OSPHRANTER ANTILOPINUS, Qouid. 
Red Wallaroo. 
Head of a Male, life-size, and of a Female, reduced. 
The Red Wallaroo, of the Cobourg Peninsula, a noble speeies, seeond only in colour and 
structure to the Osphranter rufus, must for ever form a conspicuous object among the indi- 
genous quadrupeds of Austraba. Its bare mufflle at once indicates it to be a less browzing 
animal than the Macropus major ; while the structure of its feet and toes equally indicate 
that stony and rocky districts are the situations in which it is destined to dwell. Much 
disparity occurs in the size of the sexes, the female being very much smaller than the male ; 
the accompanying illustration, however, does not portray the head of the female so large 
as it really is ; on the other hand, the head of the adult male is the size of life. Fierce, 
bold, and even dangerous is this powerfid animal. Its native rocks afford it partial pro- 
tection ; but it is one of the species which will soon be extirpated when Northern Austraba 
becomes peopled by miners or stockholders. 
The following Plate gives reduced fig ures of this fine species, and the accompanying letter- 
press a detailed account of its history and economy. 
