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by broad bands of dark brown, the tip of each feather bufFy vvhite ; 

 wings very dark brown ; the inner webs of the primaries with a senes 

 of large spots, assuming the form of bars, of a deep rūsty brown near 

 the shaft and fading into bufFy white on the margiu ; wing-coverts 

 tipped with rūsty red ; spurious wing \vith a row of rūsty red spots 

 on either side of the shaft ; tail dark brown, crossed by numerous 

 broad irregular bars of rūsty red, and tipped with pale buff; ear- 

 coverts and a stripe running down from the angle of the lower man- 

 dible dark brown ; chin, aU the under surface, and a broad band 

 which nearly encircles the neck, white, \vith a fine line of dark brown 

 dovvn the centre ; thighs deep rust-red, each feather with a line of 

 black down the centre and tipped with bufiy white ; cere very light 

 greenish flesh-colour ; irides wood-brown ; space round the eye pale 

 yellow, becoming brighter near the eye ; base of the upper mandible, 

 the under mandible and gape, very light horn-colour; tip of the 

 upper mandible black. 



Totai length, 16 inches; bill, l^; wing, 12^ , tail, 7f ; tarsi, 2į. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



.^GOTHELES LEUcoGASTER. yS. quoad colorenti JE. Nov. Hollan- 

 diae consimilis, at grandior, rostro longiore, et abdomine albo. 



Head black ; crown, lunar-shaped mark at the back of the head, and 

 a collar surrounding the neck, black, freckled Avith grey in the centre 

 of each feather ; back freckled black and white ; •wings brown, crossed 

 bj'^ numerous bands of lighter brown, freckled •with dark brown ; pri- 

 maries margined extemally with bufF, interrupted ^vith blotchings of 

 dark brovvn ; tail dark brown, crossed by numerous broad irregular 

 bands of reddish bufF, freckled -vvith dark bro-wn ; ear-coverts straw- 

 white ; chin, abdomen and under tail-coverts ■vvhite ; breast, sides of 

 the neck, and a narrow collar surrounding the back of the neck, 

 ■vvhite, crossed by numerous narrow freckled bars of black ; irides 

 dark brown ; upper mandible dark olive-brown, lower white, with ą 

 black tip ; legs pale yellow, claws black. 



Totai length, 91 inches ; bill, 1 ; ■vving, 5|; tail, 5 ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Malurus PULCHERRiMus. Mūl. Mas : vertice, et fascid dorsali 

 splendide violaceo-cceruleis ; orbitis et plumis auricularibus ex 

 (Brugine cceruleis ; gula indico-caruled, nigro subtiis indistincte 

 marginatd; plumis scapularibus castaneis ; loris, nuchd, et dorso 

 imo holoserico-nigris . Foem. : fusca, subths pallidior, orbitis ru- 

 bidefuscis. 

 Crown of the head and a broad band across the centre of the back 

 rich glossy violet-blue ; space surrounding the eye and the ear-coverts 

 verditer-blue ; throat intense indigo-blue, bounded below by an in- 

 distinct band of black ; lores, collar surrounding the back of the neck, 

 and the lo-wer part of the back, deep velvety black ; scapularies chest- 

 nut ; ■vvings bro^vvn ; tail dull greenish blue, indistinctly barred ■vvith a 

 darker tint and slightly tipped with white ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts vvhite ; bill and feet black ; irides dark bro^vvn. 



