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upper mandible dark olive-brown, lower white, with a black tip; 
legs pale yellow; claws black. 
Total length, 9| inches ; bill, 1; wing, 5f ; tail, 5; tarsi, 1. 
Hab. Port Essington. 
Malurus PULCMERRiMrs. Mai. Mas: vertice, et fascid 
dorsali splendid'e violaceo-cceruleis ,- orbitis et plumis auricu- 
laribus ex cerugine caeruleis; guld indico-cceruled, nigro 
sub tils indistinctd marginatd ; plumis scapularibus castaneis ; 
loris, nuchd, et dor so imo holoserico-nigris. Fcem.: fusca, 
subtils pallidior, orbitis rubide fuscis. 
Crown of the head and a broad band across the centre of the 
back rich glossy violet-blue; space surrounding the eye and the 
ear -coverts verditer-blue ; throat intense indigo-blue, bounded 
below by an indistinct band of black; lores, collar surrounding 
the back of the neck, and the lower part of the back, deep velvety 
black; scapularies chesnut; wings brown; tail dull greenish 
blue, indistinctly barred with a darker tint and slightly tipped with 
white; abdomen and under tail- coverts white ; bill and feet black; 
irides dark brown. 
Female dull brown, paler beneath; tail-feathers like those of 
the male, but less bright; bill and space round the eye reddish 
brown. 
Remarks. —Very similar in its markings and general contour to 
M. Lamberti. It may, however, be always distinguished from 
that species by its larger size and by the deep indigo-blue colour 
of the throat and chest, which parts are black in M. Lamberti. 
Total length, inches; bill, nine-sixteenths; wing, 2 ; tail, 3|; 
tarsi, fifteen-sixteenths. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
Pachycepiiala Gilbertii. Pack. Mas : colore saturate oli- 
vaceo-fusco; capite plumbeo; loris nigris ; guld ferrugined ; 
humeris sub tils, abdomine medio, crissoque arenaceis. Foem. 
differt, loris non nigris, neque guld ferrugined. 
The plumage dark greyish olive-brown; the head dark slate- 
grey, and the breast of a lighter grey; the lores black; throat 
