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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