MACROPUS FASCIATUS. 237 



that of a ratj and is furnished with short stiff hairs^ 

 (not sufficiently numerous to hide the scales) which 

 are of a hrown colour on the upper parts,, and dirty- 

 white on the under ; the ear is covered externally 

 with hair like that of the head, internally there are 

 long yellowish hairs. 



On the upper parts of the hody the fur is grey at 

 the hase, hroadly annulated with bright yellow near 

 the apex, and black at the apex ; the longer silky 

 hairs are almost totally black ; on the sides of the 

 body the hairs are broadly annulated with pale yellow 

 near the tip, and at the tip they are brownish ; the 

 hairs of the belly are grey at the base and yellow 

 externally. 



Length from nose to root of tail, IS inches; tail, 7 

 inches 9 lines ; nose to ear, 3 inches ; ear, 1 inch 2 

 lines ; tarsus, (claws not included) 3 inches 4| lines. 



Habitat, King George's Sound. 



The above description is taken from the original 

 specimen in the Paris Museum ; it greatly resembles 

 the HT/Jjsiprpnnus murinus. The length of its 

 skull, according to the figure given in M. M. Quo}^ 

 and G-aimard's work, is 3 inches 4< lines. 



BANDED KANGAROO. 



Macropus fasciatus. 



Kangurus fasciatus, Peron et Lesueur. Voyage aux Terres 

 Australes, Tom. I., p. 114, and altus. PI. 27. 



Desmarest Mammalogie, sp. 428, p. 274. 



" Kanguroo elegant," Cavier. Coll. du 3Ius. 

 Halmaturas elegans, Regne Animal i., p. 187." 



This beautiful little animal is about the size of th( 



