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this tiny bird. In order to see it for the first time you must 

 trace it by the " see-saw " music, and tlie most pleasing voice 

 in the western bush, wliich should not be compared with that 

 of a Malurus, for there is no vivacity in it and not much energy 

 is expended. Rather does it tend towards a lullaby. To 

 hear it aloft among the branches for the first time and to 

 trace it to one of the smallest of our birds, say 200 feet 

 above, is a special delight to a naturalist. 



13. Malurus ELEGANs. Red- winged Wren. (Hall's Key, 

 p. 16.). 



A & B. Ad. <?s.| gg Denmark River. 

 C. Ad. ?. J 



The feathers of the back appear as if in two layers, an 

 upper silvery blue and an under silvery white, both inter- 

 mingling to give the silvery appearance. The blue feathers 

 are visible for nearly three quarters of an inch. 



14. Malurus lamberti. Lambert's Wren. (Hall's Key, 

 p. 16.) 



A, B, C, D. Ad. (^s. 15th to 29tli Oct., 1899. Geraldton. 



This species was fairly plentiful on the scrub-covered 

 sand-hills of the beach at Geraldton, and the discovery of a 

 nest with three unfledged young (28.10.99) warned me that 

 it was breeding-time. The nest was constructed in much the 

 same manner as that of M. cyaneus, and was placed in a 

 Melaleuca not above twelve inches from the ground. 



Since my return, I have been informed from Geraldton 

 that the males have moulted and become like the females in 

 plumage. 



15. Rhipidura albiscapa. White-shafted Fan-tail. 

 (Hall's Key, p. 17.) 



A. Ad. Tor Bay, Albany. 30.9.99. 



B. Ad. Katanning. 6.10.99. 



I here record this species as found in Western Australia, 

 and venture to do so because I cannot recognise in these 

 skins R. preissi of Cabanis, the difference, if any, between 

 that and R. albiscapa appearing to me to be of the 



