MALIXRUS. 



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1. New South Wales. 



3. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Nov. (E. P. 

 Ramsay : Tristram Coll.). 



2. Sydney (E P. R. : Tristram Coll.). 



3. Bogan River, N.S.W., 30th Sept. 



(with an egg of Chalcococcyx 

 basalts). 

 3. Melbourne. 



3. Mouth of Yarra River, Melbourne, 



21st Nov. (A. J. North). 

 5. South Australia. 



4. South Australia. 

 4. South Australia. 



1. South Australia. 



3. South Australia, Nov. (Tristram 

 Coll.). 



2. Werribee, Victoria, 8th Dec. 



Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Malurus gouldi, Sharpe. 



Malurus longicaudus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 161, tab. xix. fig. 2 



(1845-54) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 320 (1865). 

 Malurus gouldi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 287 (1879) ; North, 



Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 113 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eicrsamml. 



p. 28 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8? Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 169 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 243 (1903). 



The eggs of the Long-tailed Superb-Warbler resemble those of 

 M. cyanevs. They measure from -66 to "71 in length, and from 

 •5 to - 55 in breadth. 



8. Australia (E. D. Atkinson). 



3. Sandhurst, Victoria, 29th 

 [A. J. North). 



2. Tasmania. 



3. Tasmania ( C. Gould) . 

 1. Tasmania (Wilson). 



1. Tasmania ( W. 11. Biynold). 



Nov. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Malurus splendens (Q. 4' &•)• 



(Plate XI. fig. 5.) 



Malurus splendens, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. p. 162, tab. xix. fig. 4 

 (1845-54) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 323 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 289 (1879); North, Nests Sf E</gs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 115 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 28 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 172 (1901) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 243 (1903). 



The eggs of the Banded Superb- Warbler in tho Collection 

 resemble some of those of M. cyaneus, and exhibit a well-marked 

 zone of spots at the broad end. They measure respectively : # 7 by 

 •48 ; -68 by -5. 



2. West Australia. 



Gould Coll. 



