NARROW-CLAWED KANGAROO. 
inn 
colour is pencilled with grey-wliite, the latter tint predominat¬ 
ing : on the upper parts, the hairs are diugy brown, and have 
a white ring below the point; and this ring is broader on the 
hairs of the sides of the body, and thus produces a lighter 
general tint on these parts; the whole of the under parts, as 
well as the inner side of the legs, are grey-white, but the hairs 
are grey-brown at the roots. The woolly hairs are more dis¬ 
tinctly coloured. The upper surface of the head is of the 
same colour us the back, and on the cheeks is a whitish 
mark, extending backwards from the angle of the mouth; 
the muzzle is blackish ; the ears have whitish hairs towards 
the margins internally, and, externally as well ns internally, 
the apical portion has black hairs; the fore feet, and toes of 
the hind feet, are black-brown, and the tail is black, pencilled 
with whitish upon the upper surface; on the under surface 
the hairs are yellow white." 
Inches. Lines. 
The length of the body is . ... 23 6 
“ of the tail . 15 0 
11 of the ear . ... 2 6 
14 of the tarsus and clawr . 7 0 
11 of the claw alone ... ... 1 2 
Iii page 36, No. 3-4, for 1812, of Wiegman's Archiv., 
Wagner says, he has not satisfied himself whether his II. 
lepton yx is identical with my H. Bennettii , for, notwith¬ 
standing the similarity in colouring, &c., the form of the claw 
is so remarkable in II. kptonyx that lie should consider it as 
a good species, unless that character he found in Bennettii . 
With regard to these observations, I may state that, though 
I have found the nail or claw of the great central toe in 
Bennettii to vary somewhat in its form. I have not met with 
any specimen which can he said to agree with Prof. Wagner’s 
description. The fact is, the claw in Bennettii offers nothing 
peculiar: in an adult specimen it is about one inch in length, 
