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curly hair and very handsome markings. The upper coat is some hue result¬ 
ing from combining white and black and cream color; the feet are variegated, 
and each eye, as well as the neck, is circled with some shade of yellow. It 
“ squats in a form,” 
and from its rapid¬ 
ity when moving, 
furnishes as much 
sport as the “ regu- 
lati on British 
hare.” It is very 
successful as a 
leaper, whether the 
jump be a stand¬ 
ing one, a running 
one — on a level, 
or straight up into 
the air. 
The Hare 
Kangaroo of New 
Guinea (. Dorcopsis 
luctuosus ) is a mel¬ 
ancholy little crea¬ 
ture, about twenty 
inches in length. 
It is of an ashen color, having the hair on its throat combed forward, frill-like. 
The Burned Tree- 
Kangaroo (D en dr o log u s 
inustus) is noticeable for an 
appearance of having been 
partially singed, and of hav¬ 
ing survived to tell the tale, 
as well as to wear a tail. 
The Great Red Kan¬ 
garoo Rat (A bipriprymnus 
rubescens) is hunted in New 
South Wales for its flesh. 
Mueller’s Hare Kan¬ 
garoo (Darcopsis mnelleri ) 
is small, chocolate-c o 1 o r e d , 
neck hair pointing forward, 
and an inhabitant of Mysol. 
The Kangaroo Rat 
(Hypsiprymnus murinus) in 
temper and appearance re¬ 
sembles the smaller kanga¬ 
roos, but its movements are 
those of a rat whose legs have not been built on a uniform pattern. It 
would be harmless except for its inability to resist the temptations of a potato 
hill or a melon patch. 
BANDED ANT-EATER. 
