( ^fil ) 



059. Malurus lamberti bernieri. 



Maliims hemicri Grant, Hull. liril. Oni. Cliili vol. xxiii. p. 72. 1009 ; Bernier Island, West 

 Australia. 



Bernior Island Bine-breasted Wren. 

 Range: West Anstralia (Bernier Island). 



960. Malurus amabilis amabilis. 



Miihirus amahilix Gould, Prnc. Zool. Soc. (Lnnd.) 1850. p. 277 (1851) : Cape York, Queensland. 



Synonym : 

 ,Uahiri<!< hypolfiiriix Gould, Ann. Maij. Xat. Hist. ser. iii. vol. xi.x. p. 3lJ9. 1867: Cape York, 

 Queensland. 



Lovely Wren. 



Mathews, HandUst No. 004. 



Range : North Qneensland. 



9()0a. Malurus amabilis barroni subsp. n. 

 Allied Lovely Wren. 



Differs from ..1/. a. amaljilis in having the chestnut scapular.s much darker. 

 Type : Oairns, North Qneensland, No. 8970. 

 Range : North Qneensland (Cairns). 



961. Malurus amabilis dulcis. 



Malurus dulcis Mathews, Bull, Brit. Ornilh. Cluli vol. xxi. p. 100. 1908 ; Arnhem Land. 

 Lavender-flanked Wren. 

 Mathews, Ilitndlist No. flOS (pars). 

 Range : Northern Territory. 



962. Malurus amabilis rogersi subsp. n. 



Western Lovely Wren. 



Much paler on the head and back than }[. a. dulcis, and also lacking the 

 lavender flanks characteristic of that form. The female is very different in 

 coloration. 



Type : North-West Anstralia (Napier Broome Bay), No. 5695. 



Range: North-West Anstralia. 



963. Malurus pulcherrimus. 



Malurus pulcltenimw! Gould, Pro,-. Zmil. Sor. {Lmid.) 1844. p, lOli : Western Australia. 

 Synonym : 



Malurus racruhicnjiillus Gray, Uaudl. Ifen. .S/i. Birds Brit. .Uns. vol. i. p. lioi. 18ii9 ; Western 

 Australia (nude name). 



Blue-breasted Wren. 

 Mathews, Ihindlist No. <)05. 

 Range : Western Australia. 



964. Malurus coronatus. 



Malurus mroualus Gould, Proc. Ziinl. Siir. {Lnnd.) 1857. p. 'i'H : Victoria River, Northern 

 Territory. 



Pnrple-crowued Wren. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 606. 



Range : North-West Australia, Nortiiern Territory. 



