THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Malurus cyaneus samueli Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 93, Sept. 18th, 1912 : 
Flinders Island, Bass Strait ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 224, 1913. 
Malurus samueli S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 163, 1913. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from South Queensland, through New South Wales, 
Victoria and South Australia to Eyre’s Peninsula and Kangaroo Island ; Tasmania! 
Adult male. Entire crown of head and nape, cheeks including the lower eyelid, mantle, 
and upper back cobalt-blue ; lores, a line above the eye, including the upper eyelid, 
sides of face, sides of neck, and a band across the hind-neck black like the upper 
wing-coverts, lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts, and a narrow band across 
the breast ; outer aspect of flight-quills vircliter-blue, inner webs blackish-brown 
with whitish margins ; tail purplish-blue, some of the feathers narrowly edged with 
white at the tips ; throat and fore-neck deep purple ; breast, abdomen, under 
tail-coverts, and flanks white, more or less tinged with blue on the breast adjoining 
the black band ; axillaries and lesser under wing-coverts grey, the greater series 
and inner margins of quills below whitish, remainder of quill-lining dark brown ; 
lower aspect of tail similar to its upper surface but paler. Bill and feet black, 
eyes brown. Total length 138 mm. ; culmen 9, wing 57, tail 63, tarsus 29. 
Figured. Collected on King Island, on the 27th of April, 1914. (bottom right-hand 
figure. ) 
Adult female. General colour of the upper surface chocolate-brown, including the top 
of the head, sides of face, entire back, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and wings ; 
inner webs of flight- quills blackish-brown, slightly paler on the edges ; tail much 
faded, virditer-blue, some of the feathers whitish at the tips ; lores and feathers 
surrounding the eye chestnut, the short feathers in front of the eye bristly in texture ; 
throat, breast, and abdomen greyish-white, inclining to pure white on the middle of 
the abdomen ; flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ochreous-buff ; under wing- 
coverts and inner margins of quills below cinnamon-buff, remainder of quill-lining 
dark hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper surface but rather paler. 
Bill brown, eyes hazel, feet flesh. Total length 130 mm. ; culmen 8, wing 51, 
tail 65, tarsus 24. Figured. Collected at Selby, Victoria, on the 5th of June, 
1911. (bottom left-hand figure.) 
Adult male. Fore-part of head, cheeks, including the lower eyelid, hind-neck, and mantle 
turquoise-blue ; lores, upper eyelid, sides of crown, ear-coverts, sides of neck, 
hinder-crown, and nape deep black like the back, scapulars, rump, upper tail-coverts, 
and a narrow band across the breast ; wings rust-brown, some of the median upper 
wing-coverts tinged with black, outer edges of primary and secondary quills greyish, 
inner webs of flight- quills hair-brown ; tail purplish-blue ; rictal-bristles black, 
the short feathers in front of the eye bristly in texture ; throat and fore-neck deep 
purplish-blue (almost black) ; breast, abdomen, sides of body, and under tail- 
coverts whitish, thighs rufous-buff ; under wing-coverts rufous-buff ; flight-quills 
below hair-brown with buff y- white margins ; lower aspect of tail similar to its 
upper-surface but paler. Eyes brown, legs light brown, bill black. Total length 
122 mm. ; culmen 9, wing 48, tarsus 24. Figured. Collected at Ourimbah, New 
South Wales, on the 18th of November, 1911. (top left-hand figure.) 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface rust-brown, including the top of the 
head, sides of face, back, wings, and tail ; inner webs of flight-quills hair-brown 
margined with buffy-white ; tail similar to the back, some of the feathers slightly 
edged with white at the tips and inclining somewhat to lavender-blue ; lores and 
feathers surrounding the eye chestnut ; throat and under-surface white tinged with 
grey, the grey becoming more pronounced on the sides of the body ; thighs 
cinnamon-rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries cinnamon-buff ; under- 
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