HALMATURUS THETIDIS, F. Cuv. et Geoff. 
Pademelon Wallaby. 
Head and Fore Parts, of the size of nature. 
The accompanying life-sized head represents the eommon Pademelon of the eolonists, 
a shy and timid ereature, which hounds away on the least disturbanee. It runs in the 
same brushes with the H. Ualabatus and H. Parma and every extensive distriet of this 
kind, from lUawarra to the Clarenee, was tenanted by great numbers of it at the period 
of my visit to New South Wales. Its flesh is good, and is frequently eaten by the 
settlers and the aborigines. Considerable difierenee oeeurs in the eolouring of this animal, — 
speeimens obtained in one loeahty having the red hue of the neek predominating over the 
brown, while in those from another the eontrary is the ease. 
The front figure represents a moderate-sized adult male, of the size of hfe, while the 
distant figure of the female is a trifle less. A more lengthened deseription, and reduced 
figures of the entire animal, will be found on the next Plate and page. 
