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PETROGALE XANTHOPUS, GoM.
Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby.
A s in g l e F ig u r e o p t h e e n t i r e A n im a l , o f t h e s i z e o f l i f e .
Two reasons have induced me to give double figures of this animal—one to show its
peculiar brushy tail and richly coloured ears, of the size of life, while, in the sceneiy
accompanying the reduced figures, I hare endeavoured to portray the kind of country
inhabited by this new and very fine species. It was one of the last discoveries made
by one who sacrificed his life in the pursuit of natural history on the east coast of Australia
; and it would have been well if the name of Frederick Strange had been associated
with the species. Dr. Gray has, however, seized upon a good specific character in the
name of xanthapm, which will for ever serve to distinguish this fine species of the
genus Petrogale.
