Upper dark-brown; throat white streaked dusky; brow white; chest, abdomen light-yellow; flanks olive-brown; small distinct white marks on shoulder; f., duller, throat not streaked. Insects. Inward warble. =298 Large-billed Scrub-Wren=, _S. magnirostris_, E.A. Stat. v.r. _tree-tops_, _coast_, _gully scrubs_ 4.7 Brown; rump rufous; about bill tawny; eye, long bill black; legs flesh-color; f., sim. Insects. =299 Spotted Scrub-Wren= (Striated), _S. maculata_, V., S.A., Kangaroo Is., W.A. Stat. v.r. _scrubby_ 4.5 Upper brown; tail black band tipped white; forehead, side of face black; stripe above, very small patch below eye, marks on edge of wing white; under grayish-white, sometimes washed yellow; throat, chest grayish-white spotted (striated) black; f., duller. Insects. 23 23 =300* Superb-Warbler=, Blue-Wren (-Bonnet, -Tit, -Cap, -Head), Mormon-Wren, Cocktail, _Malurus cyanochlamys_, E.A., S.A., Kangaroo Is. Stat. v.c. _gardens_ 5 Crown, behind ear, upper-back enamel-blue; throat, chest, hind-neck, lower-back black; tail deep-blue; f.,* brown; round eye reddish-brown; under lighter; bill reddish-brown. Insects. "Animated song." "Lovely bird." =301 Black-backed Superb-Warbler= (Wren), _M. melanonotus_, E.A., C.S.A. (inland). Stat. r. _scrubs_ 4.7 Crown, under, upper-back, upper and under base tail beautiful metallic blue; behind ear verditer-blue; side of face, band on back, faint band across chest black; wing green; tail greenish-blue; f., side of face, round eye reddish-brown; upper brown; under whitish; wings brown; tail green. Insects. [Page 145] [Illustration: [302] [303] [304] [305] [306] [307]] =302* White-winged Superb-Warbler= (Wren), _M. cyanotus (leucopterus)_, A. (exc. N. Ter.). r. _saltbush_, _plains_ 4.8 Above, below deep cobalt-blue; wings white; quills brown; tail dark-blue; f., upper brown, under white tinged brown. Insects. =303 Purple-backed Superb Warbler= (Wren), _M. assimilis_, A. Stat. v.r. _scrubs_ 5 Crown, side of head, back purplish-blue; throat, chest, band on upper back, rump black; chestnut-red patch inner wing; rest wing brown; abdomen white; tail dark-blue tipped white; f., brown; about eye rich chestnut; under whitish; tail greenish-blue. Insects. 4 4 =304* Emu-Wren=, Stick-tail, _Stipiturus malachurus_, S.A., E.A., W.A., f., throat brown. Insects. Stat. c. _tussocks_ 7 Upper brown streaked rufous; tail feathers long loosely webbed, erect; throat blue; abdomen brown; runs. =305 Mallee Emu-Wren=, _S. mallee_, N.W.V. Stat. v.r. _Spinifex (Triodia)_ 5 Like 304, but forehead chestnut; throat, chest light purplish-blue; abdomen grayish-brown. 4 4