﻿32 Allen's naturalist's library. 



xii. bl\ck-gloved wallaby. macropus irma. 



Halmatiirus irma^ Jourdain, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. viii., p. 371 



(1837). 

 Macropiis {^Hahnaturiis) itianicaius^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 



1840, p. 127. 

 Macropiis }na)iicatHS^^.\.^x\\QM%Q:^ Jardine's Nat. Libr., Mamm., 



vol. xi., p. 223 (1841). 

 Maa-opiis irina^ Waterhouse, op. clt., p. 222 ; Thomas, Cat. 



Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 40 (1888). 



Characters. — Size small; form slender and graceful ; nose partly 

 hairy between the nostrils ; fur thick and soft. General colour 

 of upper-parts bluish-grey ; under-parts grey, tinged with yellow 

 or rufous; face-markings well defined; two dark "whisker- 

 marks " ; cheek-stripe yellow, extending backwards to the ear ; 

 ears long, their external surfaces and the crown of the head 

 black; inside of ear yellow, with a conspicuous black tip; a 

 dark stripe on the back of the neck ; an inconspicuous pale 

 hip-stripe ; fore legs and outside of hind legs grey ; part of fore 

 legs, as well as both feet, bright yellow; toes black ; tail, with 

 the sides and basal fourth, grey; terminal three-fourths, with 

 a well-defined crest of stiff black hairs both above and below ; 

 extreme tip occasionally white. Length of head and body 

 about 31 inches; that of tail 29 inches. 



Distribution. — Southern portion of Western Australia, where 

 this beautiful Wallaby, so easily recognised by its well-defined 

 markings and characteristic double-crested tail, is the only 

 representative of the group. 



XIIL AGILE WALLABY. MACROPUS AGILIS. 



Halmahinis agilis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1841, p. 81. 

 Macropus agilis, Giebel, Odontographie, p. 43 (1855); Thomas, 

 Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 42 (1888). 



