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know whether or not the other islands more to tlie south and south-east also have 

 such i'oriris, in which the white may still more increase in extent. 



A closer examination of the fauna of Flores especially would, 1 liclieve, reveal 

 many interesting forms, as the island is hut imjierfeclly known. 



2.5. Rhipidura celebensis Hiittik. 



This species was described by Dr. Blittikofer in his excellent review of the genus 

 Rhipidura in Notes Leyden Mus. XV. p. 79, as coming from Makassar, Celebes. 

 Future explorations will have to prove whether it ever occurs there, but I cannot iielp 

 doubting it somewhat, as it was found by Everett and his men in Kalao and Djamjiea 

 only, but not in .Saleyer nor in Celebes. Dr. Kiittikofer has been kind enough to 

 compare our male, from Kalao with his type, and found it identical with the latter. 

 It is the only specimen 3Ir. Everett .sent from Kalao, but there are two nudes and a 

 female hova Djampea. They have the jugular black spot not of such a deep black, 

 the abdomen and breast not so pure white, but more oi' less tinged with fulvous, the 

 forehead not so bright rufous, and the upper wing-coverts tipped with rufous. Not- 

 with.standing these differences, they belong, I think, to the same species, as those 

 from Djampea seem to be, all three, immature liirds, one of them undoubtedly being 

 young, and the characters in which they differ not being equally develojied in them. 

 The ninle (Djampea) has the " iris dark lirown ; bill dark bro-wn ; mandible ochreous, 

 dark brown towards the tiji ; legs pale grey." 



26. Monarcha inornatus (<iarn.). 



Common on Djampea Island. 



(?. " Iris dark brown; bill pale slate-blue, whit i.sh at tip; legs and claws dark 

 slate-blue." 



?. " Iris dark brown; bill horn-black, white at the tip; legs slate-blue; claws 

 brownish grey." 



The specimens are what I believe to be typical M. inoriKda. They are slightly 

 paler rufous on the abdomen than specimens from Peling and Banggai. See Mey. i^l: 

 Wiglesw., Ahh. und Ber. Mm. Dresde.n, 1890, No. 2, p. 14. 



27. Monarcha everetti sp. nov. 



Monarcha. mari chalybeo-atra, uropygio, supracaudalibus, pectore, abdominc, 

 corporis lateribus, sul)caudalibus, axillaribus, subalaribus, remigum pogoniis internis 

 iid basin, caudae basi imo albis, reniigibus lateribus tribus extimis latissime, quarta 

 niinore jiro parte in apice albis. Femina suijra brunnescente gri.sea, loris alliidis, alis 

 brunneis, subtus albida, ochraceo-rufo lavata, cauda nigra, albo notata, sicut in mari. 



Al. (? 69 mm. ; caud. 72 ; tars. 19; culm. 16. 



Hah. Insula Djampea sic dicta. 



A good series of adult Ta(des was collected on the island of Djampea in December 

 1895. They are black with a steel-blue gloss, the tail less glossy. The rumi) and 

 upper tail-coverts, breast, abdomen, sides of body, axillaries, and under wing-coverts, 

 inner webs of remiges towards the base, the utmost base of tail, broad tips to rectrices, 

 aliout 2,i mm. in first, about 20 mm. in second, about 1.5 mm. in third, and a small 

 tip of a few mm. in fourth, white. Thighs black, some of the feathers with white tijis. 

 The primaries have more or less indistinct brownish edges in the middle of the outer 

 webs. "Iris dark brown; bill and legs light blue; claws dark grey." Length 



