No. 4.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 81 



pi.- 23, fig! 2, of the Atlas Zool. from Baie de Chiens marins, 

 and p. 118 Malurus leucopterus, pi. 23, fig. 1, from He Dirck 

 Hartighs in Baie de Chiens marins. The quotation of the 

 plates is undoubtedly from those prepared and shown to 

 Dumont but not at that time published. Dumont mentions 

 that the specimen of M. leucopterus had been lost in the 

 shipwreck, but that a good painting by Ara.go had been 

 preserved. If this painting were to be trusted then the bird 

 differed greatly from Shaw's Superb Warbler. This entry 

 seems to have hitherto been overlooked, but can be no longer, 

 as it is the first introduction and the names must be cited as 

 of Dumont. 



No more particular locality than Shark's Bay was given 

 in the text either by Dumont or Quoy and Gaimard for 

 Malurus textilis, but in the " Table Explicative des Planches 

 Oiseaux " I find 

 " PI. 23, fig. 1. Merion Natte, de la presqu' ile Peron, a 



la baie des Chiens Marins," 

 so that the type locality is Peron Peninsula, and not the Island 

 as might be suggested. Later, this may become an important 

 item, but as hereafter explained it does not seem of much 

 concern at the present moment. 



Though the birds had been well described and well figured, 

 through ignorance of the importance of locality, the names 

 were utilised for birds, not agreeing too well, from East 

 Australia. 



Thus Gould, in his Birds of Australia, figured two New 

 South Wales birds under the names above given, but later 

 became doubtful regarding the accuracy of the attachment in 

 one case but not the other. Thus in the Handbook, Vol. I., 

 1865, p. 330, he wrote under the heading " Malurus leucopterus 

 Quoy et Gaim.? " : "I regret that I have not been able to 

 clear up the doubt which exists in my mind, whether the present 

 bird is or is not distinct from the one figured by Messrs. Quoy 

 and Gaimard in the ' Voyage de l'Uranie,' since, on applying 

 at the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes for the purpose of 

 examining the original specimen, it could not be found ; the 



