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 934. Sericornis gutturalis. 



Seriroriiis r/itttitralls De Vis, Pror. Rot/. Soc. Qneensl. vol. vi. p. 244. 1890 : Herberton, Queensland. 



Collared Scrub Wren. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 59U. 

 Range : QneensJand. 



935. Sericornis magna. 



Acanlhisa luacpia Gould, Birds Austr. Suppl. pi. 28. 1855 ; Tasmania. 



Scrub Tit. 



Mathews, Handlist 'No. 591. 



Eange : Tasmania. 



Genus MALURUS. 



^fahlnls Vieillot, Aiuili/se tioiiv. Ortiith, p. 44. 1816. 



T}'pe {hy monotypy) : M. cj/aneus (Gmelin). 



936. Malurus cyaneus cyaneus. 



Motwilla cjiauea Gmelin, Sl/s^ Nat. p. 991. 1789 : Tasmania. 

 S.ynonyms : 



Mohirus! longieaudus (not Temminck) Go\i\A, Syiiaps. Birds Austr. pt. iv, App. p. 4. 18.S8 : Tasmania. 

 Malurus gouldi Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Jfas. vol. iv. p. 287. 1879 : Tasmania. 



Long-tailed Bine Wren. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 592. 

 Range : Tasmania. 



Note. — Though recently often quoted as M. cyaneus (Ellis), reference to Ellis's 

 work proves this entrance to be a nnde name only. Ellis, Narr. Voi/. Capt. Coolt, 

 p. 22, 1782, wrote: "A small bird of the motacilla genus with a bright lilue head, 

 wliich we, on that account, called Motacilla cyanea." 



937. Malurus cyaneus cyanochlamys. 



Mdhinis cijawirhlaiin/s Sharpe, Proc. Zonl. Soc. {Loud.) 1881. p. 788 : Moreton Bay, Queenshanil. 



Silvery Bine Wren. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 593 (pars). 



Range : South Queensland. 



938. Malurus cyaneus australis. 



Malurus australis North, Ibis 1904. p. 072 : New South Wales (as far south as Sydney). 

 Blue Wren. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 593 (pars). 

 Range : New South Wales. 



939. Malurus cyaneus henriettae subsp. n. 

 Victorian Blue Wren. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 593 (pars). 



Differs from M. c. cyaneus in its shorter tail : from J/, c. australis iu its 



