. A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata. Odontographie, p. 43 (1855); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 52 (1888). Characters.—Size small; form light and agile ; naked part ofnose broad to the lip, the latter little developed ; fur of mediumlength, thick and soft, with a variable direction on the colour grizzled grey, rufous on the neck, which has nostreak; under-parts white; ears long, grey on the back, mar-gined in front with brown or black; a faint light hip-stripesometimes present; legs grey or rufous ; feet pale brown; tailwith the basal fourth grey, elsewhere brow
. A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata. Odontographie, p. 43 (1855); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 52 (1888). Characters.—Size small; form light and agile ; naked part ofnose broad to the lip, the latter little developed ; fur of mediumlength, thick and soft, with a variable direction on the colour grizzled grey, rufous on the neck, which has nostreak; under-parts white; ears long, grey on the back, mar-gined in front with brown or black; a faint light hip-stripesometimes present; legs grey or rufous ; feet pale brown; tailwith the basal fourth grey, elsewhere brown above and whitebeneath. Length of head and body about 25 inches ; of tail16 inches. Distribution.—Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. Habits.—When sitting up on its hind legs, the PademelonWallaby is about 20 inches in height. It is very common inNew South Wales, where it generally frequents scrub-covereddistricts. Its general habits appear to be very similar to thoseof other Wallabies. On account of the excellence of its flesh Si. I< VI KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES. 3 ) which is said to be very like that of the Hare in flavour, thisspecies is much hunted by the colonists. XX. DAMA WALLABY. MACROPUS Kangurus eugenii, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. dHist. Nat., vol. xvii., p. 38 {1817).Halmaturus eugenii, Schinz, in Cuviers Theirreichs, vol. i., p. 888 (1821).Macropus eugenii. Lesson, Man. Mamm., p. 227 (1827); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 54 (1888).Halmaturus derbianus. Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. i., p. 583 (1837).Macropus derbianus, Waterhouse, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc, p. 67 (1838).Halmaturus houtmanni, et H. dama, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1844, pp. 31, gracilis, Gould, op. cit., p. 103. (Plate V.) Characters.—Size small; form light and graceful ; nakedportion of muzzle ending some distance from the mouth ; furrather short in specimens from the mainland, longer in thosefrom the islands. General colour grizzled grey, rufous on theshoulders;
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