150 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1889. 



Malurus elegans Gould, types of the species. AV. Australia. 



Malurus lamberti Vig. and Horsf., N. S. Wales and N. W. 

 Australia. Gould collection. 



Malurus AMABiLis Gould. One specimen doubtfully referred to 

 this species. 



Malurus pulcherrimus Gould, W. Australia. Types. 



Malurus melanocephalus Vig. and Horsf, N.S. Wales. Gould 

 collection. 



Malurus dorsalis (Lewin), (= M. broivnii of the Birds of Aus- 

 tralia), Pt. Essington. Gould collection. 



Erythrocercus maccallii (Cass.). Two specimens from W. Africa 

 collected by Du Chaillu. One is the type of the species. 



Trochocercus cyanomelas (Vieill.), Cape of Good Hope. 



Trochocercus nitens Cassin. 



Types of the species from Caiuma River, W. Africa, collected 



by Du Chaillu. I can not find any of the specimens referred to 



by Cassin as indicating another species. (Proc. Phila. Acad. 1859, 



P : 51.) 



Trochocercus borbonicus (Gm.), Reunion and Mauritius. 



Rhipidura flabellifera (Gm.), New Zealand. 



Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, S. Australia, also from the North and 



East Coast. Types of the species. 

 Rhipidura saturata Sharpe. 



One specimen of this species from Tasmania in Gould's collec- 

 tion is labelled "i?. albiscapa, Type;" the same as his other 

 specimens, so he evidently did not think the Tasmaniau form worthy 

 of specific distinction. 



Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrm.), New Zealand. 

 Rhipidura albicollis (Vieill.), Java. 

 Rhipidura rufifrons (Lath.), N. S. Wales, also one from Pt. 



Essington which is identical with the southern form. 

 Rhipidura semicollaris Mull, and Schl., Timor. 

 Rhipidura sp. 



One specimen from the Massena collection does not appear to 

 agree with any of the described species. Below it is very much like 

 R. rujifrons, the entire throat and neck are uniform black, the 

 feathers edged with white as they join the breast, and those of the chin 

 slightly tipped with white. Above the rufous color is confined to the 

 tail coverts and basal portion of the tail. The locality has not been 



