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coloration ; that snbspecies approaching M. c. cuanochlami/Sy wliili> this agrees 

 more closely with that of the typical subspecies. 



Type : Victoria, No. 8146. 



Range : Victoria. 



040. Malurus cyaneus leggei subsp. n. 

 Southern Bine Wren. 

 Mathews, ILiiuUist No. 593 (pars). 



Differs from M. c. henriettae in its lighter coloration, though darker than 

 M. c. australis. 



Type : Point Adelaide, South Australia, No. 5504. 

 Range : South Australia. 



941. Malurus cyaneus ashbyi snbsp. n. 

 Kangaroo Island Bine Wren. 



Differs from M. c. leggei in its larger size and darker coloration on the back. 

 Type : Kangaroo Island, No. 2272. 

 Range : Kangaroo Island. 



942. Malurus cyaneus elizabethae. 



Malurus eViztthethae Campbell, Ibh 1891. p. in : King I., Bass Strait. 

 King Island Bine Wren. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 594. 

 Range : King Island, Bass Strait. 



943. Malurus melanotus melanotus. 



Mnluriis im-hmolux Gould, Prnr. Zool. So,: {Luml.) 1840. p. IGii (1841) : Western Belts of the 

 Murray, South Australia. 



Black-backed Wren. 



Mathews, Ihi/ir/list No. 595 (pars). 



Range: South Australia. 



944. Malurus melanotus victoriae subsp. n. 



Victorian Black-backed Wren. 



Mathews, Haiidlixt. No. 595 (pars). 



Differs from .17. m. melanotus in its larger size and deejjcr purple coloration. 



Type : Victoria (Carina), No. 2274. 



Range : Victoria. 



945. Malurus melanotus whitei. 



Malurux irhitfi Campbell, Emu vol. i. p. IJT. 1902 : Interior South Australia 



Darker Turquoise Wren. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 596. 

 Range : South Australia. 



946. Malurus melanotus callainus. 



Malurm callaimu Gould, Pr»r. Zoo!. Son. (Land.) lHfi7. p. .Sn2 : South Australia. 



Turquoise Wren. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 597 (pars). 



Range : South Australia. 



