MALURUS LAMBERT! 



the middle of the back upon the rump, which is black ; in running into 

 the black, the blue feathers are tipped with that colour, the tips becoming 

 broader until the feathers become uniform in colour ; the scapulary fea- 

 thers are bright chesnut : the wings are umber-brown, the quills with pale 

 edges : the throat and breast deep black, the centre of the belly nearly pure 

 white, on the sides and under the wings tinged with reddish-yellow : the 

 tail is umber-brown, tinged with a greenish-blue, the feathers tipped with 

 bluish-white. 



According to Lew in, the female of this species is above bluish-grey, 

 with the under parts light ochre-yellow. 



This very beautiful species has been named in honour of Aylmer 

 Bqurke Lambert, Esq. Vice-President of the Linnean Society. 



