292 MUsciCAPiDJi:. 



Maluru8 pidcherrimus (m'c Guttld), Gray, Iluml-I. B. i. p. 204, uu. 

 2881 (specimens examined). 



Adult male. Crown of head diill blue, the forehead aud sides of 

 the crown silvery cobalt-blue, forming- a broad eyebrow ; round the 

 hind neck a broad black collar, extending onto the sides of the neck 

 and reaching to the hinder ear-coverts ; mantle and upper back 

 light silvery cobalt ; scapulars chestnut-red, extending somewhat 

 over the back, so as to separate the mantle from the back ; wings 

 brown, the primaries edged with whity brown, the inner greater 

 coverts and secondaries slightly edged with rufous, the wing-coverts 

 darker, and the outer ones blackish ; lower back and rump velvety 

 black ; upper tail- coverts and tail greyish blue, the outer feathers 

 tipped narrowly with white ; in front of the eye a three- 

 cornered patch of black ; feathers below the eye and ear-coverts 

 turquoise-blue ; cheeks, throat, and breast blue-black, with a 

 slight purplish-blue shade on the sides of the breast ; rest of 

 under surface bufEy white ; the flanks, sides of body, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts fulvous-brovni ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 tawny buflf; quills dark brown below, fulvescent along the edge 

 of the inner web ; " biU black ; iris and feet blackish brown " 

 ( Gould). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 1*95, taU 2-9, 

 tarsus 1. 



Adult female. General colour above rusty brown, the head and 

 neck more greyish brown ; wings brown, the coverts and quills 

 dusky brown, edged with the same rusty brown as the back, the 

 primaries with whity brown ; upper tail-coverts and tail dull greyish 

 blue, with very small whitish tips to the outer tail-feathers ; in 

 front of the eye a triangular rufous spot ; ear-coverts greyish brown, 

 with nearly obsolete whitish shaft-lines ; throat and centre of the 

 body below dull whitish, washed with greyish brown on the sides of 

 the neck and breast ; the sides of the body, thighs, and under taU- 

 coverts fulvous-brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries tawny 

 buff; quills dark brown below, fulvescent along the edge of the 

 inner web. Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 1-9, tail 2-8, 

 tarsus 0'85. 



Hah. Western Australia. 



«, b. ^ 2 8'd- st. Australia. 



c,d. cJ 2 ad. St. Australia. Pm'chased. 



e. (S ad. St. South Australia. F. G. Moore, Esq. [P.]. 



/. S juv. sk. West Austi-alia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.J. 



9. Malurus lamberti. 



Superb Warbler, Shaw, in White s Voy. N. S. Wales, p. 256, fig. inf. 



(nee Lath.). 

 Sylvia cyanea, Lewin, B. New Holl. pi. xv. {nee Lath.). 

 Malurus lamberti, Vig. 8f Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 221 ; Gould, 



<$■(/«. B. Amtr. part i. ; id. B. Amfr. folio, iii. pi. 24 ; Jard. ^ Selby, 



III. Orn. ii. pi. 72. fig. 2; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 16.5; Bp. Ccmsp. i. 



p. 218 ; Reichenb. Vog. Neuholl pp. 100, 291 ; Gould, Handb. B. 



Austr. i. p. 327 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 204, no. 2882 ; Biggies, 



