290 MUSCICAl'ID.E. 



rich blue or greenish l)lue, the quills edged with greenish bine ; 

 upper tail-coverts exactly like the back; tail-feathers bluish, washed 

 with brighter blue on the edges, the feathers slightly tipped with 

 bluish Avhite ; fore part of crown a little brighter and more turquoise- 

 blue, as also the feathers over the eye ; in front of the eye a black 

 spot ; sides of the crown black, extending from the hinder part of 

 the eye above the ear-coverts, and joining a broad collar across the 

 hinder neck, and occupying the sides of the neck ; feathers below 

 the eye and the entire ear-coverts bright turquoise-blue, contrasting 

 with the head and back ; entire under surface of body rich cobalt, a 

 little deeper on the throat, with a broad black collar across the fore 

 neck, running up onto the sides of the neck behind the ear-coverts ; 

 thighs washed with greenish blue ; under wing-coverts fulvous, the 

 edge of the wing blue ; quills dusky brown below, ashy whitish 

 along the inner web ; " bill black ; iris and feet blackish brown " 

 (Gould). Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-05, tail 2-5, 

 tarsus 0"95, 



AduU female. Different from the male. Above ashy brown, rather 

 lighter brown on the sides of the neck ; quills dark brown, with 

 whity -brown edges ; tail dull greenish blue, with narrow white tips ; 

 lores and feathers round the eye rufons ; car-coverts light brown, 

 with narrow hair-like shaft-lines of whitish ; under surface of body 

 entirely white, the sides of the body ashy brown, as also the thighs ; 

 under wing-coverts and axUlaries buff ; quills brown below, fulve- 

 scent along the inner web; "bill reddish brown" (Gould). Total 

 length 4-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2*05, tail 2-75, tarsus 0-95. 



ifab. West Australia. 



a. c? ad. St. Australia. Purchased. 



b. cJ ad. st. ? South Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]. 

 c,d. (5 $ ad. st. West Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 

 e. J imm. st. Canning's River, W. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



6. Malurus leucopterus. 



Malurus leucopterus, Query et Gaim. Voy. de V Uraine, Zool. p. 108, 



pi. 23. fig. 2 ; Vig. H,- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Sac. xv. p. 222 ; Gould, B. 



Austr. folio, iii. pi. 25 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 05 ; Bp. Cotisp. i. p. 218 ; 



Reichenh. Vog. Neidtoll. pp. 99, 291 ; Gotdd, Handh. B. Austr. i. 



p. 330 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 204, no. 2886 ; Rainsay, Pr. Linn. 



Sac. N. S. W. ii. p. 184. 

 Amytis leucopterus. Lesson, Traite, p. 454. 

 Malurus cyanotus, Gmild, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 331. 



Adidt male. General colour above deep cobalt-blue from the 

 forehead to the tail; scapulars, all the inner coverts and inner 

 secondaries pure white ; outer coverts brown, washed with blue ; 

 quills light brown, the primaries edged with greenish blue, the 

 secondaries with brighter blue where they adjoin the inner white 

 plumes ; tail-feathers dark blue, the outer ones slightly shaded with 

 lighter blue towards the base and tipped with white ; sides of face, 

 sides of neck, and entire under surface of body deep cobalt-blue 



