45. EHIPIDTIRA. 321 



21 . Rhipidura semirubra. 

 lihipidura semirubra, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 552. 



Adult male (Admiralty Islands; J.Murray, Voy. ofH.M.S. Chal- 

 leiir/er ; type of species). General colour above cinnamon-rufous, 

 including tbe forehead and eyebrow ; wing-coverts ashy brown, with 

 a narrow edging of cinnamon ; quills dark brown, the primaries 

 shaded with chocolate-brown, the secondaries narrowly edged with 

 cinnamon ; tail-feathers dark brown, rufous at base, tipped with 

 ashy, inclining to a white spot on the inner web ; feathers in front 

 of and round the eye, as well as the ear-coverts, blackish ; cheeks 

 and throat white ; on the lower throat a black patch, the feathers of 

 the adjoining fore neck being black with broad white margins, the 

 centre of the breast and of the abdomen whitish ; the sides of the 

 upper breast dusky grey ; the sides of the body and flanks dull cin- 

 namon-buif, the under tail-coverts more decidedly rufous ; under 

 wing-coverts white, with ashy bases ; quills ashy brown below, with 

 an ashy edging to the inner webs. Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 

 0-55, wing 2-8, tail 3-3, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Admiralty Islands. 



22. Rhipidura semicoUaris. 



Rhipidura semicoUaris, Miill. ^ Schl. Natuurl. Gesch. Land- en Volketik. 

 p. 184, note ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 259 ; Bp. Cmisp. i. p. 323 ; Wal- 

 lace, P. Z. S. 18(j3, p. 485; Finsch, Neii-Guinea, p. 1G9; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 331, no. 4968. 



Adult male. Head and neck brown, shading off on the mantle ; 

 rest of back, rump, and upper tail-coverts bay ; wings ashy brown, 

 the coverts and secondaries faintly edged with rufous, the primaries 

 with obsolete margins of hghter brown ; tail-feathers ashy brown, 

 tipped with white, before which is a shade of lighter ash-colour, the 

 middle feathers washed with bay near the base ; forehead rufous- 

 bay ; eyelid white ; lores, feathers below and in front of the eye, 

 and ear-coverts black ; cheeks, chin, and upper half of throat white ; 

 lower half of throat black, forming a patch extending upon each 

 side of the neck ; fore neck whitish, remainder of under surface 

 light fulvous, paler in the centre of the body and deeper on the 

 under tail- coverts ; thighs brown ; imder wing-coverts silky white, 

 with a fulvous tinge, clearer on the edge of the wing ; quills dusky 

 brown below, whitish along the edge of the inner web. Total 

 length G"2 inches, culraen 0-5, wing 2*6, tail 3*2, tarsus 0'8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 6'3 inches, 

 wing 2-5, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Timor group of islands. 



a, 6. c? 9 'wl. sk. E. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. xk. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



