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for a sitting, fleshy-white, sprinkled all over with pale reddish- 

 brown markings, in one specimen (A.) forming a coalesced patch 

 on one end. Length (A) 068 x 0-5 inch ; (B) 0-68 x 0'5 inch ; 

 (C) 0-66 X 0-51 inch; (D) 0-67 x 048 inch. (North, P.L.S., 

 N.S. W., Vol. ii., 2nd Series, p. 406.) 



Hob. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, f Ramsay.) 



i- MALURUS GOXJLDIT, Shtwpe. 



(M. longicaudus, Gould.) 



Long-tailed Superb Warbler. 



Gould, Handhk. Bds. Ausi , Vol. i'., sp. 186, p. 320. 



The nest of this species is similarly constructed to that of M. 

 cyaneus, but rather larger, and is built in some low bush or tuft 

 of long grass. Eggs usually five for a sitting, and the largest of 

 all the gexLUsMalurus; they are fleshy-white with blotches and spots 

 of rich red scattered all over the surface, but particularly towards 

 the larger end, where in most instances they form a zone. A set 

 taken near Hobart, Tasmania, last year measures : — (A) 0'75 x 0'55 

 inch ; (B) 07 x 0-52 inch ; (C) 0-72 x 0-54 inch ; 



They breed during August and the four following months. 



Hah. Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania. {Ramsa/y.) 



MALURUS LAMBERTI, Vigors and Horsfield. 

 Lambert's Superb Warbler. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Ausf., Vol. i., sp. 191, p. 327. 



The nest of this species is similar to others of the genus. It is 



still to be found breeding in the neighbourhood of Sydney. The 



eggs of this species cannot be distinguished from those of M. 



cyaneus, or many others of the genus, two in the Dobroyde 



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