CiHKAT KANGAROO. 
71 
Macrojiut ucydromuM. Gould* 
Fur short nud somewhat woolly; general colour, brown-grey, 
slightly suffused with yellowish rufous, especially of the head 
and sides of the body ; under parts, grey-white, tinted with 
yellowish rufous on the abdomen ; muzzle brownish above, 
and at the sides, towards the tip; ears clothed at the base 
externally with sooty-brown fur, aa well as the occiput, the 
remaining portions clothed with longisli white hairs; limbs 
brownish white; fore-feet much pencilled with brown; the 
extremities of the toes black ; tarsi slightly pencilled in front 
with brownish, the toes pencilled with blackish brown, and 
at the tip black; tail clothed, for a considerable distance 
from the base, with fur like that of the body both in texture 
and colour, hut towards the ajK*x the hairs gradually become 
harsher and ndpressed; about eight or nine iuches of the 
apical portion is brownish black ; short hairs, like those on 
the tip of the muzzle, extend down on the mulfle, terminating 
in a point in front, and leaving a naked space below' of about 
2 } lines in width; there is a naked space, of less width, 
also, bordering the nostrils. Height of a full-grown male, 
in its ordinary upright position, four feet six inches. 
Length from tip of the nose to root of tail 
Inches. 
... 58 
Linn. 
0 
44 of tail . 
... 36 
0 
Circumference of ditto at the base, about 
... 13 
0 
Length of fore-arm (not including the hand) 
... 13 
0 
M of hand (without clan a) . 
... *4 
6 
“ of central claw of ditto ... **. 
... 1 
10 
“ of tarsus . 
... 15 
0 
44 from nose to car . 
... 7 
10 
4< of car. 
4 
10 
A female, procured by Mr. Gould from the Suud Plains, 
near “ Wongar Hills,’’ Western Australia, and which is said 
to have been accompanied by a young one, and was therefore 
mature when killed, weighed about 40 lbs.: its general hue 
was almost uniform pale rufous brown ; the toes and fingers 
suffused with black at the extremity ; the occipital portion of 
