1330 mcsctcapidjE. 



wi,H. S ? ad. sk. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI 



0. cJ ad. sk. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l 



p. Ad. sk. Port Essington. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. ' 



q. Ad. St. Port Essington. Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



37. Rhipidura assimilis. 



Rbipidiira assimilis, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 176 ; id. B. N. Guinea, 

 p. 28 ; id. P. Z. S. 1801 ; p. 434; Finsch, Nni-Guinea, p. 169; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 330, no. 4959. 



Adult male (tj-pe of species). General colour above light brown ; 

 wings brown, the coverts like the back, the secondaries with dull 

 rufescent edges : upper tail-coverts slightly tinged with reddish ; 

 tail-feathers dark brown, the outermost feather externally edged 

 with buff)' white, and broadly tipped with the same ; head and neck 

 dark slaty grey, the sides of the head a little darker : from the base 

 of the bill above the eye a distinct streak of white ; cheeks and 

 throat white : fore neck light ashy, varied with white, the feathers 

 being white in the centre, edged with ashy ; rest of under surface 

 of body ochraceous buff, including the under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries ; sides of the body ashy brown : thighs ochraceous, with 

 dusky brown bases ; quills brown below, with a greyish shade along 

 the inner webs. Total length 7'3 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 3-3, tail 

 3-6, tarsus 0"65. 



Ohs. The Matabello specimen is slightly larger : wing 3"55 inches. 



Hah. Ke Islands and Matabello. 



a, h. Ad. sk. K(5 Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tvpes of species.) 

 c. Ad. sk. Matabello. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



38. Rhipidura kordensis. 

 Rhipidura kordensis, Mexjer, Sitz. k. Ahad. TVien, Ixx. p. 201. 



Adult male, (leneral colour above blackish slate-colour, the head 

 blacker ; sides of face blackish brown ; over the fore part of the eye 

 a distinct .spot of siLky white ; cheeks and throat white ; fore neck 

 and chest black, with ovate spots of white in the centre of the 

 breast, the flanks blackish slate-colour ; abdomen and under taU- 

 coverts pure white, the feathers of the breast adjoining the black 

 collar white, with black bases ; thighs dusky grey, edged with 

 white ; under wing-coverts blackish slate-colour, edged with white : 

 upper wing-coverts blackish slate-colour ; greater series, primary- 

 coverts, and quills browner ; tail black, the two outer feathers 

 tipped with white, the outermost one more broadly tipped and 

 edged with white along the whole of the outer web. Total length 

 6-5 inches, culmen 0-G, wing 3-4, tail 3-4, tarsus 0-65. 



Ilab. Island of Misori in Geelvink Bay. 



a, i. cJ $ ad. sk. Ivordo, Misori, March ISr.'J. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



