nigged spin. Mob, with many over- 

 hangs. Icd«cs and caves, 



On 22 October, a small party, in- 

 cluding I nckcr and myself. Went to 

 (he area concerned and explored 

 several hundred yards of dills and 

 rock outcrops which were certainly 

 the focus of an extant colony of rock- 

 wallahies. No animal was sighted, hut 

 footprints were found in patches ol 

 soft soil, faeces were present in 

 ahundanee. and some living places 

 (rock piles with crevice svstcms) 

 were identified. (See Figures 2, 2, 

 4, 5.) 



Later that day. and on 23 October. 

 I examined (he colony area further 

 and, in particular, identified a typical 

 basking place, where animals might 

 be expected to be out warming 

 themselves when the morning sun 

 struck the spot. A concealed vantage 

 point was selected some 60 yards 

 away, and a route was noted by 

 which the point could he reached 

 without disturbing any animals which 

 might be baskmg. 



Ohscrvaliom of vock-wolluby family 

 From 19 to 22 December, Mr. 

 Kusscll Bathard- and I carried out 

 I in Oici woik in the colony area; and 

 on the morning of the last day, as 

 weather conditions were suitable, w e 

 went lo the vantage point selected 

 previously. Two rock-wallabies were 

 in the basking place — a half-grown 

 joey and. presumably, its mother- 

 arid shortly afterwards a third spcci- 

 men. presumably the male, joined 

 them (see Fig. 6). We had the three 

 under observation from 8.45 to ?J3 

 a.m., and for the latter part of this 

 period the mother and joey hud 

 moved down (o a rock shelf a few 

 yards away while the male remained 

 above. 



On 1 January. 1971. Uathard and 

 I observed the Ihiee rock-wallabies, 

 in the same area, from f> to I0J0 

 .i.ni. I he female w as located first, on 

 a hroad recessed ledge several yards 

 from the original place. Later she 



■Vi.n.i Hufol}, Muimti Tail/hit*' Cutlet* 



l-igurc 4 Typical rock-wallahy faeces, lying on the surface of a sandstone MSX$ 

 tn Red Koek area (natural ma ) 



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