HALMATURUS DERBIANUS, Gray. 
Derby’s Wallaby. 
Spee. Char.—Vellere intensé fusco, hie atque Me rufescente, et incanescente y collo, et رکوہ متكت‎ —Á 
cauda sub-brevi, robusté, et pilis bresibus مہرم‎ instructó. 
Deser.—Face grividod grey, reddish and dark brown; on the upper lip a تج‎ sentó: which ہہت‎ backwards 
under the eye, and Mende wich the geuérol eulour of the face ; back of the neck, شتا‎ and arms rufous; a 
distinet blackish mark canre. of سک‎ ceviput, andicontintes downwards witil è beonmes lost in the colouring 
of the hack, shiek 5s gence? Lied zeg اث‎ white, caused by the middle portion ef esch hair being dull white, 
ad the tipe Beck, & de of Wt abe Ber Jeng deep bine grey; hind legs and dares grizaled with rufous and. 
chek dhe theme: بے‎ prieta : ee eee ee 
dee om eaten ep ` عق اسه‎ of die tall ball. 
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appear to be confine to ze studi of n similar chaencter, sine 1 sever observed or heard of its being found on the e 
sdin land of Sosh Aeswelis, at fee information لاوم‎ foun Swan River accompanying the skim of an animal 
which would appear to le "raren wi the انیم‎ queries. Û Gud it is there confined to Rottnest and Garden Islands: 
if upon comparison with Serien "enee" these neve mmer shouid prove to be identical, the islands of the south - 
western portion of Australia werd جه مسب‎ be (be peculiar habitat of the species : I have never heard of it to.the east 
of Kangaroo Island. 
Mibough closely allied to the laton Dillrdirií of Van Diémen's Land, it exhibits in E ARE Wie 
wee gally heir, and the longitudinal white mark on the cheeks, a decided difference from that animal. Like many 
Wallabies, the present species loves to dwell among the densest imderwood: hence the almost‏ الو vf due‏ مب 
recai. arb of dwarf Excalypti, which covers nearly the whole of Kangaroo Island, will always afford it a 
wor quer. Geet shid in all probability it will never be extirpated ; ‚the vegetation being too green and humid to | 
cU sepe ef six Rest wes poor to render it worth the expense of clearing. It is very abundant in the ravines and 
وع‎ eos al © cakes innamerable runs; and such is the dense nature of the vegetation, that nothing larger 
Une: 0 sex بد‎ ee > a it in taken by men residing on the island in the greatest abundance, both for the sake | 
of te shin and ity ist: Gee mee procure it principally by snares, a simple noose, placed on the outskirts of the 
brush but they ge ven جا‎ stew i core on the open glades at night. An example of this little Wallaby, which ' 
is about twice the site of a Har. ees presented by J. B. Harvey, Esq., و نی‎ rae te 1839 or 1840, 
in whose Menagerie it is naw Bog سيو ها‎ health. 
Considerable difference existo le Mex, as well às in the other allied تج‎ EK colour of the hake, which varies 
very much, not only in the intensity «f stà fine, but also in being much redder in some specimens thaw in ‘others. 
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