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Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
e-h. $ ? et juv. Kurrawang, 16th-23rd Sept, (summer 
plumage). 
i. <$ imm. Hawksnest, 1st Nov. 
k, l. $. Clifton Downs, 9th & 16th Oct. (summer 
plumage). 
Iris dark brown ; bill black in the male, pinkish-chestnut, 
dusky at the tip, in the female; feet brown or olive-brown. 
Malurus leuconotus Gould. 
Malurus leuconotus Math. p. 78. 
a, b. $ et $ imm. Carnarvon, 2nd & 21st Aug. (summer 
plumage). 
Bill blackish-brown in the adult, of a flesh-colour, tinged 
with chestnut and brownish along the culmen, in the young 
bird. 
I am by no means satisfied that M. leuconotus is really 
distinct from M. leucopterus. The adult male from Carnarvon 
agrees with the former in having the crown and breast deep 
cobalt-blue (instead of purplish-blue) and the white extending 
across the back. Mr. North (‘ Nests and Eggs of Birds found 
breeding in Australia and Tasmania/ p. 217) states that he 
is inclined to share this opinion, as both forms occur in the 
same locality. 
Malurus elegans Gould. 
Malurus elegans Math. p. 78. 
a-c. ? . Big Grove, 7th-25tli March. 
Iris brown ; bill black or very dark brown; feet dark brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 60-6’5 inches. 
[The Graceful Superb Warbler was observed round Bus- 
selton and in the vicinity of the Margaret Biver.— G.C. S.~\ 
Malurus assimilis North. 
Malurus assimilis Math. p. 78. 
a-c. S 2 • Laverton, 17th & 26th Oct. 
d-i. $ $ . Clifton Downs, 21st Sept.-15th Oct. 
Iris dark brown; bill black in the male, chestnut, dusky 
at the tip, in the female ; legs dusky-brown in the male, 
light slate-colour in the female. 
The total length, measured in the flesh, varies from 
5-5*75 inches. 
