( 465 ) 



1, near Humboldt Bay. J. M. Dumas coll. 



3 Mt. Maori, near Humboldt Bav, Jannary 1899. J. M. Dumas coll. 



], Kotoi district, British New Uninea, August ls98. A. S. Anthony coll. 

 1, British New Guinea. E. Weiske coll. 



4 c? (?, 1 S ? , Avera, Aroa River, Jannary, February, March 1903. A. b. Meeli 

 coll Ncis'a ID.S, 309, 393, 419, 420. "Iris dark brown (light brown), feet 

 smoky brown (dark brown), bill above dark brown (black), below amber (light 

 brown, liorn-ci)lonrj." 



37. Rhipidura rufidorsa Mey. 



Ehipahn: r„fi,la,:a A. B. Meyer, Sil.n„;H>n: I.: Ak,„l. Wiss. in.« Ixx. p. 200 (1874 : Rubi, 

 Jobi). 



2 c?c?, Ansus, Jobi, April Ls9:. W. Doherty coll. 



2 c?(?, 1 ?, Marai, Jobi, April 1897. W. Doherty coll. "Iris deep brown, 

 feet dull brownish, bill dull sejiia." 



1 (?, Kcboi, near Jobi, November 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1 Mt Maori, January 1899. J. M. Dumas coll. 



2 SS, 1 ?, 2 unsexed, Kapanr, December 1896, Jannary 1897. W. Doherty 



''^ '^ c?c? 1 ? Mysol, January, Febrnary 19U0. H. Kiihn coll., Nos. 1788, 1993, 

 1994^ "Iris dark 'brown (blackish), feet dark plumbeous, bill brown, mandible 



pale yellowish." i i i, 



1 " ? juv.," t'ollingwood Bay, 13. vi. Is99. No. 2600. "Ins dark brown, 

 feet dark brown, bill dark brown, light brown underneath." 



38. Rhipidura squamata MiiU. 



m;j,;,l.a-a s,,,nn„afa S. MiiUer, V,rh. X„L G.-srh. N.,J. In,!., Land- en VMenhnnJr p. 184 (1839-44 : 

 Bantla !) 



3 66, Pulo Babi (Pig Island), Am Is., 23. ix. 1900. H. Kiihn coll. 



These specimens seem inseparable from the typical Banda birds. We have 

 been able to compare 24 examples from Banda, Soa, Little Key, Kilsoein, 

 Manggoer, Taam and Maar Islands. 



39. Rhipidura auricularis De Vis. 



nk„i,ura aur.u!an. De V:s, Report New Guinea for 1889 (Birds), p. 2 (1890: Mu..grave 

 Range). 



2, Aroa River. E. Weiske coll. 



1 S, Aroa River, 5000 feet, Jannary 1900. E. Weiske coll. 



40. Rhipidura atra Salvad. 



/«,;,,;,/»,„ „lra Salva,lori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 922 (1875 : Hatam, Arfak). 

 l/h„i,h,r„ f,dh,j- Ramsay /". Z. .S. 1884. p. 580 (Astrolabe Range). 



^ ;;::^:;:^: a: «. Meyer. z.L.r. ,.. On. ^^^■j-^.^i^^^'^- 



R,Jpi,lnru n„;,,ri Buttikofer, NoU. Lnj<ln, .Uns. xv. pp. 81, 82, ll.S-1.. (1HJ-). 



While fully a.'reeing with BiittikniVr tluU, Mir'</>n-a hrarl,!,rh„i,rl<a is 



distinguish two r:u.es of cinnann.n ./.«../.^ those Iron, '^ ;^ JJ^./^^^^^ 



being like th<,se from the British colony. Nor can we share ^;" "'^^'' . ,^,;'~ 



It lie red birds are really the , /«««/,. of the black ones, but we lully agree 



