GENUS RHIPIDURA. 79 
from Samao, all four collected by S. Müller, the series 
contains another specimen from Timor (von Rosenberg) 
and one from Ombaai, the most eastern island of the 
Flores group. 
37. Rhipidura hamadryas Sclater. 
Rhipidura hamadryas Sclat. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 54; Sharpe, Birds 
of New Guinea, Vol. II, pl. 30. 
An adult female from Timor Laut, collected by H. O. 
Forbes. 
38. Rhipidura celebensis, n. sp. 
An unsexed specimen, collected by Teysmann at Ma- 
cassar, Celebes. 
Very closely allied to &. semicollaris from the Timor 
group, but easily distinguished by the darker tinge of the 
earthy brown parts of the upper surface and the broader 
black band across the lower throat and chest. 
Crown, hind neck, fore-part of mantle, lesser wing- 
coverts and thighs dark earthy brown, fore-head, hinder 
part of mantle, whole back, rump and upper tail-coverts 
rufous, quills and greater wing-coverts sepia-brown, edged 
with the color of the crown, tail blackish with the upper 
surface iron gray on both webs of the innermost pair and 
on the outer webs of the other pairs, the outer web of 
all the tail-feathers, except the outermost pair, red near 
the base, tips to all the tail-feathers white, more broadly 
so towards the outermost pair, on which the white of the 
tip is running at some distance towards the base on the 
edge of the outer web. Lores, sides of face, lower throat 
and chest black, the very lowest part of the latter with 
white edgings to the feathers, the very broad throat-patch 
separated from the black cheeks and ear-coverts by a 
white streak, extending from the chin onto the sides of 
the chest, breast and abdomen pure white, flanks, vent 
and under tail-coverts tinged with fulvous, under wing - 
coverts white, inner edge of quills ashy whitish. Bill dark 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
