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MAOROPODID/E. 
though occasionally seen feeding upon the open plains, but it 
always takes to the scrub when hunted : it rims very fast. 
M. Jourdan’s account is as follows: — Form very elegant; 
the limbs very delicate; head above and upper parts of body 
grey ; chin with a black spot ; cheeks and lips yellowish white ; 
outer side of ears with the fore part brown, and posteriorly 
white ; inner side yellow; the apex black ; between the ears is 
a brown spot, which is extended somewhat on to the neck; 
chest, neck, and thinks, as well os the outer side of the legs, 
yellow; wu*ist and tarsus also yellow; the fingers and toes 
black ; tail grey, blackish near the tip, terminated with white 
hairs, and having a double crest of hairs, of which the longer 
is on die upper side. 
Length from nose to tail 
laches. 
28 
Lines. 
5 
u of tail 
. 
24 
10 
44 of fore leg 
... 
4 
4 
41 of hind leg 
. 
... 17 
9 
44 of car 
... 
3 
2 
Inhabits the Swan Itiver district. 
Two Kangaroos in die Bridsh Museum collection agree so 
closely with M. Jourdans description as to leave no doubt as 
to their specific identity with die II. Inna, and I am thus 
enabled to make a comparison between the animals named 
Irma and Manicotti; s*, and to notice certain differences which, 
I repeat, I do not regard as specific. In tho first place, both 
these specimens (as well as tho specimen noticed by M. 
Jourdan) are smaller than Mr. Gould’s specimen oiH. mani¬ 
cottis ; their general colouring is paler, the black and white 
pencilling of the hairs on the upper piu-ts of the body being 
less distinct, and the hairs on these parts are reddish, rather 
than yellow, in the middle, and pale grey at the root: the 
reddish hue, which is very pale and delicate, shows but little 
