45. RHiprDCRA. 331 



39. Rhipidura vidua. 

 Rhipidura vidua, Salvad. ^- Turuti, Ann. Mus. Cwk. Genov. vi. p. 313. 



Adult female (Koffiao). General colour above slaty grey, llie head 

 darker ; lores and sides of face slaty black ; over the fore part of the 

 eye a spot of white ; throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts whitxj ; 

 across the breast a broad slatj'-grey band, varied with ovate spots of 

 white in the centre of the breast-band ; tlanks also slaty grey ; under 

 wing-coverts white, with dusky grey bases ; least wing-coverts like 

 the back ; greater and median series, as well as quills, dusky brown, 

 externally washed with slaty gi'ey ; tail-feathers blackish, shaded 

 with slaty grey on their edges, the three outermost feathers tipped 

 A\nth white more broadly on the external rectrix, which has the 

 white also extending some way up the outer web. Total length 

 6'3 inches, culmen 0-55. ^ving 3"15, tail 3--4, tarsus 0-6. {Mus. 

 Genov.) 



Hah. Island of Koffiao. 



40. Rhipidura obiensis. 

 Rhipidura obieiisis, Sah-ad. Ann. Mm. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 987. 



Adult (type of species). Above slate-colour, the head blacker ; 

 lores and sides of face blackish, with a small spot of silky white 

 above the fore part of the eye ; wing-coverts like the back, the 

 greater series ashy brown, washed with slate-colour and minutely 

 tipped with white ; primar\--coverts and quiUs dusky brown, edged 

 externally with slaty grey, the inner secondaries broadlj* edged and 

 tipped with white : tail (moulting) black, the outer feather broadly 

 tipped with white, which goes up the outer web for the greater part 

 of its extent ; throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; fore 

 neck, breast, and sides of body slaty grey, the centre feathers with 

 ovate spots of white ; the under wing-coverts slaty, broadly edged 

 with white. Total length 6-6 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 3'4, tail 3*4, 

 tarsus 0*65. {Mus. Civic. Genov.) 



Hab. Obi group of islands, Moluccas. 



c. $ ad. sk. Obi Major, July 23, 18G2 Leyden Museum [P.]. 



{Dr. Bernstein). 

 b. c? ad. sk. Obi Lattoe, Aug. 9, 1862 Leyden Miiaeura [P.]. 



{Dr. Bernstein). 



41. Rhipidura rufiventris. 



Platyrhyuchos rufiventris, Vieill. N. Diet, xxvii. p. 21 ; Pucker. Arch. 



Mm.'xu. p. 359, pi. 20. fig. 2. 

 Rhipidura ochrogastra, MiiU. iSc Schl. Natuurl. Gesch. Land- en Volkenk. 



p. 185, note ; Grai/, Gen. B.i. ip. 259 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 323; Finsch, 



Neu-Guinea, p. 109. 

 Rhipidura rufiventris, Gray, Iland-I. B. i. p. .331, no. 4965. 



Adult male. General colour above dark slaty grey, the head, hind 

 ju'ck, and sides of neck slats- black ; lores and sides of face blackish 



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