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that are eaten, and these are constantly exposed for sale in Hobart ‘Town, Launceston, and othe a
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of the country. The female closely re
ave the specific appellation of Bennettu to this animal, in honour of a]

sembles the male in colour, but is about one-third less in size

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Mr. Waterhouse, who g
yw inclined to consider it to be merely a local vane
} rariety

talented Secretary of the Zoological Society, 1s n¢
uficollis of New South Wales, an animal which does not accord with it in colour i
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of the Halmaturus r
at larger size; it will be seen that I have treated them as distinct : in either case if

which is of a somewh
becomes necessary, in order duly to illustrate the subject, to figure both.

Fur rather long and moderately soft ; general tint a very deep grey, inclining to black on the pack:
somewhat paler on the sides of the body, with a rust-like tint on the back of the neck, base of ears, he
haunches, shoulders, and in the region of the eye; under surface of the body and the inner side and fore
part of the hinder legs greyish-white ; muzzle black ; crown of the head brownish-black ; an obscure whitish
line extends backwards from the corners of the mouth, and becomes obliterated on the cheeks ; lips dirty.
white; chin blackish ; ears white internally, black externally ; hands, toes, and outer side of the heel black;
hairs of the tail (excepting at the base, where they are of the same colours and character as those of He
body) black, broadly annulated with white near the apex ; tip of the tail black, under side of the tail white ;
the hairs on the upper part of the body are of a deep slate-colour at the base, the remaining portion of each
hair is black, annulated with white, or more generally with pale rust-colour; on the under parts of the
body the hairs are of a deep slate-colour, with the apical portion white.

The figure of the head is of the natural size ; that of the entire animal is much reduced.