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and beating the bush as they go abreast, and loudly shouting i

: wow
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walking or, rather, pushing their way throug
: 5

) ae ae ‘ ylear a pO TOL oet t | e ch ance of s] 3
wow, VU L dr ve th D Ss before them, whe 1, dV raiting aac lear space ) y § 1
5 3 ‘] C MUA I I W “I e ;
ee 5 b be HK 1 oF of a reddis 1 tin on € pac O ey eck, alr ms, and rum .
enel al lo W of the ri I 2. 1 own com : ; Ss t} | f
d i fur OTIZZLEC I 9 7 , :
: y ie Ou side of he ears al d €& Space yetw een t e bl
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face gre 9 as hed with i uf L I th f d ]

hind I le 2S light br own tail OTIZZ ed oO} ey 3 under Sur face of the body pale yrey
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Leneth from the nose to the extremity of the tail

5 7
of tail , 2
of tarsus and toes, including the nail . , ; : : 58
ails . : 0 41

of arm and hand, including the nails . : : : 4.

of face from the tip of the nose to the base of the ear. ; 0 4
° : . 3 0 Q.

of ear : 5 1

: es STRICT ee Thetidis, but has much lare
This animal is closely allied to, and of nearly the same size as H. Thetidis, but has arger ears, and a
BAe prs ae ish orey which succeeds reddish r
much more dense and lengthened fur, the base of which is bluish grey, to brown, then
silvery white, the extreme tips being black.
: ne é i ss prove to be of larger size.
The above is the description of a female; the male will doubtless prove to be of 5

Habitat. Houtmann’s Abrolhos and Western Australia.

80. Halmaturus gracilis, Gould.
Macropus gracilis, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc. part xii. Pp. Os:

Face and all the upper surface of the body grizzled grey and dark brown, the erizzled appearance being pro-

duced by each hair being greyish white near the tip; sides of the neck and outer side of the limbs washed with
reddish brown ; margin of the anterior edge and the base of the posterior edge of the ear buffy white ; line from
the angle of the mouth dark brown; line along the side of the face, chin, and throat buffy white; under surface
ar to those of the upper surface of the body, and with a line
of black on the upper side at the apex for about one-third of

base, then brown, to which succeed

buffy grey; tail clothed with short grizzled hairs simil

“its leneth: fur somewhat soft to the touch, grey at the
s white, the points of the hairs being black ;

there are also numerous long black
hairs dispersed over the surface of the body; fe

et grizzled grey and rufous,

 

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Length from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail 2 6
of tail . : ; 1 ]

——— of tarsi and toes, including the nail 0 o
—— of arm and hand, including the nails : ; i 0 re
——— of the face from the tip of the nose to the base Of the eam? ¢ . 0 33
= OF tlhe Gar 0 2+

This is a very elegantly-formed little animal. In size it is somewt

: iat smaller than H. Derbianus, and has much
slighter fore arms.

Gilbert, who had a good knowledge of the Kangaroos, believed this
other species ; and, from a careful examination of the sinele
but I have not figured it because the ex

Habitat. The scrubs

animal to be quite distinct from every
specimen he sent me, I entertain the same opinion ;
1e only one I have seen.

estern Australia.

ample alluded to is ¢]
of the interior of W

81. Halmaturus Thetidis, F. Cuv, ef Geoff.

; ‘ . : : ; : : Tol. II. Pls. 3ieeam
Habitat. Brushes of New South Wales. ve cae
82. Halmaturus stigmaticus
> Sugmaticus, Gould
; : T 34,
Habitat. North-east coast of Australia, : . . : \ ol. tik Pls. 33 &
83. Halmaturus Billardierj
Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land. : ; : : Vol. II. Pls. 35 & 36.

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