338 muscicAPiD^. 



immature bird, that the description is taken from a male marked 

 " breeding " by Mr. Layard, and that the other specimens in the 

 Museum appear to be equally adult. 

 Huh. Fiji group ; island of Taviuni. 



a. (S ad. sk. Ngila, Taviuni, Julv 17, 1875. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.l. 

 h. S ad. sk. Ngila; Aug. 10, 1875. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.J. 



c. (S ad. sk. Taviimi, April 8, 1875 {E. L. Rev. S. J. Whitmee. 



Layard). 



d. cf ad. sk. Taviuni, Nov. 1875 (Klein- Godeffroy Museum. 



schmidf). 



-19. RMpidura hyperythra. 



Khipidiu'a rufiventris (/fee Viei/l.), Midi. ^- iSchl. Verh. Natuurl. Gesch. 



Land- en Volkenk. p. 185, note ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 269 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 323 ; Sclater, P)-. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 161 ; Finsch, 



Neu- Guinea, p. 169. 

 Ehipidiu:a hyperythra. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 176; id. Cat. B. Xew 



Guinea, p. 28; Finsch, Xeu-Guinea, p. 1C9; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 331, no. 4977; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 606. 

 Rhipidura, sp., Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 331, no. 4976. 

 Rhipidura muelleri, Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 502 ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mas. Civic. Genuv. x. p. 135. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above slaty grey, a little 

 darker on the crown and sides of the head, the lores and feathers 

 I'ound tho eye blackish ; over the eye a distinct white streak, and a 

 second narrow line of white above the upper edge of the ear-coverts 

 less distinctly indicated ; cheeks, chin, and moustache white : centre 

 of throat black, widening out upon the lower throat ; rest of under 

 surface of body orange-rufous, slightly paler towards the lower ab- 

 domen and vent ; thighs slaty grey ; under wing-coverts pale orange- 

 buff ; quiUs ashy below, whitish along the inner webs : wings above 

 resembling the back, the greater series and secondaries broAvn, 

 washed externally with grey, the primaries entirely brown ; median 

 and greater coverts tipped with buif or whitish spots ; tail slaty 

 black, the three outer feathers tipped with white, with an obscure 

 subtenninal band of dull brown ; " biU black, the lower mandible 

 yellow; feet dusky olive" (Wallace). Total length 6'4 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 2-8, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-65. 



Hab. Aru Islands and N.W. New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Ai'u Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



50. Rhipidura albifrontata. 



Rhipidura albofrontata, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 116; Blyth, J. A. 



S. B. xii. p. 035 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 258 ; Horsf. lS- Moore, Cat. B. 



Mm. F.I. Co. i. p. 145 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 331, no. 4985. 

 Rhipidura aureola, Less. Traite, p. 390; Pucker. Arch. Mus. vii. 



p. 373. 

 Leucocerca albofrontata, Jei-d. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 12; id. III. Ind. 



Orn. pi. 2; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A.S.B. p. 206: Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 324 ; Blyth |- Wald. B. Burm. p. 132 ; Hume, Nests and Eygs, 



