REVISION OF THE GENUS MALURUS. 
Measurements . — ■ 
Wing Tail Exposed Culmen Tarsus 
15 males . . 51-53 (52-4) 72-83 (78-4) 10 22-24 (22-9) 
2 females . . 50 76-80 9 23-22 
Male. — Forehead to nape, ear-coverts, feathers around eye and upper 
back beryl blue, appearing darker on the crown where the blackish brown 
bases of the feathers are evident, and lighter on the upper back, the bases of the 
feathers being white ; lores, a band on back and sides of neck, and lower back, 
black , scapulars chestnut ; wings fuscous, outer margins of quills and margins 
of upper wing-coverts much lighter, some of the latter tinged blue-violet ; 
tail and upper tail-coverts dark grayish blue-green, coverts with black bases 
and some tail feathers tipped white ; chin, throat and breast dusky blue-violet 
(2), a few feathers across lower breast black; remainder of under surface 
white becoming drab on flanks and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under 
wing-coverts warm buff, inner margins of wing quills almost white. “Bill 
black ; eyes very dark brown ; feet brownish-black.” 
Female. — General colour of upper surface mummy brown, bases of the 
feathers deep neutral gray which gives top and sides of head to nape a grayish 
appearance ; wings fuscous, outer margins of quills lighter, margins of the 
innermost secondaries and upper wing-coverts mummy brown like back ; 
tail dark grayish blue-green , lores burnt sienna ; under surface white, tinged 
buff and becoming drab on flanks and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under 
wing-coverts warm buff, inner margins of wing-quills almost white. “Bill 
blackish brown ; eyes dark brown ; feet olivaceous brown.” 
This species, in the specimens examined, exhibits no racial 
characters at any part of its rather restricted range. The single 
subspecies named has since been placed in synonymy by its 
author (Syst. Avium Aust., pt. 2, p. 624). Notable features of 
the female, in contrast with other species of similar plumage 
pattern, are the dark, almost black, bill, the brighter colour of 
the lores, and the fact that the same colour does not encircle 
the eye. 
Malurus ( M alums ) pulcherrimus Gould. 
Malurus pulcherrimus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1844, p. 106 ; Wongan 
Hills, Western Australia. 
Malurus pulcherrimus stirlingi Mathews, Aust. Avian Rec., 1, p. 192, 
1913; Stirling Ranges, South-west Australia. 
Range . — Inland S.W. Australia from Kalgan River and Stirling Ranges 
north to Wongan Hills. 
Specimens examined. — 17 from the following localities — Kalgan River, 
Stirling Ranges, Gnowangerup, Gracefield, Kojonup, Gordon River and Wongan 
Hills, S.W. Australia. 
M easurements . — 
Wing Tail Exposed Culmen Tarsus 
11 males .. 50-53 (51-1) 67-81 (75-5) 9-10 (9-5) 21-23-5(23-3) 
5 females . . 49-51 (50) 68-76 (72-6) 9-9-5 (9-2) 21-23 (22) 
Male. — Forehead amparo blue deepening to phenyl blue on nape ; ear- 
coverts and feathers around eye mazarine blue tinged amparo blue ; lores, a 
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