(4) SjK'ciiuoiis from the Kci Islands have the tlirout itii<I breast darker, some- 

 wliat (donded witli <jre3',tlie liars being' less sharply detiiied, the Inifi'oii the abdomen 

 restricted to the lower part of the abdomen, vent, and nnder tail-ouverts. 



(5) Birds from British New Guinea, Fergnsson and Goodenough Islands are 

 darker below: the rust-colour of the abdomen is darker and reaches up to the chest. 



((i) In North Australia- ('Queensland) LdliKjt^ l:ant also occurs. One sjjeeimen 

 iVdUi there ((Jooktown, Uobiiison coll.) is extremely niucli like /., huni hitm. 



The material at j)resent available for coin]iaris(in at Trino' and Limdun is 

 delicieiit from several parts of the <listribution of /.. hum^ but I believe there is no 

 ilonbt that the form from the Kei Islands, from where we have a sjood series 

 collected by Hcrr Ileinrich Kllhn, and the dark form from British New Guinea and 

 the U'Entrecastoanx Islands, can be nominally distinguished as subspecies. 



The large L. h'ucomeln of Australia, with the adult inulc below (piite uniform, 

 witlidut bars, is (piite another species. 



11. Monarcha iuornatus (<iiiiii.). 

 Two iiiitli's. 



1-'. Monarcha melanopsis Viiill.i (subsp. ?). 



A pair, shot in April. The black on the throat of the iiudf is rathei' less 

 extended than usual, and the black feathers round the eye seem to be wanting; but 

 one being a /'emale, the other in very much worn plumage, I must await more 

 material to decide whether it is subspeoitically diffei'ent from .1/. inrht iwitsis 

 i/wl'UWpsi.'i oi' not. 



ni. Monarcha .chalybeocephalus ((iarn ). 

 Xol ra.ie nn Sudest Island. Iris liniwii in both sexes. 



14. Monarcha guttatus (Garn.). 



Two ma/rs from Sudest Island have remarkably sm;ill bills. This is jierhaps 

 a peculiarity of all the Sudest Island birds. 



li">. Rhipidura setosa nigromentalis subsp. nov. 



In studying the Wiiphhini I'rom Sudest I have been obliged to cumpare the 

 wh(df iif the species //. .sv/n.w', and I find that it consists — as far as my present 

 knowledge goes — of five faiidy well-marked local I'orms. 



". Rhipidura setosa setosa (Q. it G.). 



Back grey, inner secondaries with wide white edges and tips, larger series of 

 ujiper wing-coverts with narrow white edges. New Irelaml (t;/i>i), New Britain. 



/'. Rhipidura setosa gularis Sal. Rliill. 



Back a shade darker, more slate-colour, upper wing-coverts without white 

 edges, inner secondaries with narrow whitish grey edges. This form hiis been 

 wrongly considered to be inseparable iVom typical setosa. New Guinea : Arfak, 

 Lobo, Kapaur, British New Cinincii. 



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