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recorded and I think it hardly worth while to name the specimen 

 without further data as it may be a stage of some other species. 

 Rhipidura dryas Gould. 



Two specimens from Pt. Essington in the Gould collection 

 labelled " B. rufifrons, type " Mr. Gould did not recognize the two 

 forms as distinct until his supplement was published. It would 

 be much better if this and a number of other forms recognized as 

 species, in the British Museum Catalogue were considered as sub- 

 species as they, are, I think, nothing more than geographical races. 

 Rhipidura phoenicura Mull, and Schleg., Timor. 

 Rhipidura perlata Mull., Borneo and Sumatra. 

 Rhipidura setosa (Quoy and Gaim.), Two specimens from the 



Gould collection, types of R. isura Gould. 

 Rhipidura rufiventris (Vieill.), Timor. 

 Rhipidura javanica (Sparrm.), Java. 



There are also several specimens of the form described as 

 R.longicauda by Wallace, from the Indian Archipelago. 

 Rhipidura nigpitorquis Vig., Luzon. 

 Rhipidura albwrontata Frankl., Ceylon and Bengal. 

 Rhipidura tricolor (Vieill.), Ceram, 8. and W. Australia. 

 Neomyias euryura (Mull.), Java. 

 Zeocephus rufus (Gray), Philippines. 

 Terpsiphone paradisi (Linn.), Ceylon and India. 



The collection contains short-tailed birds in the reddish plumage 

 which are, I think, correctly referred to the adult female ; also pure 

 white adult males and several rufous-colored males apparently in full 

 breeding plumage. These latter show two varieties of coloring, one 

 uniform bay above including the wings and tail, breast gray, the 

 center tail feathers very long. The other differs in having several 

 of the secondai'ies and the outer tail feathers white, and the breast 

 pure white instead of gray. 

 Terpsiphone affinis (Blyth), Borneo and Java. 



This is certainly very close to the preceding. A specimen of the 

 Ceylon bird exhibits traces of black shaft lines and a specimen label- 

 led " Java " is typical T. paradisi. 

 Terpsiphone mutata (Linn.), Madagascar. 



Besides adult males and females which resemble the correspond- 

 ing stages of T. paradisi, there is a fine series of young males exhibit- 

 ing great variety of plumage the following being the most interesting: 



