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MUSCICAPUME.’ 
Genus MALUEUS, Vieillot. 
MALURUS CYANEUS, Ellis. 
Superb Warbler. 
Gould, Handbk Bds. Aust , A r ol. i., sp. 185, p. 517. 
This species is found breeding almost every where in New South 
Wales, even in the public parks about Sydney, a pair successfully 
rearing a brood of five young ones in the Museum grounds last year. 
The nest is dome shaped, having a small entrance at the side, and is 
constructed of grasses, warmly lined with feathers or other soft 
materials. It is usually placed in some low, thick bush ; when 
breeding in any of the public gardens, the prickly Acaciai is a 
favourite situation. Eggs five in number for a sitting, fleshy- 
white, with rich reddish dots, spots, and blotches, in some these are 
confluent, forming a broken zone on the larger end, while in others 
the markings are in a coal (‘seed patch on the apex. A sot of five 
taken at Dobroyde, August 9th, 1862, measure : — (A) 0'68 x 0-5 
inch ; (B) 0-61 x 0-5 inch ; (C) 0-62 x 0-48 inch ; (D) 0-GG x 0-47 
inch ; (E) OGS x 0 5 inch. 
They breed from August to January. 
Tlub. Richmond and Clarence River Districts, New South 
Wales, Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 
MALURUS CYANOCHLAMYS, Sharpe. 
P.Z.S., 1881, p. 788. 
This species is closely allied to M. cyaneus, from which it may 
be known by the much paler cobalt tint of the head, ear-coverts, 
and mantle. Specimens of this bird were obtained on the 
Herbert River, Queensland, in November 1868, together with the 
nest and eggs. The nest is a dome-shaped structure, with an 
entrance in the side, constructed of dried grasses intermingled with 
spiders’ webs, and lined inside with feathers, hair, &e., it was 
placed in a thick bush close to the ground. Eggs four in number 
