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Crown, under, upper-back, upper and under base tail beau- 

 tiful metallic blue; behind ear verditer-blue; side of 

 face, band on back, faint band across chest black; wing 

 green; tail greenish-blue; f., side of face, round eye 

 reddish-brown; upper brown; under whitish; wings 

 brown; tail green. Insects. 

 302* White-winged Superb-Warbler (Wren), M. cyanotus 



(leucopterus) , A. (exc. N. Ter.). r. saltbush, plains 4.8 

 Above, below deep cobalt-blue; wings white; quills brown; 

 tail dark-blue; f., upper brown, under white tinged 

 brown. Insects. 

 303 Purple-backed Superb Warbler (Wren), M. assi- 



milis, A. Stat. v.r. scrubs 5 



Crown, side of head, back purplish-blue; throat, chest, band 

 on upper back, rump black; chestnut-red patch inner 

 wing; rest wing brown; abdomen white; tail dark- 

 blue tipped white; f., brown; about eye rich chestnut; 

 under whitish; tail greenish-blue. Insects. 

 4 304*Emu-Wren, Stick-tail, Stipiturus malachurus, S.A., 

 4 E.A., W.A., f., throat brown. Insects. Stat. c. tussocks 7 



Upper brown streaked rufous; tail feathers long loosely 

 webbed, erect; throat blue; abdomen brown; runs. 

 305 Mallee Emu- Wren, 8. mallee, N.W.V. 



Stat. v.r. Spinifex (Triodia) 5 

 Like 304, but forehead chestnut; throat, chest light pur- 

 plish-blue; abdomen grayish-brown. 

 4 306*Bristle-Bird, Sphenura brachyptera, N.S.W., E.V., 

 4 Insects. Rich, varied notes. Stat. v.r. undergrowth 8.8 



Brown; throat, centre-breast lighter; shy; runs; f., sim. 

 307 Rufous Bristle-Bird (Rufous-headed), 8. broadbenti, 



W.V., S.A. (Otway Ranges to Mt. Lofty). 

 Rufous-brown; f., sim. Insects. Stat. v.r. dense scrub 10.5 



