REVISION OF THE GENUS MALURUS. 
Subspecific characters. — Essentially similar in size to typical cyaneus but 
differs in having wings near to fuscous-black, secondaries broadly margined 
with deep blue, lighter and less pronounced on primaries, and upper coverts 
much suffused with blue and dusky-blue violet (2). 
This form is easily recognised by the amount of blue in the 
wing. Variation in the colour of head and mantle is even 
greater than in typical cyaneus, some specimens, including the 
type, having these parts rich deep blue, near to bradley’s blue. 
Examples from Flinders Island, while having slightly less blue 
in the wing, equal in all other respects those from the type 
locality. 
Malurus ( M .) cyaneus australis North. 
Malurus australis North, Ibis, 1904, p. 072 ; Sydney, New South Wales. 
Malurus cyaneus henriettae Mathews, Nov. Zool., 18, p. 357, 1912 ; 
Olinda, Victoria. 
Malurus cyaneus leggei Mathews, ib., p. 358, 1912 ; Port Adelaide, South 
Australia. 
Malurus cyaneus ashbyi Mathews, ib., p. 358, 1912 ; Kangaroo Island, 
South Australia. 
Range. — From about Sydney, New South Wales, south and west to Eyre 
Peninsula, South Australia. 
Specimens examined. — 32 from the following localities — Eastwood (Sydney), 
New South Wales ; Rutherglen, Ararat, Alexandra, Olinda, Selby, Yarra Glen, 
Rosedale, Narnargoon, Mitcham, Black Rock, Melbourne, Queenscliff, Cape 
Otway Forest, Lome, Victoria ; St. Kilda, South Australia ; Kangaroo Island. 
M easurements . — 
Wing Tail Exposed Culmen Tarsus 
22 males .. 50-55 (52) 53-65 (59-6) 9-9-5 21-24 (22-1) 
7 females . . 49-52 (50-5) 57-64 (60-2) 9 21-22 (21-5) 
Subspecific characters. — Averages less in all dimensions than typical cyaneus 
and elizabethae, and the blue of head and mantle, although variable, is generally 
lighter than in these two insular forms. Differs from cynochlamys in its much 
deeper colouration. 
Separation of mainland birds other than australis and 
cynochlamys appears to me unwarranted. Different shades of 
blue are apparent in specimens from the same locality. 
Malurus (M.) cyaneus cynochlamys Sharpe. 
Malurus cynochlamys Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1881, p. 788 ; Moreton 
Bay, South Queensland. 
Range .— Moreton Bay, S.E. Queensland, south to about Sydney, New 
South Wales on the coast, and towards the Murray River inland. 
Specimens examined . — 76 from the following localities — Brisbane, Dawson 
River, S. Queensland ; Warialda, Scone, Dungog, Maitland, Cobbora, Lithgow, 
Tarana, Rylstone, Tuggerah, Seaham, Upper Chichester River, Burrawa, 
Bathurst, New South Wales. 
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