228 THE KANGAROOS. 



Longitudinal extent of molars on either side of upper 

 jaw, 1 inch 2 lines. 



Habitat, Van Diemen's Land. 



The foregoing description is from my notes made 

 in the Paris Museum, and was drawn up from the 

 original of Desmarest's account. There can be no 

 doubt it is the same species as that described by Mr. 

 Ogilby and Mr. Gray under the names given at the 

 head of this description. The specimen from which 

 Mr. Ogilby drew up his description of Macropus 

 rufiventer is now before me ; it is a fine male and 

 of a larger size than the specimen at Paris its gene- 

 ral colouring is very dark brown, but rather distinctly 

 pencilled with brownish white; on the back the long- 

 est hairs of the fur are almost entirely black, and the 

 hairs of ordinary length being black at the tip (brown- 

 white near the tip,) gives to this part a deeper and 

 somewhat blackish hue ; on the sides of the body 

 there is a greater admixture of brown ; the upper 

 lip is of a dirty yellowish hue, and this tint extends 

 backwards to the angle of the mouth ; the chin and 

 throat are of a dirty buif yellow tint ; the chest and 

 under parts of the body are rusty yellow ; there is 

 scarcely a perceptible difference in the general tint 

 of the fore-legs and feet, and the sides of the body 

 the tarsi are of a very dark-brown colour, inclining to 

 black ; the tail is tolerably well clothed with fur, of 

 the same general hue as the back, and at the base of 

 the tail it is also of the same soft texture, but as we 

 recede from the base the fur becomes harsher, and 

 on the apical portion it is very harsh, and of a paler 



