202 THE KANGAROOS. 



head is almost entirely white ; the limbs and under 

 parts of the bod} 7 are also white or very nearly so. 

 A brownish mark, commencing about the middle of the 

 back, extends backwards over the rump and about 

 four inches along the upper surface of the tail, the 

 remaining portion of the tail is whitish, excepting at 

 the apical portion, where a space, of about six inches 

 in length, is covered with brownish hairs, and the 

 point is provided with a tuft of long black hairs 

 which conceal a nail, with which the tip of the tail 

 is furnished. This nail is of a black colour, thin 

 and hollow beneath, and in fact nearly resembles a 

 finger nail both in texture and form. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 25 inches ; tail, 

 26 inches ; tarsus, 7 inches ; tip of muzzle to ear, 

 4 inches ; ear, 2^ inches. 



Inhabits the north-west coast of Australia. 



BRIDLED KANGAROO. 



Macropus frcenatus. 



Macropus fraenatus, Gould. Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society, for August 1840. 



The general form of this small Kangaroo is slender, 

 and remarkably elegant; its fur is soft and rather 

 short ; general colour of the upper parts brown- grey ; 

 under parts white ; a narrow white line extends 

 backwards from the back of the head, on each side, 

 over the shoulders, and there joins with the white 

 colouring of the under parts ; these lines, therefore. 



