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this tiny bird. In order to see it for the first time you must 
trace it by the " see-saw '^ music, and the most pleasing voice 
in the western bush, which should not be compared with that 
of a Malurus, for there is no vivacity in it and not much energy 
is expended. Rather does it tend towards a lullaby. To 
hear it aloft among the branches for the first time and to 
trace it to one of the smallest of onr birds, say 200 feet 
above, is a special delight to a naturalist. 
13. Malurus ELEGANs. Red- winged Wren. (HalFsKey, 
p. 16.). 
A & B. Ad. S s. 1^^^^^^ Denmark River. 
C. Ad. ? . J 
The feathers of the back appear as if in two layers, an 
upper silvery blue and an under silvery white, both inter- 
mingling to give the silvery appearance. The blue feathers 
are visible for nearly three quarters of an inch. 
14. Malurus lamberti. Lambert^s Wren. (Hall's Key, 
p. 16.) 
A, B, C, D. Ad. S s. loth to 29th Oct., 1899. Geraldton. 
This species was fairly plentiful on the scrub-covered 
sand-hills of the beach at Geraldton, and the discovery of a 
nest with three unfledged young (28.10.99) warned me that 
it was breeding-time. The nest was constructed in much the 
same manner as that of M. cyaneus, and was placed in a 
Melaleuca not above twelve inches from the ground. 
Since my return, I have been informed from Geraldton 
that the males have moulted and become like the females in 
plumage. 
15. Rhipidura albiscapa. White-shafted Fan-tail. 
(HalFs Key, p. 17.) 
A. Ad. Tor Bay, Albany. 30.9.99. 
B. Ad. Katanning. 6.10.99. 
I here record this species as found in AYestern Australia, 
and venture to do so because I cannot recognise in these 
skins R. preissi of Cabanis, the difference, if any, between 
that and R. albiscapa appearing to me to be of the 
