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XXXI.  Some  Account  of  Macropus  Parryi,  a  hitherto  undescrihed  Species  of  Kangaroo 
from  New  South  Wales.    By  E.  T.  Bennett,  Esq.,  F.L.S.,  Sec.  Z.S. 
Communicated  December  23,  1834. 
A  KANGAROO,  recently  brought  from  New  South  Wales  by  Capt.  Sir  Edward  W. 
Parry,  R.N.,  and  presented  by  him  to  the  Society,  offers  the  type  of  a  new  species  so 
well  defined  in  its  characters,  and  so  distinct  from  all  that  have  been  recorded,  as  to 
merit  a  full  description.  Its  distinctive  characters  may  be  expressed  in  the  following 
terms  : 
Macropus  Parryi. 
Macr.  rhinario  lato ;  auriculis  elongatis,  nudiusculis ;  caudd  pilis  rigidis  brevibus  incum- 
hentibus  vestitd,  corpore  sublongiore :  notceo  griseo ;  gastrceo  pallido ;  fascia  genarum, 
cauddque  pro  maxima  parte,  albis,  hdc  ad  apicem  nigra. 
The  general  form  of  the  animal  is  that  of  the  common  Kangaroo,  Macropus  major, 
Shaw  ;  it  seems,  however,  as  far  as  may  be  judged  from  a  single  specimen  not  seen  by 
me  until  after  its  death,  to  be  somewhat  more  slender  in  its  proportions.  Its  size  is 
about  one  third  smaller ;  but  the  tail  and  ears  are  of  greater  proportional  length,  as 
will  be  seen  by  the  comparative  measurements  hereafter  given.  The  colour  above  is 
grey,  differing  little,  except  by  its  comparative  lightness,  from  that  of  the  common 
species  ;  the  long  scattered  hairs  being  entirely  of  a  brownish  grey,  and  the  under  fur 
dusky  at  the  base  and  pale  at  the  tips  of  the  soft  woolly  hairs  which  compose  it.  The 
general  hue  is  somewhat  darker  along  the  middle  line  of  the  upper  part  of  the  back, 
and  at  the  base  of  the  tail ;  but  becomes  paler  on  the  shoulders,  and  still  more  so  on 
the  sides  of  the  body  :  the  under  parts  lose  nearly  all  the  tinge  of  grey,  and  are  covered 
with  a  much  thicker,  longer,  closer,  and  more  woolly  fur.  The  base  of  the  tail  above, 
for  about  9  inches,  is  dark  grey,  and  beyond  this  are  several  faint  indications  of  a  ten- 
dency to  form  half  rings  of  that  colour  on  the  somewhat  dirty  Avhite  which  occupies  the 
remainder  of  that  organ,  with  the  exception  of  about  3  inches  at  the  tip.  The  hairs  on 
the  tail  are  short,  bristly,  closely  adpressed,  and  but  thinly  cover  the  surface  of  the 
skin.  On  the  middle  line  of  the  under  surface,  however,  they  are  closer  and  much 
longer.  Like  those  of  the  upper  surface  these  are  of  a  dirty  white  ;  but  about  7  inches 
from  the  tip  they  begin  to  change  into  a  deep  black,  and  mingling  towards  the  extremity 
with  the  shorter  hairs  of  the  sides  and  upper  surface,  they  give  to  the  tail  a  black  tip, 
intermixed  with  only  a  few  scattered  white  hairs,  which  are  scarcely  seen  except  on  a 
close  examination.    At  the  base  of  the  tail  its  under  surface  is  covered  by  white  fur, 
