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longest hairs are almost entirely black on the middle 

 of the back. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 22 inches; tail_, 

 IT inches; from nose to ear, 3 inches 10^ lines; 

 ear, 2 inches ; tarsus, (without the claws) 5 inches 

 4 lines ; from elbow to v/rist, about 3 inches 3 lines. 



Habitat, Swan River. 



This animal in size and proportion greatly resembles 

 the M. Euc/enii, but its tail is considerably longer and 

 thicker at the base ; the white of the under parts is 

 less pure and tinted with rusty ; there is a broad dark 

 longitudinal mark on the back of the neck, which 

 M. Evgeyiii has not, nor are the limbs and haunches 

 rusty in M, Eitgenii as in the present species, which, 

 moreover, has a somewhat harsh fur. The pale 

 colouring of the under parts are blended into the 

 darker colour of the upper. 



SHORT-TAILED KANGAROO. 



■ Macropus hrachmrus. 



Kangurus brachiiirus, Quoy and Gaimard. Voyage de decou- 

 yertes de TAstrolabe, Zoologie, Tom. I., p. 114, PI. 19. 



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Ears small, rounded, hidden at the base by the 

 long hair of the head ; tail very short ; fur long and 

 glossy, and moderately soft — general hue deep brown, 

 blackish on the middle of the back, on the head and 

 shoulders a rusty-yellow tint prevails; the whole of 

 the under parts of the body are dirty j^ellow; the fore 

 and hind-feet are brown ; the tail exhibits scales like 



