42. MALUKUS. 287 



id. B. Austr. folio, iii. pi. 18; Jard. ^ Selby, III. Orn. ii. pi. 73. 

 Hg. 3; Graif, Gen. B. i. p. 1U5; Bp. Vonsp. i. p. 218; Cab. 3Ius. 

 Hein. Th. i. p. 41 ; lleichmh. ViUj. Neuholl. pp. 95, 290 ; Gould, 

 Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 317 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 204, no. 2876; 

 I)i(/(/les, Orn. Austr. pi. 44. fig. 5 ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. JV. S. W. 

 ii. p. 184. 

 Malurus superbus, Pelz. Ibis, 1870, p, 111. 



Achdf male. Crown of head light turquoisino blue ; the lores, 

 feathers in front of and above the eye, sides of crown, sides of neck, 

 and hind neck velvety blue-black ; mantle turquoisino blue of the 

 same tint as the head ; scapulars and remainder of back black ; 

 wangs brown, the quilb with lighter edges ; upper tail-coverts 

 velvety blue-black ; tail-feathers black, washed with deep purple, 

 the lateral ones slightly tipped with white ; feathers below the eye 

 and ear-coverts turquoise-blue ; cheeks, throat, and breast velvety 

 blue-black : centre of the body whitish, the sides of the body, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts fulvous-brown, the breast strongly washed 

 with blue where it adjoins the blue-black throat and chest ; thighs 

 fulvous-brown ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries ochraceous buft" ; 

 "bill black; feet brown; iris blackish brown" (Gould). Total 

 length 4-5 inches, culmeu 0-45, wing 1-95, tail 2*2, tarsus 0-9. 



Female. Has the lores and a circle surrounding the eye reddish 

 brown ; npper surface, wings, and tail brown ; under surface 

 brownish white; bill reddish brown ; feet fleshy brown. (Gould.) 



Hab. Eastern Australia, from Port Denison southwards ; South 

 Australia. 



a. S <id. sk. Australia. 



b. (S ad. St. Australia. Piu-chased. 



c. cJ ad. St. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. 



2. Malurus gouldi. 



Malurus longicaudus, Gmdd,P. Z. S. 1837, p. 148 (nee Tennn. Man. 

 (TOrn. 1820, p. Ixviii) * ; id. B. Austr. folio, iii. pi. 19; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 165 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 218 ; Beichenb. Vix/. Neuholl. 

 pp. 96, 290 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 320; Gray, 'Hand-l. B. 

 i. p. 204, uo. 2877 ; Digqlcs, Orn. Atistr. pi. 44. fig. ; Ramsay, Pr. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 184. 



Adult male. Crown of head rich turquoise-blue of an enamelled 

 texture ; in front of the eye a black spot ; sides of crown, sides of 

 neck, and a broad collar I'ound the hind neck velvety blue-black ; 

 the whole of the mantle and upper back enamelled turquoise-blue ; 

 scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts velvety blue- 

 black ; wings brown, the least wing-coverts and a few of the outer 

 greater coverts externally greyish blue, the median coverts dull 

 blue, the primaries with whity brown margins ; tail-feathers dark 

 ultramarine, with narrow white tips, becoming broader on the outer 

 ones : feathers below the eye, ear-coverts, and a tuft of plumes on 

 the hinder cheeks enamelled turquoisc-blue like the head ; cheeks, 



» Cf. Sundev. Ann. Nat. H. xviii. p; 252. 



