210 THE KANGAROOS. 



Length from the tip of the nose to the end of the 

 tail;, 62 inches and i%ths ; from the tip of the nose to 

 the eye, 2^^^ inches ; from the tip of the nose to the 

 hack part of the skull, 5^% inches; length of tail, 26/^ 

 inches; length of ears, S-^q inches; length of the hind- 

 leg from the claw to the '' knee " (? heel,) 10 inches. 



The ahove description M'as taken, ^idth a drawing, 

 from a livino; Kangaroo hrouoht from New South 

 Wales, and which AA^as formerly in the possession of 

 Mr. Pidcock of Exeter Change. 



" It is distinguished," says Mr. Lambert, '' by the 

 settlers in that country by the name of the Silver or 

 Brush Kangaroo, and by the natives is called Ba-ga- 

 ree. It appears to be a vei-y distinct species from the 

 first discovered one, which Dr. Shaw in his General 

 Zoology has named Macropus major, differing from 

 thatj not only in colour, but also in being much small- 

 er, and of a more handsome shape. The colour is a 

 beautiful silver-grey." * ■"• ^'" * 



" Dr. White, who so long resided in New South 

 Wales, informs me that this species is very scarce, 

 and that its habits are very different from those of 

 the common Kangaroo, it being always found solitary, 

 whereas the other is always found in herds of forty 

 or fifty together." 



It is to be regretted that Mr. Lambert does not 

 give a more detailed description of the colouring of 

 this animal, for it is evident from the plate, that the 

 upper parts of the body Avere of a darker colour than 

 the under parts, and tliat the fore-feet, and anterior 

 half of the hind^ are of a blackish colour. I strongly 

 suspect it is the M. Tarryi. 



