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The fur of the Macropus ntjicollis is moderate both ns to 
length and texture, and its general hue is pale rufous grey: 
on the back, each hair is brownish grey at the root, and this 
tint is followed by pale rust colour, then a broad white ring, 
and the point is dusky; the region of tho eye, the neck, 
shoulders, and fore legs, ore chiefly of a pale rust colour, but 
pencilled with white: the under parts of the animal are 
whitish, lmt slightly suffused with pale rusty grey, the hairs 
on these parts being of a vinous-grey tint next the skin, 
slightly tinted with pale rust colour in the middle, and white 
at the point The head is of the same general colour as the 
body, but on the crown it is somewhat dusky, and the muzzle 
is brownish; the upper lip is white, and there is a tolerably 
distinct whitish check-mark: on the chin is a brown patch. 
The ears are clothed with white hairs internally, excepting at 
the apical margin, where they are black, or nearly so; and 
on the outer side they are covered with brownish-black hairs 
at the apex, and with hairs like those of the head at the base. 
The fore legs are of a pale rust colour, but very much 
pencilled with white; the fore feet are brown, finely freckled 
with white, and the toes are dark brown. The hind legs are 
almost entirely of a pale rufous tint externally; the tarsi 
brown, but whitish in the middle: here the hairs, however, 
an? dark brown at the root: the toes are dark brown, if we 
except the hairs covering the base of the nails, which are 
pale: on the fore part of the hind leg is a whitish mark 
running up from the tarsus. The tail is tolerably well 
clothed with hairs, which are partly white, and partly black ; 
the general hue is nevertheless very pale, and may be 
described as grev-white; the apical portion is suffused with 
black. 
The above description is from a male specimen in the 
Paris Museum, procured during Peron’s expedition, and 
