676 
Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 
This western form of M. lamberti Vig. & Horsf. is distin¬ 
guished by having the feathers of the middle of the back 
purplish-blue instead of cobalt-blue. 
[According to Mr. Milligan, this species is much less shy 
than M. pulcherrimus , and has an entirely different call-note. 
— G. C. S.] 
Malurus bernieri. (Plate IX. figs. 2 & 3.) 
Malurus bernieri Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 72 (1909). 
Adult male. Nearly allied to M. assimilis North, but the 
feathers round the eye and the ear-coverts are bright purplish- 
blue (not bright cobalt-blue) and contrast but little with the 
darker purple-blue colour of the crown, which is the same 
in both species. Bill black ; wing 1*8 inch. 
Adult female. Indistinguishable from the female of 
M . lambei'ti. 
Iris dark brown; bill light chestnut; legs dark cinnamon- 
brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 5‘25 inches. 
a-c. £ $ . Bernier Island, 22nd June & 12th July. 
(Types of the species : in summer plumage.) 
In both male examples the tail is incomplete. It is rather 
curious that although they were killed in June and July 
respectively, that is to say in mid-winter, both are in summer 
plumage. 
Malurus pulcherrimus Gould. 
Malurus pulcherrimus Math. p. 79. 
a. $. Kurrawang, 6th Sept, (summer plumage). 
b. <$ . Stockpool, 25th Jan. (assuming winter plumage). 
c-e. S ? • Dwaladine, 4th & 5th March (assuming 
winter plumage). 
/. ? . Dale River, 15 Dec. 
Iris dark brown ; bill black in the male, chestnut in the 
female ; feet dark brown or olive-brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 5*2-5*75 inches. 
One male (specimen b) killed in September is still in 
partial summer plumage on the head, back, and scapulars ; 
while c and d, procured on March 4th, have nearly assumed 
the change plumage. 
