MACROPUS PENICILLATUS. 245 



We learn from Sir Edward Parry, that the M. 

 penicillatus is found among the Rocks of Liverpool 

 Plains, New South Wales : " as several of the same 

 kind were seen together on more than one occasion/' 

 says Sir E. Parry,* " they appeared to be gregarious. 

 They seemed to prefer the neighbourhood of rocky 

 ground, in which they had holes, and to which, when 

 hunted, they retreated. The first intimation received 

 of these animals was, that monkeys were to be seen 

 in a particular situation : and the manner in which 

 they jumped about, when he first approached a 

 number of them, left the same impression on his mind. 

 They were so wild that he found it impossible, on 

 his first attempt, to obtain a specimen ; and one which 

 lie had wounded escaped into its hole ; some months 

 afterwards, however, after remaining on the spot a 

 whole night for the purpose, he succeeded in killing 

 one towards day light, which is the specimen he 

 presented to the Society." 



In the year 183C, a living specimen of this animal 

 was presented to the Zoological Society's Menagerie 

 by Captain Deloitte, Corr. Memb. Z. S., where it 

 lived for about a year, during which time I had fre- 

 quent opportunities of observing its habits. Its form 

 was more robust than in the generality of Kangaroos, 

 and it appeared to be remarkably fond of leaping upon 

 a narrow ledge or shelf, placed about three feet from 

 the ground, on which it would sit and balance itself 



* Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1835 



