312 MuscioAPiDji:. 



(>. Rhipidura pelzelni. 



Rhipidura assiinilis, Pelz. Sitz. k. Akad. Wiirn, xli. p. 320 (1820, nee 



Grm/, 1858). 

 Rhipidiu-a pelzelni, Oray, Ibis, 1862, p. 226 ; id. Haml-l. B. i. p. 330, 



no. 4971. 



Adult male. Very similar to R. albiscapa of Australia, and of the 

 same light ochraceous buff underneath, but having the edges and 

 tips of the outer tail-feathers smoky brown, not white ; the throat- 

 mark greyish black, not so deeply coloured as in the Australian 

 bird; "iris black, or dark brown" {Brenchley). Total length 6 

 inches, cnlmen 0-4, wing 2-7, tail 3-2, tarsus 0*7. 



Hab. Norfolk Island. 



a. S ad.sk. Norfolk Island, June 1855. Dr. Rayner [C.]. Voyage of 



H.M.S. 'Herald.' 



b, c. Ad. sk. Norfolk Island, June 1865. Julius Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



7. Rhipidura verreauxi. 



Rhipidm-a verreauxi, Marie, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxvii. p. 326 ; 

 Layard, Ibis, 1877, p. 358. 



Adult female. General colour above chocolate-brown ; wings dusky 

 brown, the least wing-coverts ashy brown, the median series tipped 

 with white, the greater series tipped with pale rufous ; primary- 

 coverts and quills dark brown, the edges to the secondaries exter- 

 nally chocolate -brown ; upper tail-coverts blackish ; four centre tail- 

 feathers dark ashy brown with dark-brown shafts ; remainder of 

 the tail-feathers lighter brown, the shafts creamy white, the tips 

 paler brown and verging to ashy whitish, the outer feather ashy 

 whitish along the outer web also ; crown of head, nape, and hind 

 neck dark slate-colour, contrasting with the chocolate-brown back ; 

 a broad and distinct band of white from the base of the bill above 

 the eye ; lores, feathers above the eye, and ear-coverts slaty blackish, 

 with a second streak of white above the latter ; cheeks and throat 

 white ; breast, fore neck, and chest mottled with black feathers, 

 broadly edged with white, the sides of the breast ashy grey ; rest of 

 under surface light brownish buff, the sides of the body browner ; 

 thighs like the abdomen ; under tail-coverts dusky brown, with 

 light fulvous tips ; under wing-coverts and axillaries light brownish 

 buff, the lower series whitish at tips ; quills dusky brown below, 

 ashy whitish along the inner web ; " bill very dark brown ; feet 

 black ; iris brown " {Layard). Total length 6'3 inches, culmen 

 0-45, wing 2-65, tail 3-45, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah, New Caledonia. 



a. $ ad. sk. Ansevata, New Caledonia, E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 

 April 26, 1877. 



