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Spec. € E er ad ONE چو‎ capite breviusculo ; anti- 
Arsch pedibusque parrults ; coud breeisscnlä et gracili ; corpore سی‎ nigro, fisco اه‎ flavido variegato; apud 
latera, ei circum oculos colore pallido fairs preeealente ; abdomine e cinereo alba ; orbe anticis ad basin nigris. si, 
size and in the colouring and charactor of the fur remarkably like a hare: tip of the head grizzled black”‏ تس مد 
and white; upper surface variegated with black and cream-white (in some species with black and pale rusty‏ 
buff); sides of the hodv, throat and chert had white; chin white; abdomes greveh white; arms blackish at‏ 
whites lega Gingut wich rusty rod; feet brownish white 4 tied space round the eye buff;‏ رکا the base; handle‏ 
cars white inside, vrozh, outside; tall pale beownish grey. —‏ 
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Tana singular Kittle Kangaroo, a وو ہش ری مہ مت‎ 
tolerably abundant in all the plains of South Australia, particularly those situated between the Belts af the Murray and 
the mountain ranges ; 1 also hunted it successfully on the Lower Namoi; and skins were presented tè me by the ے‎ 
Messrs. Coxen, who, I believe, had obtained them on the Liverpool Plains. Judging from whet information 1 could ` 
gather respecting it, 1 believe it to be peculiar to the interior, ak une ی ای دی‎ e 
whieh lies between the ranges and the coast. + 
moa towing o ht division of she eh which ican e Rat nd derbe Kangaroos, it سا‎ Ka d. 
them in inhabiting s واه ت88‎ af cautery. in having a buiry muzzle, and in the hands and nails being smaller, رات‎ 
more slender and more اس‎ Siewert this any il knows species, points indicating that it is not a burrowing EE مایا‎ 
animal; and it is panei Tag Sie depues and pres Drm of the fore-nails, that they are never used for the pur- 
pose of obtaining roots, as is decidedly the cost with Ge Hua and Jerboa Kangaroos, That the baldness or hairiness of - 
‘the muzzle indicates a great difference in the ibis, mot culy of this, but of every other group of animals, is suffi- 
ciently evident, although to what extent, is not yet perhaps perfectly understood. Mr. Ogilby has most happily - 
wisai upon this character for some of his. divisions among the Antelopes. Mr. Ogilby states that the lips of those — 
suche Baring hairy muzzles are strongly prehensile, and that they procure their food by browsing, while those having ` 
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age of Slt: Bento ber کاو کا‎ to dir species, ae ac bet یھ‎ alles ol ite fo, iu ia quil he eS 
done uad ane d i ge, sė fom its habits assimilating in many particulars to those of that animal. F usually found ` | B 
^ diary. uod siting diese e a well-formed seat under the shelter of a tuft of grass on the oper plains: for a short - Pi E 
distance its fleutness is تسا‎ stat of all others of its group that I have had an opportunity of esursing. Its powers 
of leaping are also equally strwordinary : corato حرمو رمد عوك حيو‎ ee 
curred to myself. While cut on the plains in South Australia I started a Hare Kangaroo before two fleet dogs; after 
running to the distance of a quarter of a mile, it saddenly doubled and came back upon me, the dogs following close _ 
at its heels; I stood. perfectly still until the animal had arrived within twenty feet before it observed me, when to my 
astonishment, seen of branching off to the right or to Sr MA, See ower iy bad, and en وملسي‎ de 
the ground F was enabled to make a successful shot, by whack H. wm proesred. 
. Considerable diversity of colour is observable in different gerissen, seine being much redder than eben? but the 
sexes are ۲ ی‎ $ by size, 
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