( 8) 



hreaft white, or moi-e or less faintly wasbed with orange-buff or cinnamon, anil the 

 white band on the crown lias also sometimes a faint wash of cinnamon. It is difficult 

 to say if these birds, when younger, have been cinnamon on breast and crown-band. 

 The white tips to the rectrices vary in extent. In the lateral pair they occupy both 

 webs, or almost only the inner web, trespassing only a little on to the outer web ; on 

 the second pair thov vary in extent, and tlie third pair is either entirely black or with 

 a small white patch. The iris is "deep chesnut, feet bluish black, bill leaden blue, 

 tip black " (W. Doherty). 



35. Monarcha chalybeocephalus nitens (Gray). 



\_Musciea2Mi, chnlyheocephahts Oarn., Voy. Goq. Zool. Atlas PI. X"S'. fig. 1 (?) 

 (1826: ex Nova Hibernia).] 



Myiaf/)-a nitens Gray , P. Z.S. 1860. p. 352 (Halchian, Wallace colL, and Ternate). 



Doherty collected four males and three females on Obi Major. Waterstradt sent 

 an adult viale. S : " Iris deep brown, feet black, hill leaden blue, black at tip." 

 ? . " Iris deep brown, feet black, liill black, gape red." In Nov. ZooL. 1899. p. 208 

 I have discussed the various local forms of Monarcha dial i/beocephal its. The form 

 from the Northern .Moluccas, M. chalybeocejjIuUiis nitens, is certainly separable from 

 typical chalybeocephalus, as well as from the other forms. The wing is shorter (c? c? wing 

 78 — 80 mm.), and the female is decidedly darker, more brownish, on the upper 

 surface. 



30. Rhipidura tricolor (VieilL). 



Muscicapa tricolor Vieillot, No'iv. Diet. xxi. p. 430 (1818 : Timor). (The 

 locality Timor is erroneous, and I substitute New Ireland as the typical locality.) 

 Doherty obtained two nuilcs on Olii Major. 



37. Rhipidura obiensis Sahad. 



Rhipidivra obiensis Salvador!, Ann. Mns. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 987 (1875 : Obi 

 Major). 



Doherty and Waterstradt sent a nice series from Obi iMajor ; Guillemard (P. Z. S. 

 1885. p. 570) obtained it also on Bisa Island. 



38. Rhipidura torrida Wall. 



Rhipidura torrida Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865. p. 477. PI. XXVIII. (Ternate). 



Mr. Waterstradt sent a single specimen, marked " c?," of a Rhipidwra, which I 

 think must belong to Rh. tornda, though its wing is only 63 mm. long. Part of the 

 tail is missing, and there are rather wide cinnamon-rufous tips to the upiier wing- 

 coverts, indicating, it seems, immaturity. Otherwise, however, this specimen agrees 

 with a series from I'.atjan, collected by William Doherty. Batjan is a new locality 

 for Rh. torritla, which is hitherto only known from Ternate. Rh. torrida is most 

 closely allied to Rh. imjifrons of Australia, and not easily distinguishable. Generally 

 tlie under tail-coverts are strikingly richer cinnamon, and the head and back, rump, 

 and ha.se of tail darker The tips to the rectrices .seem to be always very light, 

 whitish, while in Rh. rufifrons, on the other hand, they are sometimes equally white, 

 but more often of a very light greyish brown. These forms and others are better 

 treated as subspecies, I think, but require more study. 



