676 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 



This western form of M. lamberti Vig. & Horsf. is distin- 

 guished by having the feathers of the middle of the back 

 purplish-blue instead of cobalt-blue. 



[According to Mr. Milligan, this species is much less shy 

 than M. pulcherrinms, and has an entirely different call-note. 

 — G. C. S.'\ 



Malurus bernieri. (Plate IX. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Mahirus bernieri Grant, Bull. B.O.C. xxiii. p. 72 (1909). 



Adult male. Nearly allied to M. assimilis North, but the 

 feathers round the eye and the ear-coverts are bright purplish- 

 blue (not bright cobalt-blue) and contrast but little with the 

 darker purple-blue colour of the crown, which is the same 

 in both species. Bill black ; wing 1'8 inch. 



Adult female. Indistinguishable from the female of 

 M. lamberti. 



Iris dark brown; bill light chestnut; legs dark cinnamon- 

 brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 5*25 inches. 



a-c. S ? . Bernier Island, 22nd June & 12th July. 

 (Types of the species : in summer plumage.) 



In both male examples the tail is incomplete. It is rather 

 curious that although they were killed in June and July 

 respectively, that is to say in mid-winter, both are in summer 

 plumage. 



Malurus pulcherrimus Gould. 

 Malurus pulcherrimus Math. p. 79. 



a. (^ . Kurrawang, 6th Sept. (summer plumage). 



b. cJ . Stockpool, 25th Jan. (assuming winter plumage). 

 c-e. cJ $ . Dwaladine, 4th & 5th March (assuming 



winter plumage). 

 /. ? . Dale River, 15 Dec. 



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

 female ; feet dark brown or olive-brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 5*2-5*75 inches. 



One male (specimen b) killed in September is still in 

 partial summer plumage on the head, back, and scapulars ; 

 while c and d, procured on March 4th, have nearly assumed 

 the change plumage. 



