ORESCENT-MARKED KANGAROO. 
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smaller tlmn the male. The specimen from which the 
description here given was taken, fonns part of the Zoological 
Society's collection, having been presented, together with a 
second, by Mr. Gould. This second specimen differs in 
having the hack part of the head and neck grey. Specimens 
are also contained in tho British Museum collection. The 
dimensions given by Mr. Gould of the male and female are 
as follows:— 
Malic. 
In*. Line*. 
length from nose to root of tail 24 6 
44 of tail .. . 1 7 
44 of tart as and toes (in¬ 
cluding the nails) ... G G 
44 of arm and hand (in¬ 
cluding the nails) ... 5 0 
44 from the tip of the nose 
to the base of the ear 3 0 
“ of ear. 3 6 
Fkmalk. 
In*. Line*. 
17 6 
1 3 
5 0 
I 0 
3 G 
3 3 
MACROPUS LUNATUS. Crescent-marked Kangaroo. 
Macropus lunattu. Gould, Proc. Zoo!. Soc. Aug. 1840, p. 93. 
Fur soft and short; general tint, ashy grey; neck rufous; body 
beneath, grey-white ; a distinct curved white mark behind 
the insertion of the fore-leg; feet wlritish; ears rather long 
and attenuated; tail moderate, with a short crest of blackish 
hairs on the apical portion, the tip furnished with a small 
conical horny excrescence. 
Inhabits the Swan River District, Western Australia. 
About the size of a rabbit; fur very soft, and by no means 
long; general tint ashy grey, finely pencilled with dusky 
and yellowish-white; back of neck and shoulders, vinous 
rust colour; at a short distance behind the base of the fore¬ 
leg is a distinct curved white mark. Fur on under parts of 
the body pale grey, the hairs tipped with dirty-wliite ; on the 
