collected in Dutch New Guinea. 141 



and with the apical half of the under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries silky-white. The length of the tarsus in M. axil- 

 laris^ 18'5 mm. ( = 0*7 inch), also agrees with Ramsay^s 

 description of R. fallax. 



Salvadori, Agg. 0. P. p. 80 (1890) keeps up Rliipidura 

 fallax Ramsay- as a species, and considers R. cinnamomea 

 Meyer to be the female of it. This is certainly an error, 

 as R. cinnamomea is, no doubt, a true Rhipidura, and appa- 

 rently founded on a female of R. atra \_cf. Meyer, Zeit. 

 ges. Orn. iii. p. 17, pi. iii. fig. 3 (1886), and Biittikofer, 

 Notes Leyden Mus. xv. p. 74 (1893)]. 



*Arses telescophthalmns. 



Arses telescopJithalmus (Garnot) ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 409 

 (1879) ; van Oort, p. 86 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. 

 p. 460 (1903). 



A male from Etna Bay is recorded by Dr. van Oort. 



The female is easily recognisable from that of A. t. aruensis 

 Sharpe by the bright chestnut mantle and edges of the 

 quills. 



Another close ally, A. t. henkei Meyer (cf. Roths. & 

 Hartert, t. c. p. 461), is found in British New Guinea. The 

 male has less black on the chin and the female generally has 

 the belly, flanks, and under tail-coverts washed with pale 

 cinnamon, but there seems to be no difference between the 

 two in the colour of the upperpartSj which are equally bright 

 chestnut. 



Arses telescophthalmus aruensis. 



Arses aruensis Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 410 (1879). 



Arses telescophthalmus harterti van Oort, p. 86 (1909); 

 id. Notes, xxxii. p. 81 (1910) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx, 

 p. 494 (1913). 



a-c. (5" ? et ? iinm. Wakatimi, Mimika River, 1st Jan.- 

 10th March, 1911. [Nos. 204, 1097, 1138, C.ff.B. G.] 



d-q. S ? • Parimau, Mimika River, 6th Sept.-27tli Dec. 

 1910. [Nos. 148, 189, 203, 258, 548, &%&, 667, 676, 686, 

 687, 693, 785, 851, C.H.B.G.'] 



