THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Malurus lamberti master si Mathews, ib.. Vol. XVIII., p. 360, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexandra, 
Northern Territory. 
Malurus lamberti occidentalis Mathews, ib. : Lake Way, West Australia. 
Malurus lamberti mungi Mathews, ib. : Mungi, Interior North-west Australia. 
Malurus lamberti bernieri Mathews, ib., p. 361. 
Malurus lamberti morgani S. A. White, Austral Ay. Rec., Vol. I., pt. V., p. 126, Dec. 24th, 
1912 : Lake Gardner, South Australia. 
Leggeornis lamberti Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 226, 1913. 
Leggeornis lamberti lamberti Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 226, 1913. 
Leggeornis lamberti assimilis Mathews, ib. ; S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XV., p. 160, 1916 ; 
id., Vol. XVI., pp. 14, 76, 1916. 
Leggeornis lamberti morgani Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 226, 1913. 
Leggeornis lamberti occidentalis Mathews, ib. ; Carter, Ibis, 1921, p. 61. 
Leggeornis lamberti bernieri Mathews, ib., p. 226, 1913. 
Leggeornis lamberti mungi Mathews, ib. ; id., South Austr. Ornith., Vol. 3, p. 174, 1918. 
Leggeornis lamberti mastersi Mathews, ib. 
Malurus lamberti dawsonianus H. L. White, Emu, Vol. XVI., p. 69, pi. xvi., Oct. 2nd, 1916 : 
Dawson River, Queensland. 
Leggeornis lamberti hartogi Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXXIX., p. 24, Nov. 30th, 
1918 : Dirk Hartog Island, West Australia. 
Leggeornis lamberti eyrei Mellor, South Australian Ornithologist, Vol. VI., pt. I, p. 10, 
Jan. 1st, 1921 : Eyre’s Peninsula. 
Distribution. Australia ; generally more common in the interior districts. Not 
Tasmania. 
Adult male. Fore-part of head and sides of face, including the eye, turquoise-blue, 
becoming darker blue on the nape, sides of neck, and middle of back ; middle of 
crown more or less grey ; ear-coverts, hind-neck, lower back, and rump deep black 
like the chin, lores, rictal bristles, throat, and upper-breast ; mantle and upper 
back rich chestnut ; wings earth-brown, becoming hair-brown on the middle portions 
of the flight-quills ; upper tail-coverts and tail faded-blue, with white margins 
and white tips to the feathers of the latter and also obsolete cross-bars ; lower- 
breast and abdomen white ; flanks, thighs, under tail-coverts, and under wing- 
coverts pale buff ; flight-quills below hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to 
its upper-surface but differs in having white shafts to the feathers. Bill black, 
eyes dark brown, feet and legs very dark brown. Total length 124 mm. ; culmen 
10, wing 51, tail 64, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected at Lake Way, West Australia, 
on the 7th of July, 1909, and is the type of Malurus lamberti occidentalis. 
Male immature. Crown of head, sides of face, sides of neck, hind- neck, entire back, and 
upper tail-coverts mouse-grey : wings similar to the back with a tinge of buff on the 
greater coverts and innermost secondaries ; flight- quills hair-brown, slightly paler 
on the outer and inner edges ; tail dark faded-blue with white tips and pale margins 
to the feathers ; rictal bristles black with whitish bases ; lores and short feathers 
around the eye whitish ; chin, throat, breast, and abdomen cream-white ; flanks, 
thighs, under tail-coverts, axillaries, under wing-coverts and inner margins of quills 
below pale buff ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail 
similar to its upper-surface with white shafts to the feathers. Bill black, eyes 
dark brown, feet and legs dark brown. Total length 132 mm. ; culmen 8, 
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