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visible portion bright rusty red, and all tlie hairs on the 
upper parts and sides of the body are grey at tlie root; on 
the under parts of the body the hairs are white (not very 
pure), and slightly tinted with grey at the root. The head 
presents but little of the red tint; on the cheeks,immediately 
below the eye, the hairs are very coarse, and tinted with 
white, red, and black ; the upper part of tlie muzzle is 
brownish: tlie ears are clodied internally with long whitish 
hairs, excepting at and near the margin, where they assume a 
rust colour ; on the outer side of the ear they iu*e dense, long, 
and soft, and of a black colour, but at the margin they are 
shorter and whitish. The fore legs are whitish, rather strong, 
and the hands are furnished with long whitish claws. The 
tarsi are clothed with glossy brown hairs. The tail is chiefly 
of a dirty white colour; on the upper surface variegated with 
dusky, but chiefly at the base; the hairs are moderately long 
(averaging about half an inch), and sullieiently numerous to 
hide the skin; they are rather harsh to the touch on the 
upper part of the tail, and very coarse on the undersurface: 
though towards die tip of the tail the hairs are rather longer 
than on die middle, they do not form any crest or brush, as 
in Hypsiprt/mnuspenicillatus , and some other Eat* Kangaroos. 
Of the subjoined dimensions, those contained in die first 
column denote the size and propordons of the specimen above 
described; and those in the second column are from a 
specimen in the British Museum collection :— 
Malb. 
Inches. Lines. Inches. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 19 0 20 0 
14 of tail . 14 9 16 0 
11 of tarsus and claws . 5 8 5 9 
** of ear . 18 18 
“ of fore legs, hand, and claws, 
about ... ... ... 4 0 
The skull of B. rufesceus differs from the crania of other 
species of the genus, in wanting tlie posterior palatal 
