GENUS RHIPIDURA. 95 
63. Rhipidura kordensis Meyer. 
Rhipidura kordensis Meyer, Sitzb. k. Akad. Wien, LXX, p. 201 (1874). 
Three specimens from Soék, Geelvink Bay. 
Closely allied to the large-billed R. setosa, from which 
it is distinguished by the black head and chest, and the 
white (instead of fulvous) breast, abdomen and under tail- 
coverts. 
64. Rhipidura obiensis Salvadori. 
Rhipidura obiensis Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 59. 
Rhipidura sp. Bernst. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. II, p. 135 (1865). 
Nine specimens from Obi major and one from Obi lattu 
(Obi Islands). 
Closely allied to the white-bellied R. kordensis, but 
having the chest more ashy, and the secondaries broadly 
edged with white on the outer web. From Mè. jinschi, 
with which it agrees as to these white edgings, it is 
distinguished by its white instead of fulvous breast, ab- 
domen and under tail-coverts. 
65. Rhipidura finschi Salvadori. 
Rhipidura finschi Salvad. Orn. Pap. III, p. 532. 
A male from New Britain, and another from Duke of 
York Island. 
66. Rhipidura assimilis Gray. 
Six specimens from the Key Islands, three from Mata- 
bello and one, erroneously as I think, said to be from 
Mysol (von Rosenberg). 
This species is at once distinguished from the other 
species of the setosa-group by a well-defined white super- 
ciliary stripe, beginning at the nostrils and ending 
at some distance behind the eye, while the other species 
have only a patch of silky white above the eye. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
