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id. Mamm. i. p. 273 (1820) ; Geoff. Bid. Class. d'H. JSf. ix. p. 110 

 (1826). 

 Halmaturua ruficoUis, GoMf. Isis, 1819, p. 267 ; Gould, Mon. Macrop. 

 pi. xvii. (animal)' (1842) ; Wagn. Schr. Siiug. Supp. iii. p. 112 

 (1848), V. p. 318 (18S5) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 552 (1844) ; 

 Gould, Mamm,. Austr. ii. pis. xiv., xv. (animal) (1854) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. Mamm. Mus. As. Soc. p. 184 (1863) ; Kreft, Cat. Mamm. 

 Austr. Mus. p. 50 (1864) ; id. Mamm. Austr. text to pi. x. p. 3 

 (1871) ; Fletcher, P. lAnn. Soc. iV. S. W. vii. p. 641 (1882), viii. 

 p. 7 (1883) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 318 (1887). 

 Macropu.s ruficoUis, Less. Man. Mamm. p. 226 (1827) ; Fisch. Syn. 

 Mamm. p. 282 (1§29) ; Less. H. N. Mamm. {Compl. Buff.) v. 

 p. 878 (1836) ; Benn. Cat. N. H. Austr. Mus. p. 5 (1837); Waterh. 

 Cat. Mamm. Mus. Z. S. p. 66 (1838) ; id. Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm. 

 xi. p. 216 (1841 ) ; Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 194 (1842) : 

 Gieb. Siiug. p. 680 (1859). 

 Macropus rufogriseus, Less. Man. Mamm. p. 226 (1827); Fisch. 

 Syn. Mamm. p. 282 (1829); Less. H. N. Mamm. (Compl. Buff.) 

 V. p. 878 (1836) ; Benn. Cat. N. H. Austr. Mus. p. 5 (1837) ; 

 Waterh. Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm. xi. p. 217 (1841) ; Less. N. 

 Tabl. a. A, Mamm. p. 194 (1842). 

 Kangurus griseus, GVay, Grif. Cm. An. X. v. p. 202 (1827). 

 Macropus banksianus. Less. Man. Marfim. p. 226 (1827) ; Fisch. Syn. 

 Mamm. p. 282 (1829) ; Less. H. N. Mamm. (Compl. Buff.) v. 

 p. 377 (1836) ; id. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 194 (1842). 

 Halmaturua elegana, Gray, Grey's Austr., App. ii. p. 403 (1841) ; id. 

 List Mamm. B. M. p. 89 (1843) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. 

 B. M. p. 126 (1862) (nee Lambert). 

 Halmatiu'us rufogriseus, Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. p. Ill (1843) ; 



Schinz, Sun. Mamm. i. p. 632 (1844). 

 Macropus (Halmaturua) ruficoUis, Waterh. N H. Mamm. i. p. 125 

 (1846) ; G-unn, P. Roy. Soc. Tasm. ii. p. 88 (18-52) ; Onim, Phil. 

 Tram. 1874, p. 246 et seqq. pi. xx. figs. 9, 10, & 21 (teeth). 



Eed-neckbd Wallaby. 



Largest of the group. Form slender. Nose naked, as in aU the 

 other Wallabies except M. agilis and irma ; the hair not growing 

 between the nostrils (see PI. V. fig. 4). General Colour greyish 

 fawn, grading into bright rufous on the back of the neck and on 

 the rump, clearer grey on the centre of the back. An indistinct 

 whitish hip-mark sometimes visible. Underfur thin and sparse, 

 brownish rufous. Face-markings inconspicuous, the top of the 

 muzzle dark brown, connecting the dark lateral whisker- marks, 

 below which there are indistinct whitish cheek-stripes, running from 

 the angle of the mouth to just helow the eye. Crown of head 

 rufous grey. Ears rather longer than usual, their backs rufous, 



[Macropiis elegans, Lambert, Linn. Trans. Tiii.p. 381, pi. xvi. (animal) (1805). 



It is impossible to decide with certainty to which species this description 

 belongs. Gray considered it to be the present species, while Waterhouse 

 assigned it to M. parryi ; but the figure shows no trace of the latter's prominent 

 face-markings, which could hardly be overlooked by the most careless artist. 

 In fact the description might be applied either to small specimens of M. gigan- 

 teus (e. g. var. melanops) or of M. robustus, or to large ones of M. parryi or of 

 M. ruficoUis. The name must therefore be ignored as of uncertain application.] 



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