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species, unlike R.juvanica, frequents thick forest, and does 

 not approacli the haunts of man.] 



61. Rhipidura perlata (S. MiilL). 



Rhipidura perlata, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 328 ; Salvad. t. c. 

 p. 136; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 253; id. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 794. 



Rhipidura rhombifer, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 18, 

 a. ^ ad. Sandakan, April 20, 1885. 



[Apparently rare. I only met with it on one occasion, but 

 Mr. Pryer also procured it in the vicinity of Sandakan.] 



G2. Rhipidura javanica (Sparrm.). 



Rhipidura javanica, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 332; id. P. Z. S. 

 1879, pp. 337, 791. 



Leucocerca javanica, Salvad. t. c. p. 135. 

 a, b. <$ ad. Kina Balu, March 15-20, 1887. 



Mr. Whitehead's series from Labuan quite confirms all 

 that I said about this species in the ' Catalogue.' The males 

 are slightly darker than the females, and the variation in the 

 amount of black on the throat depends much on the way in 

 which the white tips of the feathers become abraded. In 

 some individuals the black bases are entirely hidden by white 

 tips to the feathers, and so the whole throat appears white. 

 As the white tips become abraded, so the black on the throat 

 expands, until there is nothing but a narrow band of white 

 across the lower throat between the black chin and the black 

 collar across the fore neck. The males from Kina Balu have 

 the wing 3* 1-3" 15 inches, and the females from Labuan 

 measure 2"95-3"25 inches. 



[This Fantail is common in Labuan, appearing in all the 

 native clearings and often entering the verandahs of the 

 houses in search of insects. It loves to frequent the lower 

 boughs of trees, often settling on the ground, where it expands 

 its fan-like tail and droops its wings. It is altogether a 

 very graceful little bird. Its note is a four-syllabled squeak- 

 ing cry of ' Kip-kip-pe-wheek,' with the accent on the last 

 syllable. 



Whilst going up the Lawas River in a boat, I often got the 



