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 1411. Rhipidui'a pi'eissi Cab. 



Jihipidum prci-'si Cabanis, .1/h>-. He'ui. i. p. 57 (W. Australia J. 



" cJ," Derby, 4. iii. 1002 (No. 1.J94). 



" ?," Derby, 20. xii. lODl (No. K. aTu). 



I am mucli puiizled about these birds. Tliey are similar to specimens received 

 from Blessrs. Robert Hall aud Tom Carter from Western Australia as A', jjre/sui, 

 and difl'er from li/t. albiscajia in having uo black bnt only a grey patch on the 

 lower throat, thus also agreeing with the description of JL preisxi. From the same 

 district (Derby J, however, we have also received specimens with the black throat- 

 patch, which shows that preissi aud albi.scapa do not represeut each other 

 geographically. Or does /.'. preissi ever get a black throat-patch ? If so, how 

 do these specimens dift'er from nUmcapa ? I find ulbiscapa so far not mentioned 

 as occurring in A\'estern Australia. 



141. Rhipidui-a rufifrons di7as Gould. 



Rhipidura dri/as Gould, B. Australia i. Introd. p. xxxix (Port Essington). 



c? ad. (wings moulting). South Alligator River, 9. vi. 1903 (No. 1287). 

 " cJ," Margaret Kiver, Northern Territory, 13. viii. 1902 (No. E. 062). 



142. Rhipidura setosa isura (Jould. 



Rhipidura isiim Gould, P.Z.S. 1840. p. 174 (" North-west coast of Australia "). 

 (Cf. Nov. Zov!. 1898, pp. 525, 52C). 



2 SS, Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, August 19ii2 (Nos. R. 651, 655). 

 2 cJcJ, 1 ?, South Alligator River, October aud November 1902, 4. iv. 19iKi 

 (Nos. 751, 752, 1274). 



143. Myiagra rubecula concinna Gould. (?) 



Myiayra i-oiiciniut Gould, IS. .Instml. ii. pi. 00 (N.W. Australia). 



It seems that male specimens from N.W. Australia, as well as those from 

 Cape York, have always a blackish loral line, while this is not pronounced iu those 

 from Queensland, N. S. Wales, Victoria, nor in those from tlie Louisiades. But 

 this form is not easily, and perhaps not always, distinguishable; moreover the 

 females appear to be ipiite alike. 



6 ad., Cullen Hiver, Northern Territory, 24. vii. 1902 (No. R. 647). 



(? ad., Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, 31. vii. 1902 (No. R. 648). 



? ad., Margaret River, Northern Territory, 16. viii. 1902 (No. R. 656). 



S ad., Mary River, Northern Territory, 14. i.\. 19U2 (No. 748). 



2 (Jc? ad., 1 ? ad.. South Alligator River, October 19o2, June and August 

 1903 (Nos. 749, 125(t, 1565). 



(? atl.. Alligator River, 60 miles from coast, 28. x. 1903 (No. 1602). 



