322 MUscrcAPiD.i5. 



23. RMpidura dryas. 



Rhipiduni dryas, Gould, B. Austr. fol. i. Introd. p. xxxix ; Bp. Connp. 

 Av. i. p. 32.'5; Reichenh. Vog. Neuholl. p. 28G; Gould, Handb. B. 

 Austr. i. p. 242 ; Gray, Hcmd-l. B. i. p. 330, no. 4957 ; Gould, B. 

 N. Guinea, pt. ii. ; Bmnsai/, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 182. 



Achdt (type of species). Very similar to R. semicollaris of Timor, 

 but distinguished by having the brown of the back extending lower 

 down, so as to leave only the rump and upper tail-covcrts rufous, 

 by the ear-coverts being bro'svn instead of black, and by its buffy- 

 white under surface, much paler than in its Timor ally. The ends 

 to the tail-fcathei's are much broader and purer white. Total length 

 (i-2 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2-7, tail 3*45, tarsus 0*75. 



Hub. Port Essington, Australia. 



a. Ad.sk. Port Essington. J. Gould, Esq. (Tj-pe of species). 



24. Rhipidura rufldorsa. 



Rbipidiira rufidorsa, Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. fVien, Ixx. p. 200 ; Scdvad. 

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



Adult female (Jobi). General colour above bright cinnamon, the 

 head, nape, and sides of face light brown, the ear-coverts paler ; 

 over the eye a streak of nifous-buff from the base of the bill ; 

 cheeks and throat dull whitish ; breast, sides of body, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts light fawn-buff, with a shade of ashy brown on 

 the fore neck and sides of chest ; abdomen white, slightly washed 

 with brown : under wing-coverts fawn-buff ; wing-coverts and quills 

 dark brown externally, edged with cinnamon-rufous like the back ; 

 tail-feathers ashy-brown, edged with cinnamon-rufous near the base, 

 and aU broadly tipped with white. Total length 5-G inches, culmen 

 0-4, wing 2*6, tail 2-9, tarsus U"75. {Mus. Civic. Genov.) 



Hah. Island of Jobi. 



a. S ad. sk. Ansus, Jobi, June 1873. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



25. Rhipidura lepida. 



Rhipidura lepida, Hartl. i§- Finsch, P. Z. S. 18G8, pp. 6, 117 ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 331, no. 4975 ; Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. viii. 

 p. 21, pi. 4. fig. 23. 



Adult male. General colour above foxy rufous or deep bay, the 

 wing-coverts like the back, the greater scries internally sepia- 

 bro\^Ti ; primary-coverts and primaries sepia-brown, the secon- 

 daries externally bay, the innermost almost entirely of the latter 

 colour ; tail-feathers sepia-brown, bay-coloured at the base and at 

 the tip, forming a broad terminal band, the outer feathers externally 

 edged with the same colour ; lores and feathers round the eye 

 blackish ; ear-coverts brown ; cheeks, throat, and fore neck white, 

 with a broad band of black across the lower throat ; sides of neck 



