GEE CSO EL OSPHRANTER ANTILOPINUS, Red Wallaroo. Gould. Spec. Char.—Mas. Osph. vellere rigido, adpresso ; colore fe rruginoso, apud faci ce +7: 5 PRG 8 » apud faciem et humeros pallidiore ; corpore subtius aM. Vellere minus rioido et 2s 0 J ) cl] et LU 7b MALIS LAL d rare E } ; 12 1aB IS Lad quam im mare ; colore ex arenaceo fuscescente apud h ‘0S faciem VINACEO-CiNELVEO nota flaves Nt ~f2 ly 1 | = a : > . ; ) AvESCEN fu va ante aures, et altera pallidiore per labrum ducta Descr—Maue. Fur of the body rigid and adpressed; general colour rusty r i ee a 5 gener ur rusty red, becoming paler on the face and s ene Te 1S ] > ‘ . r yellowish white on the throat, chest, abdomen and inside of the limbs: hands and feet ark re S . yr mmRS pe : ; dark reddish brown, passing into black on the toes; tip of the tail reddish brown Femare. Fur less rigid < i : SMALE. Ss id and more loose tha > mm i g ‘ loo: nin the male; general c rT sh s ing i i a é nale; general colour reddish sandy brown, passing into vinous a ' y, ‘ ers, back of the neck and face; base of the ear externally dark brownish erey, passing into yellowish white ards the tips: 1 diately in fi F aaa Se : 7. te towards the tips; immediately in front of the ear a conspicuous patch of yellowish buff; a light yuff mark also extends fr Nes er : : ; 2 : ‘i a eat nds from beneath the eye along the upper lip; throat, chest, abdomen and inside of the limbs pale yellowish white; hands and feet dark brown, becoming black towards the nails Male. Female. . an feet. inches. feet. inches. uength from the nose to the extremity of the tail 7 3 5 6 5 OH tell oe ee 2 9 2 3 ,, tarsus and toes, including the nail . ] ] 11 »» 5) arm and hand, including the nails oe ] 2 1] ,, face from the tip of the nose to the base of the ear . . . ie} 6 a ny eR ee ear eee : ee ee 43 34 Osphranter Antilopinus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IX. p. 80. Mar-ra-a-woke of the Aborigines of Port Essington. From the period at which Australia was first visited by our enterprising navigators to the present time, our know- ledge of its natural productions has been almost entirely confined to those of the narrow and limited tract of land bordering its eastern and southern shores; and it may fairly be said, that the whole of the zoology of the vast range of country washed by the seas of Torres’ Straits is as much or more unknown than that of any similar extent of country in the world; and in exemplification of what I have here asserted of our ignorance of the productions of that region, I may mention that the noble Kangaroo here figured is only one of many new and interesting animals I have lately received from these parts. It is very abundant on the Cobourg Peninsula, and I have no doubt that, when the country towards the interior from these parts 1s explored, it will there be found in great numbers, particularly on the hilly ground, and that it possesses an extensive range, assimilating very closely in habits and economy to the great Black Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus), its remarkable analogue of the southern and eastern coasts. Two very fine specimens, from which my figures and dimensions are taken, were collected by Mr. Gilbert while at Japtain Chambers, however, late of H.M.S. Pelorus, has placed, at my disposal, yecies, which clearly indicate that the animal Port Essington, and these in all probability are the only perfect specimens in Europe: the weight of the male was about one hundred and twenty pounds. ( for the purpose of comparison, &c., several imperfect skins of this s] frequently attains a much larger size ; and that gentleman also assured me that he has himself seen examples weighing few species therefore exceed it in size, and certainly, with the exception of Macropus 1 Captain Chambers further informed me, that when hardly among the rocks a most dangerous animal to one hundred and seventy pounds ; laniger, none in the richness of its colour and markings. pressed in the chase it becomes exceedingly fierce and bold, and while o tumbled over a precipice and killed by an old male: in this fierceness of encounter, one of his finest dogs being disposition it exhibits a striking resemblance to the Black Wallaroo ; they also closely assimilate im the diminutive size of their females.