( 22;; ) 

 144. Monarcha chalybeocephalus nitidus (Gould). 



Pii'zorhi/iwIiKs nitidus Goald, P. Z.S. 1840. p. 171 (" Xorth-west coast of Australia"). 



?, (Joolabing Station, Elvira River, E. Kimberley, 14. v. 19ua (No. R. 419). 

 cf, Bnnindie, Northern Territory, 2S. vii. 1U02 (No. R. 047), 

 " Bill dull blue, tip black." 



1 c?, 2 S ?, Margaret River, Northern Territory, 14. viii. 1902 (Nos. R. 63ei, 

 <i39, 040). 



(?, East of Mary River, NortUern Territory, 10. ix. 1902 (No. 747). 

 ;5 (Sd, (South) Alligator River, 5. vii., ;i(i. i.K., 12. x. 1903 (Nos. 161.5, 1010, 

 1251). 



145. Seisura nana Gould. 



Seistira iia/m Oould, .l/i«, .V. JJint. (4) vi, p. 224 (N. Australia). 



6 ad.. South Alligator River, 17. xi. 1902 (No. 7-50). 

 140. Malnrus dorsalis (Lewiu). 



Sylriii (hii'salix Lewin, B. Xew Hulliunl, pi. 14. 



3 ? ?, Derby, March 19ii:,' (Nos. 15s5, 1591, 1012). 



3 S ad., 2 ¥ juv., Meda Station, Derby, January and February 1902 (Nos. 

 394 to 397, 399). 



6 ¥ , Brock's Creek, 4, 0. viii. 1902 (Nos. R. 657, 660). 



S, Mt. Anderson, 31. x. 1901 (No. R. 2Sl). 



3 6S, 4 ¥ ¥, Eureka, .January, February 1903 (Nos. 984, 985, 986, IHH, 1102, 

 11U3, 1104). 



2 ¥ ¥, 20 miles west of South Alligator River, 30. iv., 1. v. 1903 (Nos. 1275, 

 1270). 



147. Malurus leucopterus Quoy & Gaimard. 



Malurm leucopterus Quoy & Gaimard, Yuij. aiUour da Muiule Zool. p. 108, pi. 23. fig. 2 (1824 : " sur 

 I'ile Dirk-Hatichs''). 



c^ ad., Poondand, N.W. Australia, 12. ix. 1901 (No. R. 210J. 



i ad., <? juv.. Marble Bar, N.W. Australia (Nos. R. 140, 147j. 



" i juv.," Derby, 8. iii. 1902 (No. 1610). 



" S juv.," East of South Alligator River, 5. viii. 1903 (No. wanting). 



¥, Nullagine, 14. iv. 1901 (No. R. 14S). 



" (? immat." Meda Station, Derby, 27. ii. 1902 (No. 398). 



148. Malurus pulcherrimus Gould. 



Muliiriis pidclierri iiius Gould, V.Z.ti. 1844. p. 100 ("Western Australia"). 



Si, 4 ¥ ¥, shot in the granite ranges ten miles east of South Alligator 

 River, July and August 1903 (Nos. 12s2 to 1280, 12f>S, 1289, 1292, l.")03, 1504). 



1 suppose these are all M. /Hdclii'irimus, though 1 cannot call the throat 

 and chest deep blue, but consider it, like Dr. Sharpe, to be black. The males 



