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3 . New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



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

 Ramsay : Tristram Coll.'). 



2. Sydney (E. P. R. : Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



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



(with an egg of Chalcococcyx 

 basalis). 



3. Melbourne. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Mouth of Yarra River, Melbourne, Crowley Bequest. 



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



5. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



4. South Australia. Gould Coll. 

 4. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. South Australia. Nov. (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



2. Werribee, Victoria, 8th Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.J 



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 $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 113 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 28 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests # 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. cyaneus. They measure from -66 to '71 in length, and from 

 5 to '55 in breadth. 



8. Australia (E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Sandhurst, Victoria, 29th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 (A. J. North}. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania (C. Gould). Gould Coll. 

 1. Tasmania ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (W. H. Biynold). Crowley Bequest. 



Malurus splendens (Q. <$ .). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 5.) 



Malurus splendens, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. 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 $ Eggs Austr. 

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

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

 p. 243(1903). " 



The eggs of the Banded Superb-Warbler in the 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, 



