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white over the t'oie part of the eye, and a second streak of white 

 behind the eye above the ear-coverts ; throat dull ashy, with hoary 

 margins to the feathers ; foro neck and chest clearer ashy : centre 

 of body pale ochreous buff ; sides of body ashy brown ; under tail- 

 coverts white ; thighs brown ; under wing-coverts ashy grey ; quills 

 dark brown, lighter brown along the inner web ; " bill blackish, the 

 lower mandible paler at the base ; feet horn-blackish ; iris brown " 

 {Graeffe). Total length 5-0 inches, culmcn 0-4, wing 2-75, tail 3-35, 

 tarsus 0'65. 



Hab. Samoa or N'avigator's Islands. 



a. Ad., b. Juv. sk. Upolu, Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



14. Rhipidura faliginosa. 



Muscicapa faliginosa, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, i. pi. 47. 

 Musicapa deserti, Gm. 6". N. i. p. 940 (e.r Sparrm.). 

 Rhipidura melanura, Gi-ay, in Diejf'cnb. Trav. N. Zeal. ii. App. p. 191 ; 



id. Gen. B. i. p. 258 ; id. Ibis, 18(12, p. 225 ; id. Voy.Ereb.Sf Terror, 



p. 8 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 330, no. 4954. 

 Rhipidura fuliginosa, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 258 ; Finsch, J. f. O. 1872, 



p. 165, et 1874, p. 190 ; Buller, B. N. Zeal. p. 146 ; Sharpe, Voy. 



Ereb. ^- Terr., App. p. 26. 

 Leucocerca melanura, Bp. Consp. i. p. 324. 



Rhipidm-a sombre, Hombr. ^- Jacq. Voy. PoleSud, Atlas, pi. 11. fig. 4. 

 Rhipidura tristis, Jacq. ^- Pucheraii, Voy. Pole Slid, iii. p. 76 (1853) ; 



Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 226. 



Adult male (type of R. melanura). General colour above smoky 

 brown or chocolate, the upper tail-coverts blackish slate-colour, con- 

 trasting with the back ; wings dark brown ; tail uniform blackish 

 broAvn ; crown of head and sides of face dusky ashy brown ; throat 

 dull ashy ; remainder of under surface chocolate ; " bill black, white 

 at the base of the lower mandible ; tarsi and toes blackish brown ; 

 iris black " {Buller). Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 0*3, wing 2-95, 

 tail 4*15, tarsus 0*75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the white spots behind 

 the ears much reduced (Buller). Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 

 0-3, wing 3-05, tail 3-9, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a,b. c? 5 ad. sk. Port Cooper, New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



(Types of R. melanura.) 



15. Rhipidura brachyrhyncha. 



Rhipidura brachyrhyncha ( 5 ), Schl. N. T. D. iv. p. 42; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 923. 

 Rhipidura atra ( c? ), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 922, xii. 



p. 324. 



Adult male (Atam ; type of R. atra, Salvad.). General colour 

 above slaty black, as well as the entire under surface of the body ; 

 head and sides of face deeper black, with a spot of silky white 



