BETTONGIA - PENICILLATA, Gray. 
Jerboa Kangaroo. Iu | 
dicc dia سس‎ poi. dup. سس سس ا سے‎ et ۵ 
pila brenibur reh indutis ; torcia palle Zeg: cubdà ferruginto fusci mpernò ز‎ apice, per partem quartam longi- 
| reds totius, pilis fuse migris, Barro. isstrscté. S 
Dieser Far moderately long; and ont terg قد‎ te the Euch; general colour brown; das au the upper surfice grey - 
o es و لويس‎ A وه‎ under surface dirty white ; internal 
apical quarter clothed with eae Ke eh gr ln don the ter pc de tl and Fa 
form a kind of ta. او‎ ee ١ È 
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.. Like the other menibers ds; 
scratched on the ground for its e ah pì 
| the fot af bush or any large tft of grass; dating d Saz ger 
votis, it ould seem that after they have crepe under they drag tbe gross completely over tbe entrance, when, as T have | 
that it is scamely perceptible. The natives, however, rarely — 
dng iemates, by dashing their tomahawk or heavy ` ` 
ella at it. ‘Pas مرے‎ rorions circuinstance connected with the history of the Jerboa Kangaroo is the mode in which it i 
WT E dre ane far Dt west: these, as may be seen in the accompanying Plate, are carried with its tail, which n s 
usaagly profezade. aud, us may he easily imagined, their appearance when leaping towards their nests with their tails - 
اساسا‎ wath raso is eureedingly grotesque and amusing : this carious feat is even exbibited in a state of confinement, . 
before mated, the whole is so like the surrounding herb | 
pass without detecting los presence, and almost invariably kill the s ۱ 
ths کے‎ of Deby bnat a pair of then iw his Menagerie at Kuowseley, which evince the same natural habits, and 
Shi aiy ad Wee tile with the thay of their nests, and carry it round the cage in which they are kept. The. 
قرو ہد‎ vocero ol the مایق‎ Kangaroo ore low grassy hills and dry ridges thinly intersected with trees and bushes; bx 
wl كرس وال‎ tot siste, gregarions, manbere may be found in the satio locality. It is a nocturnal animal, lying curled 
op عد‎ Se dise: of s bull during the day, and sallying forth as night approaches in quest of food, which consists of 
Horner sori eas; the lamer being procured by scratching and burrowing; for which their fore-claws ‘are admirably 
Sia? عم خی‎ vicinity is frequently indicated by the little excavations they have made. When startled from their. 
EE 'or simal hole in a rock; ete.‏ ی —— Be‏ جب 
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