet and wrists black ; upper 

 side of arm brownish ; hind-legs somewhat sooty, 

 but pale on the inner side especially near the heel ; 

 head nearly uniform in colour with the body, slightly 

 suffused with blackish at the tip of the muzzle on 

 each side ; a narrow white line is observable around 

 the angle of the mouth ; lower lip white, and there 

 is a black patch on the chin; the throat and fore part 

 of the neck are whitish ; the under parts of the body 

 are a trifle paler than the upper parts ; the tail is 

 brown above and pale brown beneath. The fur of 

 this animal is of a palish slate grey next the skin ; on 

 the upper parts of the body it is tinted with brownish 

 externally, and on the outer side of the thighs a slight 

 purplish-rust tint is visible. The female is much 

 smaller than the male and of a paler colour ; its 

 general hue is silvery grey ; on the back is a faint 

 purplish brown hue ; the belly is nearly white, the 

 cheeks are hoary, (i. e. a mixture of pale grey and 

 white) ; on the chin is a blackish patch ; the tail is 

 dirty white, slightly tinted with brownish on the 

 upper side ; the legs are paler than the body ; the 

 fore-feet are brown ; toes nearly black ; the hind-feet 

 are pale but the toes are brown-black. 



Length from tip of nose to root of tail, 47 inches ; 



