MALUEUS AM AB I LIS (Gould). 



LOVELY SUPERB WARBLER. 



f I^HIS species, an inhabitant of Cape York Peninsula, resembles, both in appearance and habits, the 

 J- Malurus Elegans of Western Australia. It was first procured by one of the officers of the 

 surveying ship " Rattlesnake," and forwarded to the Zoological Society of London, in the proceedings of 

 which society the first description appeared. 



The head, ear-coverts, and the centre of the back are delicate violet-blue ; the lores, throat, 

 chest, crescent across the upper part of the back, and the rump are black ; scapularies, chestnut ; wings, 

 brown ; abdomen, greyish-white ; tail feathers, dark greenish-blue, tipped with white ; irides, grey ; bill, 

 black ; legs and feet, chestnut brown. 



Habitat : Cape York Peninsula. 



