674 Mr. W. R. Ogllvie-Grant on a 



Queensland, New South Wales (the type locality), and South 

 Australia have the margins o£ the feathers of the mantle 

 mostly buff, giving a somewhat Avarmer tint to these parts, 

 while in the males the forehead and crown are nearly uniform 

 dull rufous. As the whole of the series in the British 

 Museum lacks exact particulars — in no instance is the date 

 recorded — I hesitate to separate this greyer western form 

 from the typical S. malacurus, for the differences pointed 

 out may be purely seasonal, the brighter birds being per- 

 haps merely freshly moulted examples. 



A supposed new species, S. mallee, has been recently 

 described by Mr. A. J. Campbell, from the Mallee district, 

 Victoria. 



[The Emu-Wren was fairly plentiful around Albany and 

 generally frequented the swampy flats. — G. C. SJ] 



Mai.urus splendens (Quoy & Gaim.). 



Malurus splendens Math. p. 78. 



a-c. ^ ? . Arthur lUver, 2Gth & 27th June (winter 

 plumage). 



d, e. cJ . Dale River, 15th Dec, & 8th Jan. (summer 

 plumage) . 



/. (J. Avon River, 12th Jan. (summer plumage). 



Iris dark brown ; bill black in the male, bright chestnut 

 in the female; legs blackish-brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 5 25-5"5 inches. 



In cue female (specimen b) the outer webs of the quills 

 are edged with greenish-blue, in the other (c) they are edged 

 with brownish-white : the latter is possibly a younger bird. 

 [The Banded Superb Warbler is fairly plentiful in the 

 south-west, as far south as Busselton. I did not meet with 

 it in Albany, and it does not extend into the interior. — 

 G. C. S,] 



Malurus leucopterus Quoy & Gaim. 

 Malurus leucopterus Math. p. 78. 



a-d. J' et c? iram. Crookerdine Lake, 2-Ith & 25th July 

 (winter plumage) . 



