42, MALURUS. 293 



Orn, Aiistr. pi. 44. fig. .3; Ranisay, Pr. Liim. Sue. N. S. W. ii. 

 p. 184. 



Adult male (t3'pe of species). Head deep cobalt, more brilliant 

 and inclining to turquoise ou the forehead and eyebrow ; sides of 

 neck, as well as a collar round the hind neck, deep black ; middle 

 of the back fine cobalt-blue ; scapulars bright chestnut, generally 

 overshadowing the back so as to separate the blue mantle from the 

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

 and tail-feathers dull blue, tipped with white, which increases in 

 extent towards the outermost ; wings pale brown, the primaries 

 with lighter brown edges, the innermost greater coverts and secon- 

 daries slightly edged with rufous ; a three-cornered patch in front 

 of the eye, cheeks, throat, and breast deep black ; ear-coverts, 

 feathers in front of and round the eye, and a tuft of plumes on the 

 hinder cheeks bright turquoise-blue ; feathers on the sides of the 

 breast tipped with rich purplish blue ; centre of body whitish ; the 

 flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts sandy buff, as also the under 

 wing-coverts, which are rather deeper fulvous ; quills dark brown 

 below, fulvesceut along the edge of the inner web, the innermost 

 secondaries margined with nifous ou the inner web ; " bill black ; 

 feet and iris dark brown " (Gould). Total length 4'8 inches, culmeu 

 0-45, wing 1-95, tail 2*9, tarsus 0-9. 



Female. Has the body dull brown, the throat and under surface 

 much paler ; tail-feathers as in the male, but less bright ; bill and 

 space round the eye reddish brown ; feet brown. (Goidd.) 



Hah, The whole of Australia with the exception of the Cape- 

 York peninsula, Port-Essington district, Tasmania, and Western 

 Australia. 



«) b. 6 ^ ad. ,-<k. Austi'aUa. Linnean Society [P.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. (J ad. sk. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



il,e. (S $ ad. St. Australia. 



10. Malxirus amabilis. 



Marulus amabilis, Goiild, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 277; Macgill. Voy. ' Rattk- 



snake,' ii. p. 356; Gould, B. Amtr. folio, Suppl. pi. 21 ; ;'(/. Ilandh. 



B. Austr. i. p. 328 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 204, no. 2884 ; Ramsay, 



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

 Malurus bvpoleucus, Gould, Ann. K. Hist. (3) xix. p. 369 ; id. B. 



Austr. folio, Suppl. pi. 22 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 204, no. 2889 ; 



Ramsay, Pr, Linn, Hoc. N. S. W. ii. p. 207. 



Adult male. Crown of head and nape rich cobalt, the feathers 

 round the eye, ear-coverts, and a tuft of long plumes on the hinder 

 part of the cheeks, extending onto the sides of the neck, brighter 

 and more silvery cobalt, the feathers of an enamelled texture ; hind 

 neck and sides of neck velvety black, succeeded by a band of deep 

 cobalt-blue across the upper part of the mantle ; centre of the back 

 and scapulars conspicuously chestnut-rufous ; this is followed by a 

 band of bright cyancous across the lower back ; the entire rump 



