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XII. BLACK-GLOVED WALLABY. MACROPUS IRMA. j 
Halmaturus wma, Jourdain, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vill, p. 371 | 
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Macropus (Halmaturus) maniatus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 
1840, p. 127. | 
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Macropus manicatus,Waterhouse, Jardine’s Nat. Libr., Mamm., | 
vol. xi., p. 223 (1841). : i 
Macropus irma, Waterhouse, of. cit, 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. 
XIII. AGILE WALLABY. MACROPUS AGILIS. 
Halmaturus agilts, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 134%, Prot 
Macropus agilis, Giebel, Odontographie, p. 43 (1855); Thomas, 
Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 42 (1888). 
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