206 THE KANGAROOS. 



PARRY'S KANGAROO. 



Macropus Parryi. 

 PLATE XVIII. 



Macropus Parryi, Bennett. Transactions of the Zoological 

 Society, Vol. I. p. 295, PI. 37, and also in the Proceedings 

 of that Society for December 1834, p. 151. 



Form slender, much more delicate in its propor- 

 tions than M. major and its allies, ears moderately 

 long; fore-legs slender ; tarsi rather long and slender; 

 *#il very long, slender and compressed. Fur mo- 

 derately long, can scarcely be described as soft, and 

 is far from harsh to the touch ; general tint silvery- 

 grey, the lower part of the back somewhat tinted 

 with brown-grey, and having a very obscure purplish 

 hue ; chin, throat, inner side of the limbs, under side 

 of the basal portion of the tail, and the whole of the 

 under parts of the body white ; on the chest the tips 

 of the hairs are very faintly tinted with greyish. The 

 muzzle is of a deep brown colour inclining to black, 

 but as we recede from the nose the tint becomes paler 

 and gradually blended into grey ; on the top of the 

 head and on the occiput the hairs are white or greyish 

 white ; a broad pure white mark extends from near 

 the tip of the muzzle backwards on to the cheeks, and 

 terminates nearly in a line with the posterior margin 

 of the eye ; a grey mark separates the white line from 

 the white of the under side of the head ; the ears, 

 which are somewhat pointed, are nearly naked within 

 but on the apical portion small white hairs are observ- 

 able ; externally or on the back, the ears are covered 



