Birds of Western Australia. 
653 
22 . Malurus splendens (Quoy & Gaim.). 
Mr. Shortridge 6t did not meet with this species in 
Albany,” although it is fairly plentiful around that district. 
I should say that it is considerably more numerous than 
M. elegans. It is not uncommon in the Broome Hill district 
and still further to the eastward. 
23. Malurus leucopterus Quoy & Gaim. 
I agree with Mr. North and Mr. Ogilvie-Grant that it is 
doubtful whether this species and M. leuconotus are distinct. 
When residing at Point Cloates, where M. leucopterus w r as 
plentiful, I found birds that might have been ascribed to 
M. leuconotus. The appearance of more or less white 
depends a good deal upon the making of a skin. 
24. Malurus bernieri Grant. 
Malurus bernieri Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 676, pi. ix. fig. 2. 
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant remarks that it is curious that two 
skins of this new species, procured in June and July, were 
in summer plumage. Perhaps they are late breeders. 
I saw the young of M. leucopterus still in the nest on 
December 8th, 1898 at the North-West Cape, and the 
young of M. splendens in the nest at Busselton, early in 
January 1888. 
25. Malurus pulcherrimus Gould. 
On August the 28th, 1908, I shot two females and a male 
of the Blue-breasted “ Wren ” near Broome Hill which were 
still partly in summer plumage, when the bulk of birds here 
were in iC full-breeding ” plumage. 
26. Sericornis maculata Gould. 
The Spotted Scrub-Wren occurs on the Pallenings River 
at a spot fully ninety miles inland. Mr. Shortridge says a it 
does not extend its range far inland.” I have specimens 
that vary considerably in the colour and markings of the 
under parts. 
27. Sericornis balstoni Grant. 
Sericornis balstoni Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 677, pi. ix. fig. 1. 
In his description of this new species Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 
has not stated in what particulars it mainly differs from 
2x2 
