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black with narrow grey tipb, the outermost pair broadly tipped with grey. Iris 

 dark browu, bill aud feet black. Bill very large and .-itroagly hooked. Culmen 

 from base 43—44 mm., wiug 135, tail 115, bill from nostril to tip 20-5 — 21 mm. 

 $ ad. aud i jiiv. Above greyish browu, crown bluish ash-colour in adult ffjiinlif, 

 of the colour of the back iu youug birds. Narrow sujierciliary line pale rufous. 

 Broad strij)e behind eye aud lores blackish grey. Ear-coverts pale rusty browu, with 

 dark greyish stripes. Remiges blackish, outer webs narrowly, inuer webs broadly, 

 bordered with pale cinnamon. Central rectrices pale greyish brown, narrowly 

 tipped with pale cinnamon. Remainder of rectrices blackish brown, broadly tijiped 

 with eiuuamou. Underside pale cinnamon, sides of neck aud breast more or less 

 barred with black. 



The plumage of the young male is illustrated by some very interesting skins iu 

 full moult from the rufous cinnamon to the slaty grey coat. 



Evidently not rare 



5. Monarcha inornatus (C4aru.). 



6. Monarcha melauopterus Gray. 



Piezorkijnchus »itlaiiOjjterus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. IV. p. 4i0. 



There are of this rare bird, which has been discovered on Round Island iu the 

 Louisiade group by Mr. John Macgillivray, three skins which agree perfectly with 

 the type iu the British Blusenm. Two are marked " cJ," one " ? " ; but I believe 

 the latter is marked wrongly. There is, however, another specimen marked 

 " ? ," which I consider must be the real female. While the adult ynale has the bill 

 of a dark blue slate-colour, this female has it black, yellowish brown at base of 

 mandible. The back is greyish browu, the head ashy grey, throat grey, ear-coverts 

 grey, no black ring round the eyes, upper wing-coverts grey with brown, edges, the 

 white tips to the lateral rectrices less extended. L»therwisc it is marked aud 

 coloured like the adult male. 



T. Rhipidura louisiadensis sp. nov. 



i ad. Forehead cinnamon. Feathers in front of eyes and rictal bristles black. 

 Top of head earthy browu, with blackish brown centres to the feathers ; hind-neck, 

 upper part of the back, and upper wing-coverts earthy brown. Ear-coverts very 

 dark browu. Lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts cinnamon. Utmost base of 

 lateral and basal half of central rectrices cinnamon, remainder of rectrices dark 

 ashy grey, tips of lateral pairs dirty white for about 1',' mm., central pair only with 

 a fringe of dirty white at the tip for about 1 — 2 mm. Remiges deep browu, inner 

 webs with rufous buff, onter webs with narrower rusty cinnamon edges. Throat 

 white, across the crop-region a wide black collar, so frequently found in this genus, 

 the edges of the lower feather towards the breast edged with white, thus producing 

 a scaly appearance. Breast aud abdomen white in the centre, rusty brown along 

 the sides. Under tail-coverts cinnamon-buif, under wiug-coverts white. Wiug 

 77 — 78, tail 90, tarsus iin, bill from base 14 — 15 mm. " Iris brown, bill aud feet 

 deep slaty brown, mandible pale at base.'' 



