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SYLVIIDaC. 
Malurus cyaneus cyaneus Lath. (4-286-7.) 
Motacilla cyanea Latham, Gen. Synops. Birds, vol. ii. pt. ii. p. 501, 
1783: Adventure Bay, South Tasmania, ex Ellis, Narr. Voy. 
Capt. Cook, p. 22, 1782, 
which says “ A small bird of the motacilla genus with a bright blue head.” 
Is this indeterminable ? If so, wo must use 8uperba Shaw & Nodder. 
(Fig. Gould, iii. pi. 19.) 
Motacilla superba Shaw & Nodder, Natur. Misc. vol. i. pi. 10, Nov. 1789: 
South Tasmania. o 
Malurus Umyicaudus Gould, Birds Austr. pt. iv. App. p. 4, April 1st, 1038 : 
South Tasmania. (Not Tomminck, Man. d’Orn. 2nd od. vol. i. p. 48 
Oct. 21st, 1820.) 
Malurus youldi Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit . Mus. vol. iv. p. 287, (before March 26th) 
1879: new name for longicaudus Gould. 
Distr . — Tasmania (South). 
Malurus cyaneus fletcherae Math, 
Malurus cyaneus fletclierce Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. vol. i. p. 93, 
Sept. 18th, 1912 : Ringarooma, North Tasmania. 
Distr . —Tasmania (North). 
Malurus cyaneus samueli Math. 
Malurus cyaneus samueli Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 93, 
Sept. 18th, 1912 : Flinders Island. 
Distr .— Flinders Island, Bass Straits- 
Malurus cyaneus elizabethae A. J. Campbell. 
Malurus dizabethce A. J. Campbell, Ibis, Jan. 1st, 1901, p. 10: King 
Island. (Fig. Math. x. pi. 459 ; Emu, ii. pi. 10.) 
Distr. —King Island, Bass Straits. 
Malurus cyaneus cyanochlamys Sharpo. 
Malurus cyanochlamys Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc Loud. 1881, p. 788, 
Oct. 1st: Moreton Bay, South Queensland. 
Distr . — Queensland (South). 
Malurus cyaneus australis North. 
Malurus australis North, Ibis, Oct. 1904, p. 072: Meadow Bank 
Ryde, near Sydney. (Fig. Gould, iii. pi. 18; Math. x. pi. 459.) 
Distr. — New South Wales. 
Malurus cyaneus henriettae Math. 
Malurus cyaneus henriettae Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol xviii. p. 357. 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Olinda, Victoria. (Fig. Math. x. pi. 459.) 
Malurus cyaneus leggei Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 35S, Jan. 31st 
1912 : Port Adelaide, South Australia. 
Distr .—Victoria and South Australia. 
