GREAT KANGAROO. 



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White Kangaroos are sometimes met with ; these are 

 very beautiful, and have pink eyes ; black varieties have 

 been described as a different species of the black-faced 

 Kangaroo {Marcoinis melanops). 



YELLOW WALLABY, OR YELLOW-FOOTED 

 EOCK KANGAEOO. 



Petrogale xanthopus. 



This animal is of rather small size, about 1^ to 2 feet 

 long; the tail, however, is another 2 feet long, hairy 

 and ringed ; the head is narrow, and the ears long, as is 

 usual in all Kangaroos or Wallabies. 



The fur is soft, long, dense, and fluffy ; it is of yellow 

 hue generally ; the back is of a light brown, with a black 

 stripe down the centre ; there is a white mark on each 

 side. It inhabits South Australia. 



This species is not very numerous. Some hundreds 

 of skins are imported annually from Adelaide ; the value 



