210 THE KANGAROOS. 



The specimen in the Zoological Society's Museum 

 is not perfectly white, but is of a brown-white colour, 

 somewhat tinted with yellowish ; the fur is ashy-grey 

 or brown-grey, next the skin, then tinted with pale 

 brownish yellow, and externally dirty white. Its 

 exact locality is not known ; but if it be a variety of 

 M. Bennettii, and of this I have very little doubt, it 

 must be from Van Diemen's Land, where Mr. Gunn 

 states " milk white or cream coloured Kangaroos 

 exist." Similar varieties of other species of Marsu- 

 pials are not very uncommon ; I have seen several 

 white, or whitish specimens of Petaurus Taguanii- 

 des, and Mr. Gunn speaks of white Opposums which 

 he bad seen. I do not think they are true albinos. 



RED-NECKED KANGAROO. 



Macropus ruficollis. 



Kangurus ruficollis Desmarest. Mamm. p. 274, sp. 426. 

 Macropus ruficollis, Lesson. Maimual de Mamm. p. 226. 



Less than M. major. General tint of upper parts 

 and sides of body greyish-brown, grizzled with grey, 

 brown, and white; a pale rusty yellow tint covers the 

 back of the ears at the base, and the back of the 

 neck, the hairs on these parts, however, are grizzled 

 with white; the chin, throat, under parts of the body, 

 and inner side of limbs white ; the fur of the belly is 

 grey next the skin with a slight purplish tint ; the 

 hairs covering the ears externally, (excepting at the 

 base) are greyish-brown, grizzled with white ; a pale 



