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HALMATURUS RUFICOLLIS. 
Rufoni-necked Wallaby. ۱ 
Sper. Char — Hon, ferais fas, allies له اد‎ mod) diet per labrum usput ad setos dc corpure 
Descr General colour rusty brows peu th e, EFT rey ut tha TER succeeded hy rusty, broadly 
7 Se, : pi the point; neck and shoulders almost entirely of a bright 
rust-red ; muzzle brownish Mech: sin the wiper ip a tolerably distinct white mark, which runs backward and 
terminates beneath the eye; apical iudi of the car externally blackish; internal surface of the ear. well clothed ۔‎ 
with white hairs, the tip monte maryined with Mack; on the chin a pateh of black; throat pure white; 
under surface of the body grevswk lo, the hairs یساسا‎ grey at the base and white at the extremity ; arms bright 
rust-colour grizzled with Mack gril testy white; lande black ; tarsi clothed with white hairs, all of which are 
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the tip. ` 
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ufo-gris rd. E Gi evan that the Ad iis eleguns of Lambert is also referable to the same animal ; an. 
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| state of its colouring. The JM. سسیماہ‎ is, moreover, said to he very scarce in New South Wales, while the 47. ruficolis 
جم ورشودوسصکوسمییرات ہے‎ Re رجا‎ E ی‎ e Former da ino 
` fhe undefined markings and variable colouring of the prese SE و ھا‎ i 
` that the Brash Wallaby of Van Diemei's Land, te which Mr. Waterhouse has given the name of Bennett, in honour of 
‘the late estimable Secretary of the Zoological Society, may be identical with it; and I am strengthened in this suppo- 
sition, by having observed that, as we proceed from Yan Diemen’s Land northward through the islands of Bass's Straits 
— ae She continent of Australia, the thick darle fur gradually gives place t9. thinner and rusty red coat similar 
و‎ the Sgure here given, from exmoples token i New South. Wales ; but shonld this supposition ultimately prove to be 
رسای‎ it must be conceded that the larger species of Wallaby imbabiting Flinders and King's Islands will be refer- ` 
able ti the present species, and uat ×× Monni, whore habitat wad then be confined to Van Diemen's Land. I may. 
tam rab, that Peron's specimess in the Purik Museum were collected on King’s Island, and are the originals from 
lick Dennarest. took his descriptions of ngis 
vis or these animals, EE BONN طول‎ con it be determine whether 
i مود‎ Shey are identical. 
Far species was formerly commen near Sydney, but is now grödonliy retiring before the advance of civilized man; 
> di abili. however, abundant in the thick Dhweysia scrub op the table-land behind Hlewarra, particularly on the fine estate 
XM CES visi. and for his 
îteat in procuring fine specimena. of fhis animale | 
air and ruficgriteus. 1 hope ere long to receive perfect skeletons of ` 
