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23. Monarcha castaneiventris megarhynchus snbsp. nov. 



Similar in all respects to M. castaneiventrig castaneiventris^ but the bill larger 

 and the tail and wings longer. The tail of the adult males measures up to 78 5 ram., 

 thus being nearly 1 cm. longer than in M. c. castaneiventris. The wings of the 

 males measure np to 89 and even 01 mra. Width of bill across nostrils 9, as 

 opposed to about 7 mm. Cnlmen 23 to 24 mm., as opposed to about 19 to 21 mm. 

 Type of new subspecies : 



(? ad, Yannta, 26. iv. 1908, No. 4089, A. S. Meek coll. Mr. Meek sent 

 3 (?(? ad., 1 S jun., 2 ? ? ad., all from Yanuta. (Nos. 403.5, 4045, 4052, 4069, 

 4089, 4090.) 



In the " Handlist of Birds," iii. p. 285, Dr. Sharpe quotes Pomarea rufocastanea 

 Rams., Pr. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales iv. p. 79 (1879), as coming from Sau Christoval. 

 This is an error, as Ramsay gives as the locality of his rufocastanea '" Lango, 

 Gnadalcanar," and rnj'ocastanea is therefore a synonym of M. c. castaneicentris. 

 We have comjjared Verreaux's type, now in the British Museum, and find it clearly 

 to belong to the small-billed form found on Guadalcanar, Isabel and Uhoiseul. 



24. Monarcha vidua (Tristr.). 



Piezorln/iicliiiK i-iihia Tristram, Ibis ISl'J, p. 4139 (Sau Christoval). 



3 <S<S, 3 ¥?. (Nos. 4000, 4046, 4047, 4063, 4064, 4005, Yannta) "Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet slaty blue." 



These six specimens agree entirely in plumage. It is somewhat strange that 

 the sexes in this species should be alike, while in its allies they are very ditferent. 

 The wings measure in the " males " 74'5 — 81, in the " females " 75 and 76 mm. 



25. Myiagra cervinicauda cervinicauda Tristr. 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 



Myiagra cerrinirniidti Tristram, Jbin 1879. p. 439 (San Christoval). 



2 <?c? ad., £ ? ? ad. (Nos. 4034, 4062, Yanuta; 4139, 4146, 4155, Makira.) 

 "Iris, (S dark brown, ? brown; feet, c? slate, ¥ slaty blue and slate; bill, d dark 

 slaty blue, chalky bine, ? slaty blue, slate." 



The male differs from that of M. c. ferrocyanea by the back being dark grey 

 with a deep metallic bottle-green wash instead of entirely deep purjile-blue. 

 The head, wings and tail are dark metallic bottle-green. The female dilfers from 

 those of M. c. ferrocyanea and M. c.feminina (cf. Nor. Zool. 1905. p. 261) by liaving 

 the throat and breast cinnamon-rufous and the abdomen cinnamon-buif. 



26. Diaphoropterus affinis (Tristr.). 



Syminoi-phns (Lrilage) ciffiuis Tristram, Ihix 1879. p. 440 (San Christoval). 



3 cJcJ, 3 ? ?. (Nos.. 4079, 409.5, 4107, 4110, Yanuta; 4131, 4158, Makira.) 

 " Iris brown ; bill and feet black." 



27. Pachycephala christophori Tristr. 



Pachycephalm christophori Tristram, Ibis 1879. p. 441 (San Christoval). 



5 cJc?, 3 ? ?. (Nos. 4(105, 4111(1, 4014, 4025, 40.32, 4033, 4039, 4(M0, Yanuta.) 

 (J ad., " Iris brown ; bill black ; feet slate." 



