LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
386. RHIPIDURA FLABELLIFERA. FANTAIL. 
Muscicapa flabellifera Gmelin, Syst. Nat., pt. n., p. 943, April 20th, 1789 : Dusky Sound, New Zealand. Extra- 
limital.] 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 83 (pt. i.), Dec. 1st, 1840. Mathews, Vol. IX., pt. I., pis. 400, 401, Feb. 
15th, 1921. 
Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, Birds Austr., pt. i. (Yol. II., pi. 83), Dec. 1st, 1840 : Tasmania. 
Rhipidura nassata “ 111.” Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., pt. I., p. 323, June 1850. Nom. nud : Tasmania. 
Rhipidura preissi Cabanis, Mus. Heine, Vol. I., p. 57 (after Oct. 23rd), 1851 : West Australia. 
Rhipidura saturata Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 311, March 26th, 1879 : Tasmania. 
Not Rhipidura saturata Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., Vol. XII., p. 323, 1875. 
Rhipidura diemenensis Sharpe, Ibis, July 1879, p. 368. New name for R. saturata Sharpe. 
Rhipidura sharpei Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. IV., p. 318, Dec. 1st, 1879. New name for R. saturata 
Sharpe. 
Rhipidura albiceps Diggles, Ornith. Austr., pt. m., 1866. Error for albiscapa only. 
Rhipidura phasiana De Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl., Vol. I., pt. hi., p. 156, after Sept. 1884 : Norman River, 
North-west Queensland. 
Rhipidura alhicauda North, Ibis, July 1895, p. 340 : Stokes’ Pass, Central Australia. 
Rhipidura albiscapa alisteri Mathews, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. XXVII., p. 87, April 27th, 1911 : Homebush, 
New South Wales. 
Rhipidura flabellifera victories Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 318, Jan. 31st, 1912 : (Ringwood) Victoria. 
Rhipidura flabellifera whitei Mathews, ib. : (Grange) South Australia. 
Rhipidura flabellifera subphasiana Mathews, ib., p. 319 : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Rhipidura flabellifera harterti Mathews, ib. : Inkerman, Queensland. 
Rhipidura flabellifera frerei Mathews, ib. : Bartle Frere, North Queensland. 
Rhipidura flabellifera buchanani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 90, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Buchanan 
Island, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia and Tasmania. 
CCCXVIII. Genus HOWE AVIS. 
Howeavis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. Ill, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation): 
Muscicapa rufifrons Latham. 
387. HOWEAVIS RUFIFRONS. RUFOUS FANTAIL. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 84 (pt. xxni.), June 1st, 1846 ; Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. II., pi. 32 
(pt. n.), Jan. 1st, 1876. Mathews, Vol. IX., pt. i., pi. 402, Feb. 15th, 1921. 
Muscicapa rufifrons Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. 1. (after May 30th), 1801 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Rhipidura dryas Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 132, Feb. 1843 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Rhipidura intermedia North, Viet. Naturalist, Vol. XIX., p. 101, Nov. 6th, 1902 : Bellenden Ker Range, North 
Queensland. 
Rhipidura mayi Ashby, Emu, Vol. XI., pt. I., p. 41, July 1st, 1911 : Anson Bay, Northern Territory. 
Rhipidura rufifrons inexpectata Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 319, Jan. 31st, 1912 : (Dandenong Ranges) 
Victoria. 
Rhipidura rufifrons kempi Mathews, ib., p. 320, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Rhipidura rufifrons parryi Mathews, ib. : (Parry’s Creek) North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Northern Tropical Australia and extending down the east coast into Victoria, but only to 
Napier Broome Bay on the west. 
COCXIX. Genus SETOSURA. 
Setosura Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 58, Oct. 23rd, 1913. Type (by original designation): 
Rhipidura setosa melvillensis Mathews. 
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