Field notes, v1472
Page 608
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Marshall, 1945 Palau Rhipidura rufifrons pitch. Evenly dist. throughout jungle. & not as common as Psamattha. ( ) seen & coll in breadfruit mr. camp - an eceptu Individuals forage rapidly thru the forest with typical dainty movements rapid flight & darting after insects. Often go to the grone & hop along fallen logs & stumps. The first one I coll. on Koror wagged its spread tail sideways in definite movement, & as I was killing it, it moved the tail around in a circle. None of the rest ever showed this deliberate kind of wagging although the tail would ofte shake to one side or the other during the birds' movements. So in general the do not wag the tail. Tail more often closed than Marianas birds - spread only at special occasions & then done deliberately ( sayin birds often forage with tail habitually opened ); & tail raised at high angle & fanned out very