42. MALURUS. 289 



quills dark brown below, light fulvous along the inner webs ; •' bill 

 black; iris and legs blackish brown" {Gould). Total length 4-8 

 inclies, culmcn U-4, wing 1-95, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-8. 



Female. Has the lores and circle surrounding the eye reddish 

 brown; all the upper surface brown; under surface brownish 

 white : wiugs brown ; tail green, each feather slightly tijiped with 

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



Nab. Australia : Interior Province, Victoria, and South Australia. 



fi, b, c. tS ad. St. Interior of South Australia. Capt. Start [P.l 



d. cS ad. sk. Interior of South Austi'alia. Capt. Sturt [P.]! 



4. Malurus caUainus. 

 Malurus callainus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 302 ; id B. Austr. folio, 



^ ll 2''^p.-^'''i-J- ^- ^- P- 20^; no. 2891; Ramsay, P>: Linn. 

 Sac. iV; S. W. u. p. 184. 



Adult male (type of species). Crown of head most delicate tur- 

 quoisine blue of a silvery lustre, a little more cobalt on the edges of 

 the crown ; mantle also turquoisine blue, separated from the blue 

 crown by a black velvety collar round the hind neck, which extends 

 down the sides of the neck and joins the hinder part of the eye 

 above the ear-coverts ; scapulars black, edged with cobalt-blue ; 

 wings light brown, the inner greater and median coverts washed 

 with blue, the primaries narrowly edged with greenish blue ; lower 

 back and rump velvety black ; upper tail-coverts turquoisine blue ; 

 tail blue, with transverse vermiculations under certain lights aU 

 the feathers tipped with white : in front of the eye a black spot ; 

 feathers below the eye and ear-coverts pale silvery blue ; cheeks and 

 throat deep cobalt ; below the latter a black collar, extending on the 

 sides of the neck so as to join the black collar on the hind neck • 

 rest of under surface of body lighter cobalt, the lower abdomen 

 huffy white ; thighs and lower flanks fulvous-brown ; under wino- 

 coverts and axillaries yellowish buff; quills brown below, fulvescent 

 along the inner web. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-4 wing 2 

 tail 2-3, tarsus 0-9. {Mus. J. Gould.) ' ' 



Hab. Interior of South Australia. 



5. Malurus splendens. 



Saxicola splendens, Quay et Gaim. Toy. de I'Astr., Zool i n 197 

 pi. 10. fig. 1. ^" ' 



Malurus pectoralis, Gmdd, P. Z. S. 183.3, p. 106; id. Si/n. B. Amtr 

 part 1. J • 



IMalurus splendens, Gmdd, B. Austr. folio, iii. pi. 21 ; Gray, Gen B 

 1. p. 1G.J ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 218 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th 'i p 41 '• 

 Beichenb. T'oy. XeulwU. pp. 98, 291 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr { 

 ^; :? '^ ^>"y>^^""^-^- ^ J- P- 204, no. 2379 ; mgylcs, Orn. Amtr. 

 pi. 44. fig. 1 ; Bamsay, Pr. Linn. Sac. JV. S. W. ii. p. 184. 



Adult male. General colour above rich enamelled cobalt, the sca- 

 pulars exactly like the back ; wings brown, the coverts externally 



