CANIS DINGO, j Blumenb. 
The Dingo. 
Head, of the size of life. 
The opposite life-sized head of the Dingo, or native Australian Dog, is portrayed so faith- 
fully, through the talent of Messrs. Richter and Krefft, that I am certain no one will 
regret my giving two plates of this animal : whether the head be viewed as a zoological 
illustration or as a work of art, it must be equally acceptable. 
The natural history of the Dingo is so fully entered into in the letter-press accompanying 
the reduced figures, both from my own observation of the animal in a state of nature 
and from the writings of previous authors, that to recapitulate them here would be super- 
fluous ; I therefore refer my readers to that account. 
It will be seen that the animal is subject to much variety of colour ; I might therefore 
have multiplied the plates to almost any extent ; but such a measure would have been of 
very questionable utility : I have therefore confined myself to one representing the normal 
style of colouring. 
