176 MATHEWS — Birds of North and North- West Australia 



sects on the wing, but appear to live on larger ones than 

 Ryania. The male is shy when in adult plumage, but he is 

 truly a lovely bird, and the colours of the head show out in the 

 light to a remarkable extent. They have no song, and the 

 "cMrripp" uttered while moving along tin flocks is far stronger 

 and easily recognised from that of Ri/ania. They always 

 select long rushes or bamboos, U p the stems of which they 

 climb with ease; they also feed more on the wing than Ryania. 



228. Ryania Melanocephala Boweri. Western Red-backed 

 Wren. 

 Malurus crumtatus boweri (Ramsay). Proc. Lenn. Soc 

 N.S.W,, Ser. II. Vol. II., 1886, p. 1100, 11887 Derby, North* 

 West Australia 



No. 303.— . Length, 9.9 (22/7/86). 



Irides, brown; bill, very dark brown; becoming bora 

 /colour for a short space in front of the nostrils, and on the 

 sides of the lower mandible; legs and toe, slate. 

 No. 398.— 5 . Length, 9.5 inches (13/10/86). 

 Irides, reddish-brown; bill, whitish-brown, darker in the 

 culmen at the tip and round the nostrils; legs and feet, bluish* 

 lead. 



No. 402.— $ . Length, 10. inches (13/10/86). 

 Irides, reddish-brown; eyelid, lead; fbill, black; legs and. 

 feet, slate. 



No. 443.— $ . Length 10. inches (26/10/86). 

 Irides, fine brown; bill, black; legs and feet, lead. 

 No. 496.— $ . Length, 9.5 inches (3/11/86). 

 Irides, brown, with a reddish tint; bill, black; tarsi and 

 feet, lead; the former tinged with olive. 



No. 213.— $ . Length, 4.3 inches (1/7/86). 



No. 233.— $ . Length, 4.3 inches (29/8/86). 



No. 257.— $ . Length, 5.2 inches '(2/9/86). 



No. 259.— . Length, 4.8 inches (2/9/86). 



No. 301.— $ . Length, 45 inches (21/7/86) 



Irides, brown; bill, black: legs and feet, flesh colour. 



No. 314.— $ . Length, 4.2 inches (26/7/86). 



No. 315.— 9 . Length, — inches (26/7/86).' 



No. 335.— $ . Length, 4.5 inches (30/7/86). 



No. 353.— 9 . Length, 4.3 inches (21/9/86). 



No. 3S1.— $ . Length, 4.3 inches (7/8/86).. 



No. 415.— 5. Length. 4,5 inches (20/10/86). 



No. 419.— $ . Length, 4.4 inches (21/10/86). 



No. 485.— 3 . Length, 4.4 inches (2/11 /SO). 



No. 489.— $ . Length, 4.4 inches (2/11/86). 



