154 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Iris dark brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower 

 mandible yellow ; feet horn-brown. 



The type of this species, procured by Wallace in the Aru 

 Islands, is in the British Museum. The series listed above 

 agrees well with the Aru bird, the white tips to the outer 

 tail-feathers being shorter, about 9 to 12 mm. wide, but the 

 wing-measurement is a trifle longer. 



Wing. 



1 c? (^jpe)' Aru Islands 70 mm. 



IS' Dutch New Guinea 74-80 mm. 



I have only one specimen (the type) from the Aru Islands 

 for comparison, but if the difference in size is considered 

 worthy of subspecific value, which I do not consider it to be, 

 the Dutch New Guinea bird must stand as R. h. mulleri 

 Meyer, type from Lobo District, above Triton Bay. 



Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert have recognised at least 

 three races of R. hyperythra, and have pointed out that 

 examples from British New Guinea have the white tips to 

 the outer tail-feathers rather wider, about 15-16 mm. wide ; 

 but this is a very variable character, and too much reliance 

 should not be placed on it or on the amount of white on the 

 chin, another character which they have put forward. 



Ehipidura albolimbata. 



Rhipidura albolimbata Salvad. ; Sharpe^ Cat. iv. p. 315 

 (1879). 



Rhipidura auricularis Roths, & Hartert (nee De Vis), N. Z, 

 XX. p. 494 (1913). 



Rhipidura albolimbata lorentzi van Oort, p. 85 (1909). 



a, & [? ? et ? imm.]. Camp 6 b, Utakwa River, 4200 ft.,, 

 25th & 26th Jan. 1913. [ C. B. K.'] 



c. S imm. Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 3rd Feb, 

 1913. IC.B.K.-] 



d. S imm. Camp 11, Utakwa River, 8000 ft., 6th Feb. 

 1913. [C.B.K.-] 



These specimens appear to be typical R. albolimbata 

 Salvad. The species is distinguished from R. a. auricularis 

 De Vis [Brit. New Guinea Rep. Sept. 1888 to June 1889, 



