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| Number | | | Exposed |
SUBSPECIES | and sex | Wing | Tail | culmen | Tarsus
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_R. r. uraniae_ | 11 males | 66 | 78 | 13.6 | 16.6
| |(64-69)|(75-82)|(13.1-14.5)|(15.6-17.2)
| | | | |
| 6 females | 65 | 76 | 12.3 | 16.8
| |(61-68)|(73-81)|(11.6-12.5)|(16.1-17.6)
| | | | |
_R. r. saipanensis_| 7 males | 68 | 81 | 13.3 | 17.3
| |(68-69)|(80-83)|(13.0-13.5)|(16.2-18.4)
| | | | |
| 6 females | 64 | 76 | 12.7 | 17.9
| |(62-66)|(72-81)|(12.4-13.4)|(17.2-18.1)
| | | | |
_R. r. mariae_ | 2 males | 65, 67| 82, 82| 12.1, 12.4|17.1, 17.2
| | | | |
_R. r. kubaryi_ | 14 males | 77 | 88 | 14.4 | 20.0
| |(75-79)|(82-95)|(13.6-15.0)|(19.0-21.0)
| | | | |
| 10 females | 72 | 87 | 14.5 | 20.0
| |(69-75)|(83-90)|(14.0-15.0)|(20.0-20.5)
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_Weights._--The NAMRU2 party recorded the weights of nine males as
9.0-10.0 (9.0); of three females as 7.2-9.6 (8.8) grams.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 41 (19 males, 14 females, 8
unsexed), as follows: Mariana Islands, USNM--Guam, 17 (May 29, 30,
June 6, 14, 18, July 12, 20); AMNH--Guam, 24 (Jan., Feb., March,
Aug., Sept., Dec.).
_Nesting._--Hartert (1898:54) recorded nests taken at Guam in
February and March.
_Molt._--On the basis of specimens examined, it is apparent that
molt begins in August or September and continues through the
months of the fall.
_Parasites._--Wharton (1946:174) obtained the chigger (Acarina),
_Trombicula_ sp., from this bird at Guam.
_Remarks._--The Rufous-fronted Fantail at Guam is a bird of the forest
and forest scrub. It prefers the areas where leafy undergrowth is
present. It moves rapidly about continually fluttering its wings and
spreading its long fanlike tail. The birds are usually observed in
pairs. On January 21, 1945, E. W. Coleman of the NAMRU2 party killed a
fantail but before he could retrieve it, a large toad (_Bufo marinus_)
seized the fallen bird and carried it into a hole in the ground.
=Rhipidura rufifrons saipanensis= Hartert