RHIPIDURA. 
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RHIPIDURA RUFIFRONS, Latham. 
Rufous-fronted Fantail. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 136, p. 240. 
“ This species although a constant visitor to Sydney ancl the 
neighbourhood, seldom breeds except in the thick brushes of 
Illawarra, or such like localities. The eggs are two for a sitting, 
of a pale cream colour, or creamy-white, with a zone of spots and 
dots of light wood-brown, and a few dots of lilac, the markings 
being confined to the zone, with the exception of one or two large 
dots on the remainder of the surface. Length 0 - 7 x 0-52 inch.” 
(From Mr. Ralph Hargrave's Coll. Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S. W., 
2nd Ser., Vol. i., p. 1143.) 
Hah. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond and 
Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South 
Australia. (Ramsay.) 
RHIPIDURA SETOSA, Quoy et Gaimard. 
(R. isura, Gould.) 
Northern Fantail. 
Gould, Handbk. lids. Aus., Vol. i., sp. 138, p. 242. 
A nest of this species in the Australian Museum Collection, 
taken at Port Darwin in 1879, is similar in shape to that of li. 
albiscapa, but slightly larger, the nest is composed entirely of 
very fine thin strips of bark woven together with the webs of 
spiders, but not so compactly made as that of the former species, 
it is also without any special lining, the nest is placed at the 
junction of a fine three-pronged branch, and the stcm-like 
appendage at the bottom of the nest is built round a twig growing 
below the fork on which the nest is placed. 
“ Egg similar to that of S. molacilloides, but much smaller. It 
is of a light cream colour, with dull wood-brown spots forming a 
