3r52 iirscicAPiDJE. 



brown ; over the eye a Avhite spot : least wiiig-coverts slat}- grey, 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts dark brown, edged with 

 slaty grey, and having minute apical tips of white ; quills dark 

 Ijrowu, with lioary-grey external margins : upper tail-coverts black ; 

 tail black, the two outer feathers tipped with white, extending 

 nearly the whole way on the outer web of the external feather ; 

 cheeks, throat, and fore neck white, the sides of the breast greyish, 

 the fore neck slightly washed with grey; entire breast and under 

 surface of body, including the under wing-coverts, rich ochraceous 

 buff, whiter on the under tail- coverts; thighs ochraceous buff, with 

 brown bases ; quills brown below, ashy along the inner webs. Total 

 length 7-3 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3-5, tail 3-85, tarsus 0-7o. 

 Hah. Timor group of islands. 



a. Ad. ; b. 2 ad. sk. East Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



c,d. S ad. sk. Timor Coupang-. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



e. S ad. sk. Semao, Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



/. Juii. sk. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



42. Rhipidura diluta. 



Rhipidura diluta, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1803, p. 491 ; Fimck, Neu- 

 Guinea, p. 169; Gray, Hand-l. 5. i. p. .331, no. 4963. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above brown, including 

 the head, the back slightly shaded with ashy ; sides of face brown ; 

 a small white streak from the base of the bill above the eye ; wing- 

 coverts brown ; quills brown, externally margined with rufous ; tail 

 brown, the three outer feathers lighter than the others, with 

 light ashy-brown tips, increasing on the two outermost, which are 

 ashy or smoky brown, darker brown towards the base of the inner 

 web ; cheeks and throat white ; chest and sides of body light ashy 

 brown ; centre of body and under wing- and tail-coverts light ochra- 

 ceous : thighs ashy brown ; quills sepia-brown below, rufous along 

 the inner webs. Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-95, 

 tail 3-4, tarsus 0-75. 



Hal). Island of Flores. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Flores. A. R. Wallace, Esq. (Types of species.) 



43. Rhipidura javanica. 



Muscicapa javanica, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, iii. pi. 75 ; Horsf. Tr. Linn. 



Soc. xiii. p. 146; liajf. t. c. p. 312; Sundev. Crit. om Sparrm. 



p. 12. 

 ? Le Gohe-mouche a lunettes, Levadl. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 9, pi. 1-52. 

 ? Platyrhynchos perspicillatus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hiitt. Nat. xxvii. 



p. 14 {ex Levaill.). 

 Muscicapa umbellata, Sundev. Ann. N. H. xviii. p. 175. 

 Rhipidura javanica, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 930; Midi. ^- Schl. 



Natinirl. Gesck. Land- en Volkenk. p. 185 ; Gra)/, Gen. B. i. p. 259 ; 



Loiv, Sarawak, p. 410 ; Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. 



p 144 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 271 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 217: 



Gray. Hand-l. B. i. p. 332, no. 4991 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 474. 

 Rhipidura perspicillata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 259. 



