Order PASSEli.ES.] 
[Fam. MTTSCICAPID.dE. 
EHIPIDEEA FLABELLIFEEA. 
(PIED PANTAIL.) 
Fan-tailed Flycatcher , Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 340, pi. xlix. (1783). 
Muscicapa flabellifera, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 943 (1788, ex Lath.). 
Ehipidura flabellifera , Gray, in Dieff. Trav. ii., App. p. 190 (1843). 
Muscicapa ventilabrum , Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 86 (1844). 
Ehipidura albiscapa, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 150 (1858, nec Gould). 
Native names. 
Piwaiwaka, Tiwaiwaka, Piwakawaka, Tirairaka, Pirairaka, Tiwakawaka, and Pitakataka. 
Ad. supra olivascenti-brunneus, pileo nigricante : linea supraoculari albida : tectricibus alarum brunneis, olivaceo 
lavatis, albido terminatis : remigibus nigricanti-brunneis extus dorsi colore lavatis : cauda sordide alba, 
scapis pure albis, rectricibus duabus ceutralibus nigricantibus ad apicem albidis, reliquis extus brunnescenti- 
nigris, pennfi extima omnino albidfi : facie laterali pilco concolore : gula albida : torque pectorali nigra: 
subtus aurantiaco-fulvus, pectore superiore et subcaudalibus pallidioribus : cruribus nigricantibus : rostro 
nigro : pedibus brunnescenti-nigris : iride nigra. 
Juv. similis adulto, sed supra magis brunnescens : gutture grisescenti-albo : corpore reliquo subtus sordide ful- 
vescente : torque pectorali absente : tectricibus alarum fulvido apicatis, et secundariis extus eodem colore 
marginatis. 
Adult male. Crown, nape, and sides of the head sooty black ; the whole of the back, rump, and upper surface 
of wings dark olive-brown ; the small wing-coverts tipped with fulvous white ; rictal bristles black ; throat 
and mark over the eyes greyish white ; across the fore neck and upper part of breast a broad band of sooty 
black ; lower part of breast and all the under surface fulvous, tinged with cinnamon, the base of the feathers 
plumbeous; quills dark olive-brown, with paler shafts, the inner secondaries edged with fulvous white; the 
two middle tail-feathers brownish black, with pure white shafts, and tipped with greyish white; the 
lateral feathers greyish white and, with the exception of the outermost one on each side, margined on their 
outer webs with brownish black, all having pure white shafts. Irides and bill black ; feet blackish brown ; 
soles greyish. Total length 6'5 inches ; extent of wings 8; wing, from flexure, 2'75 ; tail 4; bill, along 
the ridge '3, along the edge of lower mandible '4; tarsus "7 ; middle toe and claw '6 ; hind toe and 
claw ’5. 
Female. Similar in plumage to the male, but slightly smaller. 
Young. The young bird has the throat greyish white ; the hreast and all the under surface dark fulvous brown ; 
the small wing-coverts are largely tipped and the secondaries narrowly edged with fulvous brown, and the 
plumage of the back is more or less tinged with the same colour. 
Obs. I have observed birds in the young plumage as late as the middle of March ; but the adult livery is 
certainly assumed at the first moult. 
The Pied Fantail, ever flitting about with broadly expanded tail, and performing all manner of 
