238 THE KANGAROOS. 



common rabbity and in the general colour and texture 

 of the fur nearly resembles the common hare. The 

 tail is moderately long, the ears are rather short; fur 

 long and soft ; numerous long silky white hairs^ in- 

 terspersed with the ordinary fur, on the upper parts 

 of the body ; the fur on the back is deep brown-grey 

 at the base, white towards the apex, and rusty-yellow 

 shaded into dark brown at the apex ; on the hinder 

 half of the back, are about twelve or thirteen, not 

 very defined, transverse black bands ; each band is 

 bordered above with white, and between the white 

 and the next band a rusty-yellow tint is observable; 

 the throat, and under parts of the body are white ; 

 the chin, muzzle, and a space round the eye, are 

 yellowish-brown ; tarsus and outer side of legs tinted 

 with yellow ; the hairs on the fore-feet, and those 

 covering the base of the toes of the hinder-feet, are 

 Vv'hitish ; the tail is covered with short adprcssed 

 grizzled grey and dirty white, or in parts black and 

 white hairs; the under side is dirty white; about 1^ 

 inches of the apical portion is covered with longer 

 black hairs; ears with white hairs externally coloured 

 like the head. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 17^ inches ; tail, 

 10 inches 8 lines; tarsus, (claws not included) 4> 

 inches; ear, 1^ inches; nose to ear, 3 inches; fore- 

 legs about 3 inches 2 lines. 



This description is taken from the original speci- 

 men in the Museum at Paris. 



The Banded Kangaroo is found at Dirck Hartog's 

 Island, and on one or two neighbouring islands in 

 Shark's Bay, on the west coast of Australia. It is 



