RUFOUS FANTAIL. 
Rhipidura mayi Ashby, Emu, Yol. XI., p. 41, July 1st, 1911 : Anson Bay, Northern 
Territory. 
Rhipidura ( fulvifrons sic) mayi Ashby, ib., p. 259, 1912. 
Rhipidura rufifrons rufifrons Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 319, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Rhipidura rufifrons inexpectata Mathews, ib. : (Dandenong Ranges) Victoria; id., Austral 
Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 57, 1912. 
Rhipidura rufifrons intermedia Mathews, ib., p. 320. 
Rhipidura rufifrons Icempi Mathews, ib. : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Rhipidura rufifrons dry as, Mathews, ib. 
Rhipidura rufifrons parryi Mathews, ib. : (Parry’s Creek) North-west Australia. 
Hoiveavis rufifrons rufifrons Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 185, 1913. 
Howeavis rufifrons inexpectata Mathews, ib. ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 239, 1914. 
Howeavis rufifrons intermedia Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 185, 1913. 
Howeavis rufifrons icempi Mathews, ib. 
Howeavis rufifrons dry as Mathews, ib. 
Howeavis rufifrons parryi Mathews, ib., p. 186. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia, Cape York to Victoria and north and west as far as 
Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia. 
Adult male. Hinder part of crown, nape, mantle, and upper wing-coverts russet-brown, 
some of the last have rufous edgings like the outer edges of the flight-quills ; 
primary-coverts and inner webs of primary and secondary quills blackish-brown 
paler and inclining to whitish on the inner edges of the latter ; back, rump, upper 
tail-coverts and base of tail rufous ; apical half of tail blackish with greyish- 
white tips to the feathers ; fore-head, and feathers above the eye rufous ; rictal 
bristles black ; lores and cheeks black like the band across the lower throat ; some 
of the feathers on the fore-neck are black, fringed with white ; middle of breast, 
middle of abdomen, and vent white ; sides of body ochreous ; thighs and under 
tail-coverts buff ; axillaries, under wing-coverts and inner margins of quills below 
whitish, remainder of the under-surface of quills hair-brown ; lower aspect of 
tail blackish-brown with pale tips to the feathers. Bill black ; eyes blood-red ; 
feet brown. Total length 160 mm. ; culmen 9, wing 76, tail 82, tarsus 19. 
Figured. Collected at Cable Station, Cape York, North Queensland, on the 25th 
of July, 1913. 
Adult female. From the same locality, similar to the above. 
Adult female. Hinder part of head, sides of face, hind-neck, sides of neck, upper back, 
and wings russet-brown ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish-brown with pale inner 
edgings ; lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and base of tail rufous-chestnut ; 
apical portion of tail blackish with greyish-white tips to the feathers ; fore-head 
and feathers above the eye rufous ; chin and upper throat white extending in a 
line along the cheeks towards the sides of the neck ; lower throat black ; fore- 
neck also black with whitish margins to the feathers ; middle of breast and middle 
of abdomen whitish ; sides of the body, thighs, under tail-coverts, axillaries and 
under wing-coverts, and inner margins of quills below buff ; remainder of quill- 
lining pale hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail blackish with greyish tips to the 
feathers. Bill and eyes dark brown ; feet light brown. Total length 152 mm. ; 
culmen 8, wing 71, tail 77, tarsus 19. Figured. Collected at Selby, Victoria, 
on the 26th of December, 1911. 
Adult male , From same locality, similar to the above. 
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