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HORN EXPEDITION—AVES. 
C. c?' acl. sk., Finke River. 
D. <? ad. sk., Bagot’s Creek. 
E. 3' juv. sk., Bagot’s Creek. 
Four males in nearly full plumage, one young male. Most of the feathers 
on the crown of the head and occiput are brown, tipped with deep cobalt, and in 
one specimen there is only a slight indication of the conspicuous turquoise-blue 
ear-coverts and cheek plumes. The plumage of the young male is similar to 
the female, with the exception of having a few chestnut feathers on the shoulder. 
[The sociability of the Alaluri is well known, and one pair of birds is seldom 
seen alone except at breeding time ; but at Hermannburg I was surprised to find a 
Hock of about a dozen birds of this genus, composed of equal proportions of 
J/. lamberti and AI. kucopierus^ all hopping about a small bush, apparently on the 
best of terms. In fact, I killed a bird of each species at the one shot. Gould 
mentions this bird as having a very wide range in New South Wales, but adds :— 
“ It does not inhabit Tasmania, nor did I observe it in South Australia or hear of 
its ever having been seen there.” Our first specimen was obtained at Bagot’s 
Creek, and along the Finke River they were plentiful \ but as they were all in bad 
feather, through moulting, they were not again shot until July, when their 
plumage had improved. They are pai tial to saltbush and any dense undergrowth, 
which not only affords shelter from Hawks, ikc., but also harbours a number of 
spiders and other insects on which they feed.] 
No. 38. Malukus leucopterus. Quay et Gaiinard. White-winged Superb 
Warbler. 
Malurus leucopterus^ Qitoy et Gaim., Voy. de I’Uranie, Zook, p. 108, pi. 23, 
fig 2; Gould, Bds. Austr., fob, Vol. III., pi. 25 (1818); Sturt, Exped. Centr. 
xVustr., Vol. II., App. p. 25 (1849); Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. IV., 
p. 290 (1879); North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 116 (1889). 
A. 3 ad. sk., Dalhousie. 
B. 3 ad. sk., Finke River. 
C. 3 ad. sk.. Bar went Creek. 
1). 3 imm. sk., Hermannburg. 
E. 3 juv. sk., Hermannburg. 
The immature male is brown above, and brownish-white below, all the 
feathers being more or less tipped or washed with deep cobalt-blue, especially on 
