76 MACKOPOniDiE. 



Siiuy. p. 675 (1859); Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Mtis. As. Soc. p. 184 



(1803). 

 Macropus (Onychogalea) frsenatus, Oray, Orey's Austr., App. ii. 



p. 402 (1841) ; Waterh. N. H. Mamm. i. p. 77 (1846). 

 Onycliogalea frauata, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 88 (1843) ; Oould, 



Mamm. Austr. ii. pi. liv. (animal) (1849) ; Krefft, Cat. Mamm. 



Austr. Mus. p. 53 (1864) ; id. Austr. Vert. p. 11 (1871) ; Jent. 



Cat. Ost. Leyd. Miis. p. 321 (1887) ; CoU. Zool. Jahrh. ii. p. 887 



(1887). 

 Halmaturus frsenatus, Schinz, Syn. Mamm'. i. p. 548 (1844) ; Wagn. 



Schr. Sduff. Supp. v. p. 303 (1855). 



Bridled Waixabt. 



Size small ; form very light and delicate. Ehinarium narrow, 

 wholly hairy., Pur soft and thick ; underfur plentiful, dark slate- 

 coloured at base and light grey at tip. General colour clear grey, 

 the forequarters ornamented with white stripes. Pace pale grey, 

 an inconspicuous whitish spot over each eye, and an indistinct white 

 cheek-stripe present. Ears short, inside white, outside greyish 

 brown. Centre of back of neck black *, passing gradually in the 

 middle line into the dark grey of the back, the black edged on each 

 side with a continuation of the white shoulder- stripe, which, starting 

 from the light belly-colour about an inch behind the elbow, runs 

 upwards and forwards along the sides of the back of the neck to 

 just behind the ears. The black sometimes continued inconspi- 

 cuously forwards along the middle line of the head. Sides of neck 

 grey with a rufous tinge, arising from the rufous tips to the under- 

 fur. A very indistinct pale hip-stripe. Chin and chest white; 

 belly pale grey, the bases of the hairs slate-colour. Arms and outside 

 of legs grey, lingers black, front of legs and feet white. Tail of 

 medium length, uniform grey, extreme tip black. Terminal nail 

 (PL XI. fig. 7) consisting merely of a rounded horny point, 2 or 3 

 millim. in diameter. 



Skull. Facial portion smaller in proportion to cranial than in 

 0. unguifera (index about 225). Forehead flat, not inflated. Nasals 

 evenly tapering forwards, their greatest breadth going about 2g 

 times in their length, their posterior edge evenly but slightly curved 

 backwards. Supraorbital edges parallel, overhanging, but not 

 forming rudimentary postorbital processes. Palatal foramina long 

 and narrow, as long as or longer than m.', sometimes equalling m.' 

 Posterior palate with two very large and several smaller vacuities. 

 Bullae smooth, but opaque, very slightly swollen. 



Teeth. Incisors much as in 0. unguifera, but i.' shorter and not 

 so much slanted forwards. Canines nearly always absent ; if present 

 excessively minute, funotionless. P.* very small, hourglass-shaped, 

 its posterior but little exceeding its anterior diameter, its cusps low 

 and without an unusually deep notch between them. Molars as 

 usual. 



* Grey in immature specimens. 



