collected m Dutch JVew Guinea. 153 



p. $. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 23rd Oct. 1912. 

 [A.F.R.W.'] 



h, i. c? • Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 19th & 20th Nov. 

 1912. [C.B.K.] 



Iris brown ; bill black ; feet black, brownish-black, or 

 purplish-brown. 



The types o£ this somewhat widely spread species came 

 from the Lobo District above Triton Bay, the Utanata 

 River, and Princess Marianne Strait, so that the above series 

 may be regarded as typical examples. The true R. setosa 

 was described from New Ireland^ and is also found on New 

 Britain and the Duke of York Group ; it is distinguished by 

 having conspicuous white margins to the inner secondary 

 quills and tertiaries. 



Some specimens have distinct narrow white shaft-streaks 

 to the grey feathers of the chest, showing an approach 

 towards M. bilttikoferi Sharpe, from Damma, Roma, Letti, 

 and Moa Islands in the Banda Sea ; the latter species is, 

 however, quite distinct, having pale buff axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts (instead of grey), the chest strongly streaked 

 with white, and the bill much longer and stouter. These 

 differences are not mentioned in Sharpe's original description 

 [cf. Bull. B. 0. C. i. p. xviii (1892)], and are therefore 

 worthy of note. 



" The White-throated Flycatcher was only observed near 

 the coast, where it frequented the mangrove-swamps. Its 

 habits are similar to those of its allies." — C. H. B. G. 



Ehipidura hyperythra. 



Rliipidura hyperythra Gray ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 338 

 (1876) ; van Oort, p. 85 (1909). 



Rliipidura hyperythra mulleri Meyer; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. XX. p. 495 (1913). 



a,b. cJ. Iwaka River, 23rd Jan. & 11th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 905, 1024, C. H. B. G.'] 



c-f. S ? . Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 22nd Nov. 

 1912-llth Jan. 1913. [ C. B. A'.] 



