BY A. J. NORTH, F.L.S. 415 



ground coloui', spotted and blotched with dull wood-browii, inter- 

 mingled with obsolete markings of slaty-grey which are more 

 thickly disposed towards the larger end where an ill-defined zone 

 is formed. Length (A) 0-6 x 0-48 inch ; (B) 0-63 x 0-5 inch. 



Malurus pulcherrimus, Gould. 



A nest of this species found on the 25th of January, 1888, in a 

 low bush on the Napier Range, about one hundred miles inland 

 from Derby, is similar to those of other members of the genus, 

 being a dome-shaped structure, outwardly composed of long thin 

 strips of bark, matted together with spiders' cocoons, and lined 

 inside with the soft downy seeds of a composite plant. It contained 

 three eggs in an advanced state of incubation, oval in form, white, 

 sprinkled all over the larger end with reddish-brown markings. 

 Length (A) 0-68 x 048 inch ; (B) 0-68 x 0-45 inch. 



