Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 4 75. 
Family MU SOW ARID M. 
RHIPIDURA FLABELLIFERA. 
FAN TAIL. 
(Plates 400, 401.) 
[Muscicapa FLABELLIFERA Gmelin, Syst. Nat., pt. II., p. 943, April 20th, 1789 : Dusky 
Sound, New Zealand. Extra-limital.] 
Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, Birds Austr., pt. i, Dec. 1st, 1840 : Tasmania. 
Rhipidura flabellifera Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 247, 
1827 ; Swainson, Nat. Libr., Flycatchers, p. 124, pi. x., 1838. 
Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, Birds Austr., pt. i (Vol. II., pi. 83), Dec. 1st, 1840 ; id ., Proc. 
Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 113, May 1841 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 238, 
1865 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 182, 1878 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 310, 1879; Ramsay, Tab. List. Austr. Birds, p. 6, 1888; 
Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 17, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., 
p. 108, 1901 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., p. 121, 1903 ; Bemey, 
Emu, Vol. IV., p. 43, 1904 (N.Q.) ; id., ib., Vol. V., p. 72, 1905 (N.Q.) ; A. G. 
Campbell, ib., p. 141, 1906 (Kang. Island) ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., 
p. 65, 1908 ; Hall, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 127, 1910 (S.A.) ; Barnard, ib., Vol. XI., p. 25, 
1911 (N.Q.) ; Chandler, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 38, 1913 (Vic.) ; Witmer Stone, Austral 
Av. Rec., Vol. I., pts. 6-7, p. 158, 1913; Macgilhvray, Emu, Vol. XIII., p. 168, 
1914 (N.Q.) ; Campbell and Barnard, ib., Vol. XVII., p. 23, 1917 (N.Q.). 
Rhipidura nassata “111.” Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 323 (Feb. 3rd), 1851; 
nom. nudum : Tasmania. 
Rhipidura preissi Cabanis, Mus. Hein., Vol. I., p. 57, (after Oct. 23rd) 1851 : West Australia ; 
Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 240, 1865; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 182, 1878; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 310, 
note, 1879 ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 6, 1888 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., 
p. 17, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 110, 1901 ; Hall, 
Ibis, 1902, p. 134; Milligan, Emu, Vol. II., p. 71, 1902 (W.A.) ; North, Austr. 
Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. II., p. 124, 1903 ; Milligan, Emu, Vol. IV., p. 50, 
1904 (W.A.) ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 65, 1908; Whitlock, Emu, 
Vol. VIII., p. 180, 1909 (W.A.) ; Hill, ib., Vol. X., p. 275, 1911 (N.W.A.). 
Rhipidura saturata Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 311, (pref. March) 1879: 
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