KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 52. N:o |7. 85 
The specimen Y agrees with Mathews”s subsp. subphasiana of R. flabellifera. 
The upper part is paler than in RB. fl. preissi. The pectoral collar is not missing, 
but is present in the form of a narrow dusky shade. But it certainly looks like a 
juvenal of R. fl. preissi. And in fact this specimen was shot in Beagle bay among 
the other three specimens of R. fl. preissi, even in the same copse and on the same 
day as two of them. Certainly not a subspecies: subphasiana. "The specimen is smaller 
than the following ones. 
I obtained the above specimens of this fly-catcher in the mangrove vegetation 
at Broome, where it was, however, rare. 
Rhipidura setosa isura GouLD. 
Math. handl. n:r 486. 2 22 ad., SJ ad. Meda, Kimb. !$/;5 1911, moult. tail and wing; 82 ad. Sunday 
Island, ibid. !?/2> 1911, worn spec. moult. in wing; SJ ad. Beagle bay, Dampier 1. !5/7 1911, pretty spec. 
Plumage. — The worn specimen has a very faded plumage, the whole upper 
surface of a dark-brown colour, not dark-ashy grey as in the others. But the few 
new feathers in the wings have the same colour as in the fresh specimens. 
Moulting. — This specimen, which has even now obtained feathers in the 
wings, but has not dropped them in other parts, is quite different from other cases 
among birds, where the wing- and tail-feathers are obtained after the moulting of 
the body. Possibly the bird has not paired. 
The specimen shot in May has the tail in moulting and some feathers growing 
out in the wing, otherwise it is full-moulted. . 
Moulting-season. — The ordinary time is probably the rainy season. 
Ecological. — I saw this fly-catcher at Sunday Island as well as at Meda and 
Beagle bay in the rather thick bush vegetation at the water-pools. At running brooks 
at the former place it was not rare. 
Rhipidura tricolor picata MATH. 
Math. handl. n:r 487. 9 ad., F$ ad. Derby, Kimb. 15/13 1910, ”t!/3 1911; J ad. Meda, ibid. 7/s 1911; 
2 SS ad., 2 29 ad. Meda, Sandy Creek ??/5, 23/5, ?S/5 1911; 2 29 ad. Beagle bay, Dampier 1. 3/7, 19/7 1911. 
Ecological. — The black and white fantail was everywhere one of the most 
common birds of the bush and at the same time one of the most unsettled ones. 
Among the white men it was called »the devil-devil». It suddenly and most un- 
expectedly appears like a shadow, and from tree to tree it accompanies the wanderer 
over long stretches of the road with its noiseless, gentle flight. Its movements are 
as curious as its notes, which are sometimes whistling, sometimes creaking, etc. Even 
on the ground, where it sometimes comes down, its manner of moving with jerks 
and turns and flapping its wings is very characteristic. All these things render its 
appearance quite unlike any other birds except species of the same genus, and though 
the habits of many of the small birds of the bush remind one of certain European 
