REVISION OF THE GENUS MALURUS. 
“Differs from M . s. splendens in its much deeper colour, and in having a 
very much slimmer bill.” (Mathews) 
No specimen exhibiting these characters has been seen by 
me. A single male from Yalgoo is markedly lighter than 
typical splendens and is here referred to M. s. aridus, new 
subspecies. 
M alums (M alums) lamberti Vigors and Horsfield. 
Ranging over the greater part of the continent and reaching 
the coast at least on the east and west, this is the most widely 
distributed wren of the genus. Four species with a similar 
type of plumage ( amabilis , dulcis, elegans, and pulcherrimus ) are 
confined to relatively small areas where the range of lamberti 
does not extend. 
A very interesting and representative series of specimens 
has been examined, and four readily recognised subspecies are 
admitted. 
Malums (M.) lamberti lamberti Vigors and Horsfield. 
M alums lamberti Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc., 15, p. 221 
1827 ; New South Wales. 
Range. — South-eastern Queensland south to Sydney, New South Wales 
(coastal). 
Specimens examined . — 21 from the following localities — Macpherson Range, 
South Queensland ; Tweed River, Richmond River, Lionsville, Stan well Park^ 
Wolgan Valley, Yarra Bay, Long Bay, Roseville, and near Sydnev, New 
South Wales. 
Measurements . — 
Wing Tail Exposed Culmen Tarsus 
14 males .. 48-51(49-5) 68-80(73) 9-10(9-5) 21-22 (21-7) 
5 females . . 48-49 (48-4) 67-78 (73-8) 9 21 
Male.— Forehead and crown calamine blue, merging into methyl blue on 
nape ; ear coverts and feathers around eye paler than crown ; lores, a band 
on back and sides of neck, lower part of back and upper tail coverts black ; 
upper back methyl blue like nape ; scapulars chestnut ; wing-quills fuscous, 
outer margins of primaries whitish, upper wing-coverts hair brown ; tail dark 
olive-grey, some feathers tipped white ; chin, throat and breast black, a few 
feathers on sides of breast tipped blue-violet ; remainder of under surface 
white becoming buffy brown on flanks and under tail coverts ; axillaries and 
under wing coverts pinkish buff, inner margins of wing-quills cartridge buff. 
“Bill black ; eyes dark brown ; feet brown.” 
Female. — Upper surface olive-brown ; wing-quills fuscous, outer margins 
of primaries whitish, upper wing-coverts hair brown ; tail dark olive grey, 
some feathers tipped white ; lores and feathers around eye chestnut ; chin 
and throat whitish merging into the olive brown of the upper surface on sides 
of neck ; remainder of under surface cream-buff becoming buffy brown on 
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