Iii general habits it resembles the Rhipidura Albiscapa, but is much less tamo, and also 

 remains more on the ground, where it obtains most of its food. When running along the ground, it 

 continually displays its tail by spreading it out in the shape of a fan. 



The tust is eonstructed of interwoven strips of bark, covered externally with cobwebs, and 

 lined with feathers. Either one or two eggs are laid, the medium length of which is eight lines, and 

 the breadth six lines. In colour they are white, spotted with chestnut-brown and purple, particularly 

 at the larger end. where they often form a zone. 



The female is slightly smaller than the male, but otherwise they do not differ in appearance. 



The forehead is rusty-red ; the crown of the head, upper part of the back, and wings, dark 

 olive-brown; lower pari of back, tail, tail-coverts, and flanks, light rufous; chin and throat, white; 

 chest, black; centre of abdomen, greyish-white; irides, brownish-grey; bill, black; legs and feet, 

 blackish-brown. 



Habitats: New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 



RHIPIDURA ISUEA (Gould). 



NORTHERN FAN TAIL. 



rj^HIS. the northern representative of the genus, is particularly abundant on the Cobourg Peninsula. 



It is -. in rally seen in pairs, and inhabits, like its congeners, every description of country, from 

 the forests <>(' giant Eucalypti to mangrove swamps. It is in the latter, however, that it is usually found, 

 particularly during the hot portion of the day, when it seeks there a shelter from the heat. 



The breeding season begins about the end of August. 



The nest, which is made, more or less, in the same way as those of its congeners, and is, 

 like theirs, shaped like a wine-glass, is placed on a small tree, one of the Banksia tribe being often chosen. 



The upper surface and tail are dark brown ; the wings, lighter brown ; under surface, buffy- 

 white, with a band of light brown across the chest ; a spot behind the eye, white ; irides, brown ; bill, 

 legs, and feet, black 



Total length, 8 inches; bill, f inch; wing, 3§ inches; tail, 3^ inches; tarsi, n / 10 inch. 

 Habitat : North Coast. 



