200 THE KANGAROOS. 



PARRY'S KANGAROO. 



Macropus Parryl. 



Plate XVIII. 



Macropug Parrvi, Bennett. Transactions of the Zoological 

 Society, Vol. I. p. 295, PI, 37, — and also in the Proceedings 

 of that Society for December 1834, p. 151. 



Form slender, — much more delicate in its propor- 

 tions than M. major and its allies^ — ears moderately 

 long; fore-legs slender; tarsi rather long and slender; 

 tail very long, slender and compressed. Fur mo- 

 derately long, can scarcely be described as soft^ and 

 is far from harsh to the touch ; general tint silvery- 

 grey, the lower part of the back somewhat tinted 

 with brown-grey, and having a very obscure purplish 

 hue ; chin, throat, inner side of the limbs, under side 

 of the basal portion of the tail, and the whole of the 

 under parts of the body white ; on the chest the tips 

 of the hairs are very faintly tinted with greyish. The 

 muzzle is of a deep brown colour inclining to black, 

 but as we recede from the nose the tint becomes paler 

 and gradually blended into grey; on the top of the 

 head and on the occiput the hairs are white or greyish 

 white ; a broad pure white mark extends from near 

 the tip of the muzzle backwards on to the cheeks, and 

 terminates nearly in a line with the posterior margin 

 of the eye ; a grey mark separates the white line from 

 the white of the under side of the head ; the ears, 

 which are somewhat pointed, are nearly naked within, 

 but on the apical portion small white hairs are observ- 

 able ; externally or on the back, the ears are covered 



