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 '■. Rhipidui'a setosa nigromentalis Ilivit. 



Back clear dark liluish ashy grey, secondaries with hardly perceptible narrow 

 grey edges, white tips to enter rectrices mncb longer, being about 30 mm. long and 

 more, while in forms a and b they are only from about lo to 2o mm. long. No 

 edges to wing-coverts. Forehead, lores, and subocular region pure black. Uii the 

 chin a very distinct black spot, while in forms a, b, d, and c the chin is white like 

 the throat. Young birds have buff tips to the wing-coverts. " Iris brown; feet 

 and bill black." Abdomen buff. Total lengfli about Kjn mm.: wing J 'JU — 1»2, 

 ? 82—84; tail S 94—95, ? about 90 mm.: tarsus about IG mm. Sudest (/yy^e) 

 and St. Aiguan Islands. 



<l. Rhipidura setosa assimilis (iruy. 



Upperside more brownisli grey, no white tips to upper wing-coverts, breast-band 

 variegated with large white sjwts, white sjjot above eyes developed into a wide 

 superciliary white line, reaching from forehead to about ^ mm. behind the eye, tips 

 to outermost rectrices buffy white instead of pure white, about IT — 18 mm. long. 

 A very distinct form. Kei Islands. 



e. Rhipidui'a setosa isura Gould. 



Wing-coverts and secondaries narrowly edged with white, grey band across the 

 breast spotted with large longitudinal spots of white, less distinct in the ft: mah'. 

 White tips to outer rectrices about "iO mm. long. This form has wrongly been 

 regarded as a synonym of typical setosu. The spotted breast-band characterizes it 

 most. Northeru Queensland and North-West Australia. I'L x'/jje/ciliogc Rams. 

 is a synonym of this form. 



KJ. Myiagra phimbea Vig. & Hoi'sf. 

 Two nmlesi •• Iris brown : feet l)laek : bill liluish slate-colour." 



IT. Myiagra nupta >p. nov. 



i ad. Above greenish bbu'k. with a nnilorni metallic green gloss. The entire 

 head, to the throat, sides of the breast, uj)per wing-coverts, outer edges to the 

 rectrices and remiges like the back. Inner webs of rectrices and remiges black, 

 wing-quills with inner edges pale brown towards base. Breast, abdomen, under 

 wing- and under tail-coverts white, feathers of thiglis blackish and white. Bases of 

 feathers below black. " Iris brown; bill dark bluish slate; feet black." Total length 

 about I'iK, wing S8, tail Tn, culmen from base Hi, from nostril 9, tarsus 15 mm. 

 ? ad. Above deep brown with steel-blue gloss, crown bluish black, wings and tail 

 blackish, very abraded (like the back), the colour of the edges therefore not easily 

 recognizable. Ear-covert like the crown. Cliin and tliroat buff, wide rusty rufous 

 band across the chest, remainder of under parts white, bases of tJie feathers Idackish. 

 Colour of iris, bill, and feet as in the male. Wing 85, tail 70 mm. 



One perfectly adult pair in worn plumage shot on Sudest Island on Ajiril lUth, 

 1898. 



The female is singularly marked, resemlding most in coloration .1/. lufijata, 



