212 THE KANGAROOS. 



the heel is also hlack. The hairs of the tail (except- 

 ing at the base, where they are of the same colours 

 and character as those of the body) are rather harsh, 

 black, and broadly animlated with silvery white near 

 the apex ; the general tint is hoary grey, the white 

 portion of each hair being most conspicuous; the 

 apex of the tail is black, and on this part the hairs 

 are long and form a kind of tuft ; the under side of 

 the tail is dirty white; on the apical portion beneath, 

 where the hairs are comparatively long* it is brown- 

 white. The hairs on the upper part of the body are 

 of a deep slate colour at the base, the remaining por- 

 tion of each hair is black, annulated with white, or 

 more generally with pale rust colour ; on the under 

 parts of the body, the hairs are of a deep slate colour 

 with the apical portion white. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 34 inches ; tail, 

 32 inches; from nose to base of ear, 5 inches 10 

 lines; tarsi, (without the claws) 8^ inches; ear, 3 

 inches 1 line 



Inhabits Van Diemen's Land. 



The above description and dimensions are taken 

 from an adult male m the Zoological Society's Mu- 

 seum ; the two females in the same Museum are of 

 a smaller size and rather paler colour ; around the 

 entrance to the pouch the hairs are of a deep rusty 

 brown colour. The young, when about the size of 

 a kitten, are of a brown colour; when it attains a 

 larger size about equal to a rabbit and leaves 

 the pouch of its parent, it has the same colouring as 

 the adult. 



