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Halmaturus Dama. Hal . vellere fusco, canescente , rubes- 
cente ad nucham , ad dorsum imum , artas anticos; 
facie cinered rufo lavatd; froute spatio inter aures , auri- 
busque externc nigrescenti-cinereis ; artubus posticis pallidd 
fuscis ; caudd canescente , corpore inferior e pa Hide cinereo . 
General colour of the fur grizled brown, becoming of a reddish 
tint on the back of the neck, arms and rump ; face grey, washed 
with rufous on the forehead; outside of the ears and the space 
between blackish grey; hinder legs light brown; tail grizled grey; 
ander surface of the body pale grey. 
Ft. In. 
Length from the nose to the extremity of the tail.... 2 11 
-of tail. 1 2£ 
-of tarsus and toes, including the nail. 0 5f 
-of arm and hand, including the nails. 0 
-of face from the tip of the nose to base of ear 0 4 
•-of ear. 0 2| 
This animal is closely allied to and is nearly the same size as 
H. Thetidis, but has much larger ears, and the fur much more 
dense and lengthened; the base of the fur is bluish grey, to which 
succeeds reddish brown, then silvery white, the extreme tips being 
black. 
The above is the description of a female; the male will doubt¬ 
less prove to be of larger size. 
It is very numerous on the islands of the Houtmann’s Abrolhos, 
and also inhabits Western Australia, where it is called ‘ Dama/ 
by the aborigines. 
Lagorchestes iiirsutus. Lag. arcnacco-fulvus, dorso gri- 
seo irrorato; spatio circumoculari conspicub rubescenti-fulvo; 
auribus mediocnbus, externc cinereo fuscis, intiis pilis albi- 
dis obsitis , pedibus flavescentifulvis. 
General colour of the fur, particularly on the hind quarters and 
under sarface, rich sandy buff; that of the head and back having 
a grizled appearance, occasioned by each hair having a mark of 
greyish white near the tip; the fur, which is exceedingly soft, is 
blackish brown at the base, then rufous, the whole beset with 
numerous hairs, which gradually increase in length towards the 
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