GENUS RHIPIDURA. rf 
This specimen agrees very well with the short descrip- 
tion. of R. atrigularis given by Dr. Reichenow, with the 
exception of its smaller size which is somewhat inferior 
even to the measurements of the typical specimen of 
R. uraniae. From all its red-fronted allies this species 
is very easily distinguished by its black throat, leaving 
only the chin and a rather narrow moustachial streak 
white. 
Crown, nape, hind neck, mantle and upper back earthy 
brown, forehead and a superciliary stripe, lower back, 
rump and upper tail-coverts cinnamomeous, lesser wing- 
coverts and scapulars like the mantle, median and greater 
sepia-brown, edged with earthy brown and tipped with 
pale fulvous, forming a double row of this color, quills 
sepia-brown, the outer edge fringed with paler brown; 
tail black, all the feathers broadly tipped with pure white, 
extreme base of all the tail-feathers rufous, the centre 
ones to a greater extent than the outer pairs; lores, sides 
of face, ear-coverts and sides of neck as well as the whole 
throat and upper chest black, the black feathers on the 
lower end of this large gular patch edged with white, 
giving the chest a scaly appearance, the chin as well as 
a narrow line running from it along the cheeks onto the 
sides of the neck and joining the sides of the chest, white. 
Lower chest dirty white, breast and abdomen pale ful- 
vous, deepening into a more intense fulvous on abdomen, 
vent, flanks and under tail-coverts. Thighs cinnamon, 
under wing-coverts white, edge of wing fulvous, inner 
lining of the quills ashy. Bill brown, with base of lower 
mandible white, feet pale brown. Wing 6,5 cm., inner- 
most tail-feathers 7,9, outermost 5,7, tarsus 1,8, culmen 1,1. 
The pale tips to the median and greater wing-coverts 
seem to me to indicate a certain stage of immaturity. 
The typical specimen of this species is stated to come 
from the Marianne Islands (Freycinet), while the type of 
R. atrigularis has been collected on the Pelew Islands 
(Kubary). 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
