116 MUSCICAPIDffi. 



' MALURUS PULCHERRIMUS, Gould. 



Blue-breasted Superb Warbler. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. AusL, Vol. i., sp. 190, p. 326. 



A nest of this species found by Mr. Froggatt on the 25th of 

 January 1888, in a low bush on the Napier Range, about one 

 hundred miles inland from Derby, North- western Australia, 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 0-48 inch ; (B) 0-68 x 0-45 inch. From the Macleayan 

 Musewn Collection. 



Hah. West and South-West Australia. {Eamsay.) 



^' MALURUS LEUOOPTERUS, Quoy et Gaimard. 



White-winged Superb Warbler. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 194, p. 330. 



" The nest is from the same district as the following species 

 and composed of the same materials and similarly placed ; it is a 

 little smaller and rather more loosely put together ; the eggs are 

 very similar, only a trifle smaller than those of M. leuconotus, and 

 the zone of reddish spots not so distinct ; they nevertheless vary 

 considerably,, some having the zone more defined, others which 

 have no zone at all are simply sprinkled all over the thicker end 

 with reddish-brown or light red spots; they breed during 

 September to December." {Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S. W., Vol. vii. 

 p. 49.) 



Dimensions of a set taken by Mr. James Ramsay at Tyndarie, 

 are as follows :— length (A) 059 x 0-43 inch ; (B) 58 x 0-43 

 inch ; (0) 0-58 x 0-45 inch ; (D) 0-62 x 045 inch. 



Hah. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 

 West and South- West Australia. {Bamsay.) 



