218 THE KANGAROOS. 



differ only in being paler; the extremities of the feet 

 and tail are brown, and the under side of the latter 

 is of the same colour as the upper ; hairs of the back 

 rusty at the base, then annulated with whitish, and 

 at the point brown ; those of the belly and chest 

 having the white portion less extended. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 47^ inches: head, 

 8| inches; ears, about 4 inches 5 lines; tail, 26 

 inches. 



Habitat, New Holland. The above description is 

 from Desmarest. 



Mr. Gould brought from New South Wales a 

 species of Kangaroo which agrees very well with the 

 foregoing description in most respects : its general 

 colour is rusty-brown pencilled with white; (prevail- 

 ing hue rust colour ; ) fur on back grey at base ; be- 

 yond of a rust colour, broadly annulated with white 

 near the point ; the point itself of each hair black ; 

 neck and shoulders almost entirely of a bright rust 

 colour ; muzzle deep brown, almost black for about 

 an inch and a half of upper surface ; a tolerably dis- 

 tinct white mark on upper lip, runs backward and 

 terminates beneath the eye ; a patch of black on the 

 chin ; the throat pure white ; the under parts of the 

 body are grey-white, the hairs being white externally 

 and grey at the base; fore-legs principally of a bright 

 rust colour ; over the paws grizzled with black and 

 rusty- white ; fingers black ; tarsus with the visible 

 portion of the hairs chiefly white, but they are all 

 brown-black at the base; toes covered with black 

 hairs ; tail hoary-grey, (well clothed) a small pencil 



