42. JIALURTJS. 2<Jo 



IT% °^-h''' ^f'"* ^'i"g-coverts and innermost secondaries sli<.htlv 

 edged wUh rufous; scapulars bright chestnut-red, extend^! backl 

 o\ the 'blue f I'Y:^' ^o separate the blue n.a;tle from t\e rest 

 ot the blue back; feathers in front of the eye, checks throat ,nrl 



?S'rfZn t;''' ^^'" '' ^'^ ^^"^^ tipp^dVithT^lish blu 

 tcatheis round the eye, ear-coverts, and tuft on the cheeks brio-hf 



JJab. West Australia and interior of South AustraKa 



''/• ^ ? f- sk. N.W. Australia. J R ETet' F.n rP i 



^ '-•d- -l^- Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.].-^" 



12. Malurus coronatus. 

 Mahirus coronatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, p 9oi . i^ -n . , ... 



. ^*.;< »,«?. (tjpe of species). General colour .bore saodv bpo^„ 



&^re!!-rzrb;„-^.L.'s-e~ 

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bik S el '"«• '""■-5°™"-'». »"<! a eollnr round the UnTneck 

 bljek : cheeks and under surface of bodv huffv irhito ,-„.i.i- . 

 sandy buff on the side, of the body and S,dcr\^' f„' 'i'"'°".',° 



bill black; feet pale brown; "iris brown " (V/.,^»-» T./i i !?/ 

 0-5 inches cubnen 0-5, wing 2-25, tail ^ tirt^^S."^''^ ''"^^' 

 Adult fanale General colour above sandy brown the crown of 

 the head a little more ashy brown; least ^ wing coverts Zhtlv 

 washc;d with ashy broM'n, the remainder dark brown Tnternallve? 

 tornaUy sandy bro^vn like the back, the secondares .So outwardh: 

 sandy brown, the primaries margined with wbitv l™ ^ 



tail-coverts and taU blue, the reSes Led .Sth Jw "^'^'^ 

 broadly on the outer one^, which a^Tls^ThM.^^ I Jj t' oX 

 web ; lores eyebrow, and a ring round the eve whitish ; ear coverts 

 maroon ; checks, throat, and centre of abdomen white • Thp r . 

 and sides of the body shindy buff, as weU as the u^^f ., !;!,^re" 

 and axillanes: qudls dark brown below, fulvescent along '^he edge 



