HALMATU RUS THETIDIS, Sept سا‎ 
| Pademelon Wallaby. 
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Taid, Geoff. A F. Dui: Mun EE‏ پک 
Pademelon of the colonists af New South Wales. |‏ | 
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نے"‎ much as it is more abundant in New South Wales than any other. ft i sirietly a brush animal ; and consequently only 
| to be found in such localities. . All the brushes E lave visited from Mawarra to the Hunter, as well as those of the great 
range which stretches along parallel with the coast, are equally furoured with its presence; I have also received specimens 
fram Moreton Bay. It is nut unfrequently found running in the same locality, and even in company with the H Caja- 
` bafe, although the very humid parts of the forest appear to be less suited to it than to that species. | 
۲ ou As an article of food, bs eias مد‎ eet tener sid éieren sn) mere Vr dat of she 
IE Common Hare than that of any other European animal I can compare it with. 
= ل‎ 07500 The sexes are precisely alike in colour, but the female is a trifle smaller in sine. 
Be The species appears to have been first brought to Europe by the French navigators, who applicd to it the inappro- 
= quinte term of Thetidis (after their vessel), which, however, it would not be right to alter, Having seen the original 
EUR specimen in Paris, which is said to have been brought from Port Jackson, I am satisfied? of its identity with my own 
| OEC مس‎ 1 euin وله‎ ee ui la At Wee enge o geni 
VS. اما‎ brought home by Peron, and which I now believe to be identical with 47. Derbyan. | 
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