224 THE KANGAROOS. 



occipital portion of the head, black; fore-feet, anterior 

 half of hind-feet and the apical portion of the tail pure 

 black ; upper surface of the head, and back of the 

 neck adjoining the occiput, sooty black, and on the 

 chin is a small black stripe. 



The fur is moderately long, and although not de- 

 cidedly soft, is by no means harsh to the touch : on 

 the back the hairs are slate-grey at the base^ brown- 

 ish in the middle, and black annulated with white 

 beyond ; on the sides of the body the general hue is 

 paler, the black being less conspicuous, and there is 

 moreover a slight fulvous tint on these parts, especially 

 in the region of the shoulders. Fur like that of the 

 body extends about eight inches on to the tail ; be- 

 yond this the hairs assume a more harsh character ; 

 they are still, however, moderately long, and at the 

 tip their length increases, so that they form a terminal 

 tuft ; above, the black hairs covering the apical por- 

 tion of the tail, extend about eight inches from the tip, 

 but beneath, the black extends more than half the 

 entire length of the tail. The fore-feet are rather 

 small/"" and the tarsi are of moderate length. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 30 inches ; tail, 

 26 inches; nose to ear, 5 inches; ear, 2| inches; 

 tarsus, 8 inches 10 lines. 



From M. Jourdan's description, the M. Irma 

 would appear to approach very near to the present 

 species ; — in size it vejy nearly agrees — in fact it 

 seems to differ chiefly in having the tail terminated 



* In the male no doubt they would be larger, since this is 

 always the case in the Kangaioos. 



