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Hab.: Solomon Islands. 



ßhipidura cervina. 



Ramsay, Proc. Limi. Soc.New South Wales. III. 1879. p. 340. 



All the Upper surface dull earthy brown ; the frontal feathers 

 tiuged with ashy brown at the base, the lores, sides of the head, 

 and ear-coverts of a slightly darker tint of brown than that of 

 the head, a line of butf over the eye ; throat whitish ; ehest, and 

 üll the under surface, and the under wing-coverts liglit fawn color, 

 a little paler on the under tail-coverts; wiiigs blackish brown, the 

 secondaries narrowly margined on the outer web with buff, the 

 scapularies rather broadly margined with white and buff; the coverts 

 of the secondaries and scapularies distinctly tipped with buff; tail, 

 blackish brown, lighter on the inner webs, the shafts of all, except 

 the centre two feathers, white on botb sides; the outer feathers, 

 on either side, margined on both webs, and largely tipped with 

 buffy white, all the rest, except the centre two, margined on the 

 inner webs with the same tint; bill black; feet and legs blackish 

 brown; bristles black, extending to beyond the bill. Tot. Igth. 6 

 inch. ; wing-. 3 inch.; tail 3,65; tars. 0,8. 



Hab.: Lord Howes Islands. 



Rhipidura elegantula. 



R. B. Sharp e, Notes Roy. Zool. Mus. Leyden No. 1. 1879. p.23. 



R. affinis B. squamatae ex Banda, sed capite uuchaque cin- 

 namomeis dorso concoloribus et pectore albo, nee nigro alboque 

 squamato, valde diversa. 



Long. 6,5; ala 2,9; cauda 3,9; tarsus 0,85; rostr. a fronte 

 0,5 inches. 



Hab. in insula „Lettie" dicta. 



RJiipidura rubrofrontata. 



Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales. 1879. p. 82. 



This species comes close to R. torrida Wall, P. Z. S. 1865. 

 p. 477. but is smaller, has the ear coverts brown, not black; the 

 black of the ehest confined tho that region and not extending over 

 the breast; more rufous on the forehead; and much more white 

 on the tips of the tail feathers. 



Lgth. 5,2; wing 2,6; tail 3,1; tars. 0,7; bill 0,55. 



Hab.: Lango, Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands. 



(Fortsetzung folgt.) 



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