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And entirely nocturnal in its habits, and the two species of the tree kangaroo, 

 natives of New Guinea. Their fore legs are almost the size of the hind ones, and 

 are furnished with powerful curved claws, which make climbing easy. They have 

 very long tails and coarse hair." 



"What is meant by Le Brun's kangaroo?" asked Dick Brownell. 



"It is the animal which Le Brun observed in 1711, and was the first of the; 



THE BADGER. 



family with which naturalists became acquainted. Le Brun saw it in captivity* 

 at Batavia. Its tail is shorter than its body, is thick, ringed with scales and 

 naked toward the apex. It is not nocturnal, and is found in New Guinea and the 

 Aru Islands." 



"What about the lunulated kangaroo?" 



" I consider that the prettiest of all. It is only about two feet high; is slender 

 and graceful, with short fur, very prettily marked. Then there are the hare kan- 



