MACROPUS MAJOR, Shaw. 
Great Grey Kang*aroo. 
Head of a Male, life-size. 
As reduced figures furnish but an inadequate idea of the size and facial expression of the 
larger species of Kangaroos, I have been constrained in many instances to publish double 
plates of these important Marsupials. The accompanying illustration will convey a just 
conception of the appearance of the animal at the moment of surprise, when it stands 
bolt upright on its hind legs, its huge tail completing the tripod which sustains its body. 
Twitching of the nose and the upcurling of the lips shown in the drawing are indications 
of anger often exhibited by these animals when their haunts are intruded upon. The hairy 
mntfle, common to all the members of the restricted genus Macropus, is far better shown 
in the opposite Plate than it possibly could be in the reduced figures ; and this forms an 
additional reason for giving the life-sized illustration. 
A detailed account of the species will be fonnd on the succeeding page. 
