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North Australia, which so perfectly resembles his Hahn, 
at/ilis in all respects excepting size, that I cannot regard it 
as a distinct species: it is the 
Ilaliuaturuji Jlinoe. 
In size, this animal nearly agrees with the llalm. Dcr- 
lianas , its dimensions being as follows:— 
Inches. Linn. 
Lcugth from nose to base of tail . 21 0 
11 of tail ... ..20 0 
44 of tarsi ... 8 0 
14 of ears . 2 3 
44 of hands and claws . 2 4 
MACROPUS (.Hal mat tints) PARRYI. 
Parry’s Kiuigaroo. 
Macroptu Parryi. Bennett, Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. 
for December 1834, p. 151 ; Trans, of 
the Zool. Soc. vol. i. p. 295, PI. 37. 
Macropu* ( Halmaturu* ) Parryi . Wateuu. Plate 18, and p. 206 of Vol. on 
Mar?upUlia in Naturalists’ Library. 
Ilalmaturus Parryi. Gould, Monogr. Part 2. 
Silvery grey above, white beneath ; upper surface of muzzle sooty 
black, but becoming paler and brownish on the posterior 
part; a distinct white line on the cheeks; fore and hind feet 
with the toes black; the tarsus and fore part Of hind leg 
white; tail very long, and somewhat compressed, grey white, 
with the apex black : height about two feet six inches. 
Inhabits New South Wales. 
A delicately coloured species, and at the same time one of 
the most elegantly formed of the Kangaroo tribe. The 
specimen from which Mr. Bennett drew up liis account, and 
from which the present description is taken, was brought alive 
to this country, and presented to the Zoological Society, by 
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