MACROPUS RUFO-GRISEUS. 21? 



rusty tint encircles the eyes, and is most extended in 

 front of them ; the lips are white, and a whitish 

 mark runs from the lips backwards beneath the eye; 

 the upper parts of the muzzle are brownish; the tarsi 

 are dirty white, the toes are blackish-grey grizzled 

 with whitish; the fore-feet are brownish, grizzled with 

 white ; the hairs on the tail are closely adpressed ; 

 on the upper part they are of the same general tint 

 as the body ; beneath, dirty yellowish-white. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 3 feet 7 inches ; 

 tail, 1 foot 10^ inches; tarsus, (without the claws) 

 8 inches; fore-legs, about 9 inches; ear, 2| inches; 

 nose to ear, 5 inches, 8 lines. 



Inhabits King's Island, Bass' Straits. 



The above description is taken from the specimen 

 in the Museum at Paris. There must be some mis- 

 take in the dimensions given by Desmarest, when he 

 says the length of the head and body is 1 foot 10 

 inches. Fisher says it is from 32 to 34 inches in 

 length ; making allowance for the French measure, and 

 the different mode of measuring these dimensions 

 nearly agree with those given by me. 



RUSTY-GREY KANGAROO. 



Macropus rufo-griseus. 

 Kangurus rufo-griseus, Desmarest. Mamm. p. 273 sp. 425. 



Upper parts of the body of a rusty-grey colour, 

 the grey however predominates ; the under parts 



