301 
New Species of Kangaroos . 
nigrescent}bus abscondito; farm, artubusque anticisfere 
albis, digitis jrilis obscuris pa n Id adspersis. 
unc. lin. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudae basin .... 23 0 
-:— caudrc ...20 0 
- tarsi digitorumque (sine unguibus) .. 5 0 
-ab apice rostri ad basin auris . 4 2 
- auris . 2 3 
JIub. Interior of New South Wales. 
The third species is about the same size as the last. The 
most remarkable character in this animal consists in its having 
a nail at the tip of the tail: this nail is hidden by the tuft of 
hair with which the end of the tail is furnished, and greatly 
resembles a finger-nail, both in texture and form, but is of a 
black colour. The name proposed for this species was 
Macropus unguifer. Macr. corpora gracili , cauddpcr- 
longd ; vetlere perbrevi, et mediocriter molli; colore fulvo, 
parte corporis anteriore , et collo albescentibus ; capita* 
ferh toto 9 necnon artubus abdomineque albis ; not A fused 
longitudinally a pud dorsum; cauda albulA, apicem versus , 
pilis long is etfusds indutd , ad apicem cum ungue nigres- 
cente, fere magnitudinem et fignram unguis exhibente , ut 
in digito hominis vide tar, instructA. 
unc. lin. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudae basin .... 25 0 
- - caudw . 20 0 
--■ tarsi digitorumque (sine unguibus) .. 7 0 
--ab apice rostri ad basin auris . 4 0 
- auris . 2 0 
Hub. North-west coast of Australia. 
To the fourth species, having two crescent-shaped white 
marks on the shoulders, Mr. Gould gave the name-of 
Macropus lunatus. Macr. capita brevi , ouribus magms; 
artubus anticis parvis; tarsis mediocriter elongatu et 
gracilibus; colore cinereo , collo humerisque ferrugineo 
pallide tinctis; corpore subtiis e cinereo albo; lined 
arcuata alba in utrinque lotus , ab humeris extensA . 
unc. lin. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudm basin .... 1$ 
- cauda? . 9 
tarsi digitorumque (sine unguibus) 
ab apice rostri ad basin auris 
auris 
0 
0 ? 
0 
0 
0 
JIab. West coast of Australia. 
The fifth species resembles the common hare in size, and 
in the texture of the fur; so much so, indeed, that a portion 
of its skin could not be distinguished from that of a hare. 
The fore-legs and feet of this animal being very small, Mr. 
Gould proposed to describe it as 
