REVISION OF THE GENUS MALURUS. 
M alums lungicaudus (not Temminck, 1820) Gould, Syn., pt. 4, App., p. 4, 
1838 ; S. Tasmania. 
Malurus gouldi Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. 287, 1879 ; new name 
for above. 
Malurus cyaneus fletcherae Mathews, Aust. Avian Rec., 1, p. 93, 1912 ; 
Ringarooma, North Tasmania. 
R ange.- — T asmania . 
Specimens examined. — 28 from the following localities — Hobart, Railton, 
Bridport, Browns River, Scottsdale, Launceston, Devonport and Springfield. 
M easurements . — 
Wing Tail Exposed Culmen Tarsus 
22 males .. 53-55-5(54) 61-72(65-4) 9-10 (9'9) 22-25(23-2) 
6 females . . 50 -55 (53) 63-73 (67) 9-10 (9-8) 23-24 (23-3) 
Male. — Forehead to nape, checks, ear-coverts and mantle salvia blue; 
lores, supraloral stripe, which joins a broad band on back and sides of neck, 
scapulars, lower back and upper tail-coverts black ; wings fuscous, outer 
margins of quills pale olive-grey, all upper coverts washed and marked with 
blue which varies greatly in shade ; tail urania blue, some feathers lighter on 
margin of outer web and tipped white ; chin, throat and breast dusky blue- 
violet (2) followed by a narrow band of black ; remainder of under surface 
white tinged buff and becoming drab on flanks and under tail coverts ; some 
feathers adjoining the black band on breast tipped pale blue ; axillaries and 
under wing-coverts pinkish buff, inner margins of wing-quills whitish. “Bill 
black ; eyes and feet brown.” 
Female. — Upper surface, including upper wing-coverts, mummy brown ; 
wing-quills fuscous, lighter on outer margins, from mummy brown on innermost 
secondaries to greyish on primaries ; tail olive-brown faintly suffused with 
blue ; lores and feathers around eye chestnut ; under surface white, tinged 
buff, and becoming drab on abdomen, flanks and under tail coverts. “Bill 
chestnut ; eyes brown ; feet light brown.” 
Individual variation in colour of head and mantle of the 
male is marked. No consistent difference between specimens 
from the north and south of the island is apparent. 
Malurus ( M .) cyaneus elizabethae Campbell. 
Malurus elizabethae A. J. Campbell, Ibis, 1901, p. 10 ; King Island, 
Bass Strait. 
Malurus cyaneus samueli Mathews, Aust. Avian Rec., 1, p. 93, 1912; 
Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 
Range— King Island and Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 
Specimens examined . — 18 from both islands. 
Measurements . — 
Wing Tail 
12 males . . 54-56 (54-8) 59-69 (67-4) 
2 females . . 53-54 65-60 
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Exposed Culmen Tarsus 
10 23-25 (23-8) 
10 24 
