collected in Dutch New Guinea. 



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Salvad. as the male o£ R. hrachyrhyncha Schleg. Since that 

 date, however, considerable confusion has been caused by 

 more recent authors. In South-east New Guinea the present 

 species is represented hj R. b. cinnamomea Meyer [Zeit. ges. 

 Orn. iii. p. 17, pi. iii. fig. 3 (1886)], which was founded on a 

 female. Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert (N. Z. x. p. 465) 

 are unable to distinguish two races of cinnamon females, and 

 consider those from Dutch New Gruinea similar to those from 

 the British Colony ; but I agree with Dr. Biittikofer (op, cit. 

 p. 113) that the females can be distinguished, and find that 

 ti>e males also differ somewhat, as the following comparative 

 table will show. Dr. Biittikofer, in failing to recognise the 

 rufous birds as females of the black forms, has greatly 

 involved matters. 



a. hrachyrhyncha Sclileg. 

 (i2. atra Salvad.). 

 S. Black, with white underwing' 

 coverts and white tips to the 

 axillaries. 



{R. hrachyrhyncha Schleg, & 

 R. meye)-i Biittik.) 

 5 . Back chestnut, ci'own with a 

 brownish tine'e. 



R, h. cinnamomea Meyer. 



cJ . Black, with the under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries black 

 mixed with white. 



2 . Back paler chestnut, almost 

 the same colour as the crown. 



Ehipidura rufidorsa. 



Rhipidura inijidorsa Mej'er ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 322 (1879) ; 

 Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 495 (1913). 



a-h. S ? ' Parimau, Mimika River, 27th Aug.-25th Dec. 

 1910. [Nos. 28, 71, 111, 229, 480, 673, 820, C.H.B. G. ; 

 & 1500, G.C.S,'] 



i, k. S ^ ' White Water Camp, Kapare River, 2nd-8th 

 Nov. 1910. [Nos. 420, 463, C. H. B. G.} 



L S ■ Tuaba River, 1st Nov. 1910. [No. 1469, G. C. 6'. I 



m. cJ itnm. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 8th Nov. 

 1912. [aB.K.-] 



Iris brown ; bill horn-brown ; lower mandible lighter ; 

 feet pale ashy-brown, purplish-brown, or slate-brown. 



Total length in the flesh 152 mm. (==6 inches). 



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