182 THE KANGAROOS. 



rately soft ; general tint grey-brown, slightly washed 

 with yellow; under parts grey- white, very faintly 

 tinted with yellow ; feet very pale brown ; ears well 

 clothed with fur externally, of the same colour as 

 that of the head, and internally with yellow hairs : 

 tail furnished above with moderately long, and some- 

 what adpressed, rich brown hairs ; beneath, with 

 hairs of a pale brown colour ; a crest of long dark 

 brown (sometimes blackish) hairs, runs along the 

 upper surface of the apical portion of the tail, occupy- 

 ing about one-third of its entire length ; at the point 

 is a tuft of long white hairs. The fur on the upper 

 parts of the body is deep grey at the base and dusky 

 at the point ; the longer interspersed hairs have the 

 exposed portion of a black colour ; the hairs com- 

 posing the fur are wavey. 



Length from nose to root of tail, lf> inches; tail, 

 13 inches ; tarsus, (the nails not included,) 4 inches 

 3 lines ; ear, 1 inch 2 lines. 



The above description is from specimens in the 

 Museum of the Linneean Society, which are also the 

 originals of Mr. Ogilby's description of H. Phillippi. 



The dimensions of a skull of a similar animal in 

 the collection of Mr. Gould, are as follows : Length, 

 3 inches; width, 1 inch 8 lines ; foremost molar, 

 upper jaw, 4 lines the anterior pair of incisors are 

 much compressed and curved. Of this species I 

 have examined several specimens they all possessed 

 the tuft of white hairs at the tip of the tail. 



This species agrees with the Hypsiprymnm con- 

 tained in the Paris Museum, which is the original of the 



