1909.] OF MARSUPIALS AND MOXOTREMES IX S.W. AUSTRALIA. 807 



Australia by a wide tract of dry desert country fi'om six to eight 

 liundred miles in width. 



lu the extreme South- Western coastal districts there appears 

 to be a somewhat dai-ker race, which is particularly noticeable in 

 immature individuals, — the head, limbs and tail being frequently 

 almost entirely black, possibly corresponding with Macrcqms 

 giganteus melanops of Eastern Australia. 



19 specimens collected. Albany (King River) ; Bevei4ey (Stock 

 Pool) ; Brookton (Dwaladine) ; Pinjelly (Woyaline Wells) ; 

 Margaret River (Burnside) (caves). 



Grey Kangaroo ( S ' Boomer') of Colonists. 



'Eonga' c?,'Woyre' $ (S.W.) ; ' Eowit ' (Moore River), of 

 natives. 



Macropus robustus cervinus Thos. (Text -fig. 247, p. 808.) 



Frequenting rocky hills and mountain lunges in North- Western 

 and parts of Central West Australia:, extending south to Southei-n 

 Cross and inland as far as Laverton, in which places, however, it 

 seems to be less abundant. 



Most plentiful towards the Noi'th-West, where in favouiuble 

 situations it extends to the coast. Said to occur as far north as 

 Port Hedland. 



Known to colonists as the ' Hill Kangaroo,' to distinguish it 

 from the ' Red ' or ' Plain Kangaroo.' 



3 specimens collected. Gascoyne River (Wyndham Range) 

 (Clifton Downs station). 



' Bigodar ' (N.W.), ' Euro ' (C), of natives. 



Macropus robustus erubescens Sclat. (Text-fig. 248, p. 809.) 



Of South Australia, is said to occur in the extreme South-East 

 of Western Australia to the east of the Eraser Range. 



Macropus rufus Desm. (Text-fig. 249, p. 810.) 



Disti-ibuted throughout the North -West, Centre, and South- 

 East. 



Not occurring in the South- West, where Macropus giganteus 

 takes its place, as it does in the southern districts of South 

 Australia, the two species rarely, if ever, frequenting the same 

 areas. 



Particularly abundant in the North- West. 



The Red and Hill Kangaroos (31. robustus cervinus) seem to be 

 less dependent on fresh water than the Grey, although in dry 

 seasons they will collect around pools and ' gnamma holes,' or even 

 dig for water in the beds of dry creeks. However, in many 

 places they exist where water is quite unobtainable. 



The females, although normally blue, are frequently of the 



