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Crown, under, upper-back, upper and under base tail beau- 
tiful metallic blue; behind ear verditer-blue ; side of 
face, band on back, faint band across chest black; wing 
green; tail greenish-blue; f., side of face, round eye 
reddish-brown; upper brown; under whitish; wings 
brown; tail green. Insects. 
302* White-winged Superb-Warbler (Wren), M. cyanotus 
(leucopterus) , A. (exc. N. Ter.). r. salt hush, plains 4.8 
Above, below deep cobalt-blue; wings white; quills brown; 
tail dark-blue; f., upper brown, under white tinged 
brown. Insects. 
303 Purple-backed Superb Warbler (Wren), M. assi- 
miliSy A. Stat. v.r. scrubs 5 
Crown, side of head, back purplish-blue; throat, chest, band 
on upper back, rump black; chestnut-red patch inner 
wing; rest wing brown; abdomen white; tail dark- 
blue tipped white; f., brown; about eye rich chestnut; 
under whitish; tail greenish-blue. Insects. 
4 304 *Emu- Wren, Stick-tail, Stipifurus malachurns, S.A., 
4 E.A., W.A., f., throat brown. Insects. Stat. c. tussocks 7 
Upper brown streaked rufous; tail feathers long loosely 
webbed, erect; throat blue; abdomen brown; runs» 
305 Mallee Emu- Wren, S. mallee, N.W.V. 
Stat. v.r. Spinifex (Triodia) 5 
Like 304, but forehead chestnut; throat, chest light pur- 
plish-blue; abdomen grayish-brown. 
4 306*Bristle-Bird, Sphenura hrachyptera, N.S.W., E.V., 
4 Insects. Rich, varied notes. Stat. v.r. undergrowth 8.8 
Brown; throat, centre-breast lighter; shy; runs; f., sim. 
307 Rufous Bristle-Bird (Rufous-headed), S, hroadhenti, 
W.V., S.A. (Otway Ranges to Mt. Lofty). 
Rufous-brown; f., sim. Insects. Stat. v.r. dense serial) 10.5 
