1883.] MR. p. L. SCLATKR ON BIRDS FROM TIMOR LAUT. 197 



6. Cacatua sanguinea, Gould. 



Cacatua sanguinea, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 3 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 61. 



The present collection contains five specimens of the small White 

 Cockatoo alluded to in my former paper as having been mentioned 

 by Mr. Forbes, but of which no example was ^ent. To my great 

 surprise it turns out to be Cacatua sanguinea, instead of G. citrino- 

 cristata as I had expected. The original specimens of 0. sanguinea 

 were obtained at Port Essington in N. Australia; so that its occurrence 

 in the Timor-Laut group is not after all so very remarkable. 



11. Rhipidura fusco-rufa, sp. nov. (Plate XXVII.) 



Supra obscure terreno-fusca, in dorso rufescenti tincta ; alis nigri- 

 cantibus, tectricum minorum apicibns et secundariorum margi- 

 nibus externis late rufis ; subtus rufa, mento et gutture toto ad 

 medium pectus albis ; subalaribvs rufis ; remigum marginibus inter- 

 nisfulvis ; caudce nigricantis rectricibus tribus externis totis et 

 paris proximi apicibus rufis ; rostra et pedibus nigris. Long, tola 

 7"0, alee 3-3, caudce 3' 4. 

 5 . Mari similis, 



Hab. insulas Tenimberenses Larat, Moloe et Loetoe. 

 Obs. Sp. rostro robusto lato, cauda parum graduata fusco et rufo 

 bipartita insignis. 



There are 14 specimens of this apjjarently new and very distinct 

 Ehipidura in the present collection, from the three localities above 

 mentioned. The irides are marked "dark brown," and the legs 

 and feet " black." 



The bill is broad and robust, and the rectrices but slightly gra- 

 duated, the external being only about 0'4 inch shorter than the middle 

 pair; so that the species would appear to come in the same division 

 as nos. 12 and 13 of Count Salvadori's list. 



12. Rhipidura opistherythra, sp. nov. 



Supra cineraceo-fusca, dorso postico castaneo-rufo ; loris albidis ; 

 alarum nigricaniium marginibus externis rufescentibus ; subtus 

 pallide fulva, gutture albo, crisso castaneo, hgpochondriis rufe- 

 scenti lavatis ; caudce elongatce et valde graduatcB rectricibus 

 rufescentibus, supra castaneo extus marginatis ; rostro superiore 

 nigro, inferiore ad basin et pedibus pallidis. Long, tota 6' 7, alee 

 3'4, caudcB rectr, med. 3'8, ext. 2'5, tarsi 0"9. 

 Hab. insulas Tenimberenses Larat et Maroe. 

 Obs. Sp. gutture albo et dorso postico et crisso castaneis, sicut 

 videtur, facile dignoscenda. 



The two specimens of this species in the collection are both 

 marked as female ; but the male would probably not differ in colora- 

 tion. "Irides dark brown; upper mandible sooty brown, lower 

 mandible same at top but pale flesh-colour at the base ; feet laven- 

 der-pink." 



The species belongs to the section with small bill and the tail- 



