20 ■ MACEOPODIBA 



confirmed by the fact that {fide Gould) it does not exist on Kangaroo 

 Island, and by its common occurrence in Tasmania, where those 

 collectors spent a considerable time. 



Ad. sk. I , Tasmania. Purchased. 



1 Ad. sk. I 

 ) Skull. \ 



Skull, f ^• 



0. Macropus giganteus, var. melanops. 



Macropus melanops, Gmdd, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 10 ; Gray, last Mamm. 



B. M. p. 88 (1843) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. {Introd.), i. p. xxix 



(1863) ; Poulton, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 607. 

 Halmaturus melanops, Sehine, 8yn. Mamm. i. p. 666 (1844). 



Black-paced KANeAEoo. 



Similar to M. giganteus in aU essential characters, but much 

 smaller, more lightly built, and darker coloured. General colour- 

 dark brown, beUy lighter. Eace darker than the rest; a brown 

 patch on the muzzle, connecting the two usual dark " whisker- 

 marks." Arms and legs not paler than body ; fingers and toes 

 black. 



Dimensions. 



6- 



b (stuffed). 



millim. 



Head and body 980 



Tail 725 



Hind foot 277 



Ear 97 



Hah. Eastern and South-eastern Australia ; North Australia (?). 



Type in collection. 



I am quite unable at present to make out the true relationship 

 of this animal to the typical M. giganteus, of which it is apparently 

 a dwarf form. The two live side by side in the same districts, but 

 whether or no they interbreed, I am unable to ascertain. Gould 

 himself places M. melanops as a synonym of M. giganteus in his 

 later work, and all the evidence at my disposal tends to show that 

 it is too closely related to that animal to be admitted as a distinct 

 species. The type was said to have come from Port Essington, 

 North Australia; but this locality has not as yet been confirmed, and 

 is very probably erroneous. 



a. Imm. sk., (^ . Port Essington. Gould Coll. (Type 



of variety.) 



b. Ad. St., S • Zoological Society. 



c. Ad. sk., § . Zoological Society, 

 d Skeleton, cJ (diseased). » Zoological Society. 



i Ad. sk. I „ Gould Ooll. 



"■ \ Skull. } ?• 



