GENUS RHIPIDURA. 
at. Chest-band distinctly spotted with white. 
a5, No white tips on the tail-feathers. 
a6. Tail uniform sooty black. . . . cinerea 
66. Outer web of outermost tail-feather 
_ white on its terminal half. . . . lenzi 
b5. Tips to two or three outer tail-feathers 
white. 
a®. Abdomen ochraceous. . . . . . hoedti 
66, Abdomen white . . . . . . . vidua 
bs. Chest-band uniform or with some very 
narrow white shaft-streaks. 
a>. Secondaries not or only faintly edged 
with white. 
a®, Abdomen ochraceous . . . . . setosa 
48, Abdomen white ... . . … kordensis 
65, Secondaries broadly edged = white. 
a’, Abdomen white . . . . . . . obiensis 
66, Abdomen pale ochraceous. . . . finschi 
6”. Upper surface tinged with olive brown or 
earthy brown, never pure ashy gray. 
a”. Upper throat white. 
at. Only the outermost pair of tail-feathers 
tipped with white . .°. . assimilis 
64. Two outermost tail-feathers noel Sih 
white. 
a, A distinct gray chest-band with white 
lanceolate shaft-streaks to the feathers, 
white tip to the outermost tail-feather 
less than an inch. . . . isura 
65, No distinct gray chest- Ea ite 
tips to tail-feathers much more than 
an inch in length . ... . . . rafiventris 
ct. Four outermost tail-feathers tipped with 
white. . . .  . javanica 
d+, No distinct white yen on oe Feathers: 
which are brown, becoming paler towards 
The tpSior teen . . « pectoralis 
et. Five outer pairs bi BEE Ene: tipped 
with white. . . . . . «… nigriborguis 
6”. Upper throat black, some aes tipped 
with white. 
at. A black pectoral band, three outer tail- 
feathers tipped with white . . . . . auricularis 
64, No black pectoral band, five outer pairs 
of tail-feathers tipped with white. . . albifrontata 
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