104 Mr. E. Schwarz on the Wallabies 



plumage is black, the feathers at the side of the breast being 

 partly white and partly a mixture of black and white. Legs 

 coral-red. 



Wing 10-2 inches, tail 17. 



The only male of this species that I have seen was procured 

 by Major W. G. Nisbett some years ago at Puntum, eight 

 miles east of Sadone in the Myitkyina District, Burma, at 

 an elevation between G000 and 7000 feet. It is deposited 

 in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, and I 

 name it after Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graut. 



Gennmis mearsi, sp. n. 



cJ. — The feathers of the rump fringed with a band of 

 white at the tip. With this exception the whole plumage 

 is black, glossed wjth purplish blue, more richly so on the 

 upper part of the body. 



This species differs from the other species of black-breasted 

 silver-pheasants, with white fringes to the rump-feathers, by 

 having the whole rump glossed with bright blue, this gloss 

 becoming more intense near the white fringe and tending to 

 form a bar or band in front of the fringe. 



This species was sent me almost at the same time by; 

 Major A. Mears, of the Survey Department, from Sylhet, 

 and by Mr. A. C. Bate man from the Kamaing subdivision 

 of the Myitkyina District, Burma. 



I have also seen specimens from the North Khasi Hills, 

 Burra bazaar in Maui pur, and Commillah in Tippera, and 

 quite recently from Goalpara in Assam. 



I name this very distinct and handsome species after 

 Major A. Mea;s. 



XXII. — On the Wallabies usually referred to Macropus 

 agilis, Gould. By Ernst Schwakz. 



In examining the collection of Macropus agilis in the 

 British Museum, I have come to the conclusion that there 

 must be several subspecies, a fact which is very likely, as 

 the species has a wide range all over the northern part of 

 Australia and southern New Guinea. Three of them have 

 received names, while a fourth is undescribed. All the 

 three described forms were united by Thomas in the 

 1 Catalogue/ The British Museum now possessing a large 



