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This species was found tolerably plentiful on the Laloki Rivei-. 

 Its range extends over the greater portion of New Guinea, New 

 Ireland, and the Duke of York Islands. 



71. — Rhipidura setosa, Quoy and Gaim. 

 Voy. de VAstrol I, p. 181, t. 4, /. 4 (1830) ; R. gularis, Mull 

 I see no difference between the Port Moresby specimens and 

 those from New Ireland and Duke of York Islands, which differ 

 but very little from B. isura, of Grould, from Queensland. 



72. — Rhipipura castaneothorax, sp. nov. 



Adult male. Head, and all the upper surface of the body, dark 

 bluish slate color, tail blackish brown, below almost black, above 

 lighter, the outer three feathers largely and the fourth on either 

 side slightly tipped with white ; wings blackish brown above, 

 lighter below, the margins of the inner webs on the inner side 

 tinged with light brown, the margins of the shoulders, the outer 

 row of the smaller wing coverts, and the coverts of the secon- 

 daries like the back, and tipped with a white spot, tinged subter- 

 minally with pale rufous ; a white line extends from above the 

 lores over the eye in a broken line to above the ear-coverts ; chin, 

 and a line on either side of the throat to below the ear-coverts, 

 white ; a narrow band between the chin and chest black ; chest, 

 breast, underwing-coverts, and remainder of the under surface 

 rich cinnamon rufous, paler on the abdomen : under tail coverts 

 white, tinged at the base with light cinnamon. Bill dark horn 

 color, legs reddish brown, bristles black, extending to beyond the 

 bill. 



Total length, S'Sin. ; wing, 3 in ; tail, 3-2 ; tarsus, 0'6 ; bill from 

 forehead, 0*5. 



This pretty species, which comes near to R. hyperythra (G-ray), 

 and B. rufiventris of MuUer, was obtained by Mr. Kendal Broad- 

 bent on the Goldie River, about 40 miles inland. 



7S. — Rhipidura ambusta, sp. nov. 



Head brown, becoming reddish brown on the hind neck, 

 interscapular region and wing coverts ; becoming deeper, and 

 darker in tint on the back, rump, and upper tail coverts, where it 



