﻿2 2 Allen's naturalist's library. 



to the other ; its food consists of grasses, and the shoots 

 and leaves of the low scrubby trees which clothe the hills 

 it frequents." 



The Kangaroo described under the title of Macropus eritbcs- 

 cens appears to be nothing more than a somewhat rufous 

 variety of the present species. 



IV. ISABELLINE KANGAROO. MACROPUS ISABELLINUS. 



Osphranter isabellinus^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1841, p. 81. 

 Macropus isabellinus, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., vol. i., 

 p. 99 (1846); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 25 

 (1888). 



Character. — -Size large ; fur of medium length, very soft and 

 fine, but not woolly. General colour rich foxy red, becoming 

 white on the under-parts and limbs ; front of neck pure white, 

 sharply defined from the rufous nape by a ridge of opposed 

 hairs ; tail rufous grey. Size about the same as that of the 

 next species. 



Distribution. — North-western Australia and the adjacent 

 islands. 



In 1888 this fine species was only known by a single skin in 

 *lie collection of the British Museum. 



V. GREAT RED KANGAROO. MACROPUS RUFUS. 



Kangurus riifus^ Desmarest, Mamm. (Suppl.), vol. ih, p. 541 



(1822). 

 Kangurus laniger, Gaimard, Bull, Soc. Philom., 1823, p. 138. 

 Macropus lanigerus^ Gray, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 



p. 226 (1827) 

 Macropus rufus, Bennett, Cat. Nat. Hist. Austral. Mus., p. 6 



(1S37); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 25 (1828). 



Characters. — Size very large ; form robust, rather slender in 

 the female ; fur of back and sides short, close, and woolly, 



