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MACRO PODIDjE . 
which is moreover the original of Desmarest’s description. A 
second specimen in the same collection is said to be from 
New Holland. 
In the British Museum are specimens of the same species, 
procured by Mr. Goukl from New South Wales; they are 
labelled Halmatunis e leg a ns. 1 
The admeasurements of these specimens are as follows 
Male. 
Original 
Specimen. 
Male. 
Specimen 
in 
Paris Mus. 
Male. 
Brit. Mus. 
Female. 
Brit. Mus. 
I 
Length from tip of the nose to? 
the root of the tail .$ 
Ins. Lines. Ins. Lines. 
39 0 41 6 
Ins. Lines. 
41 0 
Ins. Lines j 
35 6 ' 
of the tail .... 
25 
0 
25 
6 
31 
0 
26 6 
u 
of the tarsus and nails . 
9 
1 
8 
10 
10 
0 
9 6 
n 
of which the nail of? 
the central toe is .$ 
1 
1 
u 
from nose to ear 
5 
6 
6 
0 
6 
0 
5 3 
41 
of ear . 
2 
5 
2 
G 
3 
1 
3 0 
44 
of fore-arm, hands, and? 
claws, about . . $ 
9 
3 
9 
G 
10 
G 
8 0 
41 
of the three upper incio 
sors taken together) 
0 
Gi 
0 
7 
Macropus ( Halmatunis ) Rvfo-Griseus. 
“M. GeofFroy distinguishes under this name, as belouging to a 
distinct species, a female Kangaroo of the Paris Museum, of 
a tolerably large size, since its length, measured from the tip 
of the muzzle to the base of the tail, is about 3 feet 10J inches; 
the head 85 inches; the tail 2 feet 2 inches, and the ear 
1 Mr. Gray is of opinion that the M. ruficollis of Dwmarest is specifically 
identical with the Macropus eleyans of Lambert, briefly noticed in the “ Lin- 
mean Transactions/* vol. viii. p. 381. The description given by Lambert, 
however, is more applicable to the M. Parryi . 
