BLACK-TAILED KANGAROO. 
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on the inner side ; externally dusky, but of a rust colour at 
the base : a large blackish patch is situated immediately 
behind the base of the fore leg. 
Inhabits New South Wales. 
The present species lias received the English name of 
Black Wallaby from Mr. Gould, but although, compared 
with most other species, its general colouring is dark, it is 
far from black. The English name Black-tailed Kangaroo 
bus appeared to mo less likely to mislead. In size the M. 
Uatabatus is scarcely inferior to the M. rt{ficottis; it must 
mnk, therefore, among the larger species of its section, and 
from these it may readily be distinguished by its general dark 
colouring, its coarsish and somewhat glossy fur, the dark 
patch immediately behind the base of the fore leg, the rufous 
tint at the base of the ear in front, the reddish or yellowish 
tint of the abdomen, and die almost uniformly black tail. 
“ This well-marked species/' observes Mr. Gould, “ in¬ 
habits, with but few exceptions, all the thick hushes of New* 
South Wales, especially such as are wet or humid. I hunted 
it successfully at Illawarra, on the small islnnds at the rnoudi 
of the Hunter, and on the Liverpool ranges. In die former 
localities it was frequendy found in die wettest places, eidier 
among die high grass, and other dense vegetation, or among 
the thick mangroves, whose roots are washed by each succeed¬ 
ing tide. The islands at the mouth of the Hunter, particularly 
Mosquito and Ash Islands, are not unfrequently flooded to a 
great extent, yet it leaps through the shallow parts with ap¬ 
parent enjoyment, and even crosses the river from one island 
to the other. On die Liverpool range it as strictly keeps to 
such parts as ore most humid ; often near the crowns of 
mountains, which are frequendy enveloped in fogs and dews.” 
The following is a descrip don of a fine male specimen in 
Mr. Gould’s collection:— 
Fur moderately long, somewhat stiff, and more glossy dian 
