﻿20 Allen's naturallst's library. 



Halmaturus antiiopiniis, Schinz,Synops. Mamm., vol. i., p. 564 



(1844). 

 Afacrof-us aiiiilopinns, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., vol. i., 

 p. 95 (1846); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 21 

 (1888). 



Characters. — Size large ; form stout and heavy. Fur very 

 short, coarse, and straight, without under-fur. Nose entirely 

 naked. General colour rich rufous, without face-markings, 

 and becoming whitish on the under-parts. Fore and hind feet 

 rufous brown, shading into black on the toes ; tail rather 

 darker at the tip, but otherwise coloured as the body. Ears 

 short; feet rather short, with the central hind claw very short. 

 Length of head and body about 56 inches ; tail about 36 

 inches. Female smaller, and less brightly coloured, with the 

 general hue of the fur greyish-fawn, in place of rufous. Skull 

 with the region of the nose enormously inflated. 



Distribution. — The whole of the northern territory of Aus- 

 tralia. 



HaMts. — Nothing seems to have been ascertained as to the 

 habits of this magnificent species, which is very rare in European 

 collections ; no specimens having been received between the 

 date in which the species was originally described by Mr. Gould 

 and the year 1888. 



ITL THE wallaroo. MACROPUS ROP.USTUS. 



Macropus {FetrogLile) robusius, QiOuXdi, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1840, 



p. 92. 

 Petrogale robusta, Gray, in Grey's Australia, Appendix, vol. ii., 



p. 403 (1841). 

 Macropiis robitsti/s, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., vol. i., p. 



TOO (1846); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 22 



(1888). 



