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come from the throat, without altering the expression 

 of the countenance. In the clay time it would occa- 

 sionally, hut not often, venture out to a considerable 

 distance from home, in which case it would some- 

 times he chased hack by strange dogs, especially 

 those belonging to the natives. From these, however, 

 it had no difficulty in escaping, through its extreme 

 swiftness, and it was curious to see it bounding up a 

 hill and over the garden fence, until it had placed 

 itself under the protection of the dogs belonging to 

 the house, especially two of the Newfoundland breed 

 to which it was attached, and which never failed to 

 afford it their assistance by sallying forth in pursuit 

 of its adversaries." 



Captain Parry further observes, "that, like all other 

 Kangaroos, this animal, when in active motion, never 

 touches the ground with its tail, merely using it to 

 form a tripod when standing erect. It seems to 

 inhabit no part of the colony in the latitude of 

 Sydney." 



A short time back a specimen of this beautiful 

 species of Kangaroo was living in the menagerie of 

 the Zoological Society, having been presented by 

 James Macarthy, Esq. 



ELEGANT KANGAROO. 



Macropus elegans. 



Macropus elegans, Lambert. Transactions of the Lhmaean 

 Society, Vol. VIII., p. 318, PL 16. 



Colour silvery grey, ears sub-obtuse, fore-feet with 

 five toes. 



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