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14. Monarcha kulambangrae sp. nov. 



cf ? ad. At first sight very mnch like .1/. hroiHei, bat difiers in the very much 

 shorter, more scaly feathers of the throat, and the black area connecting the back 

 and throat, while in M. brodiei and M. brocliei floridana the white of the breast and 

 abdomen is connected with the white auricular region. The white speculum on 

 the wing-coverts is not so wide and quadrangular, the primary coverts have very 

 narrow white outer edges, the secondaries have no white whatever. The four outer 

 rectrices have wide white tips, on the outermost ones nearly twice as wide as in 

 M. brodiei, but these white tips seem to vary much in extent. Otherwise like 

 M. brodiei. Wing 82 to 83 mm. in i]xe females, 80 in the male. Two femaies and 

 one 7n(ile from Kulambangra, March 1901. "Iris dark brown, bill and feet blue- 

 slate." If correctly determined the se.xes are alike, the female merely being a 

 little smaller than the male. 



!•). Myiagra ferrocyanea Rams. 



(? ? Florida. Agreeing with specimens from Gnadalfianar, collected by Mr. 

 Woodford. There is no doubt that Myiayra pallida of Ramsay is the female of 

 M.ferroe>/a>iea. 



16. Myiagra feminina sp. uov. 



Two females from Kulambangra — males liave unfortunately not been sent — 

 differ from iho females of M.ferrocijanea in their brown, not cinnamon outer edges 

 to the remiges and base of tail, the whole tail being without cinnamon, even when 

 viewed from below, where it appears quite cinnamon in M. ferronjioiea ?. U]iper 

 tail-coverts grey, not cinnamon, rump grey, abdomen and under tail-coverts pure 

 white. " Iris dark brown, feet slate, bill bluish slate or light brown." Wings 

 65 mm. (68 at least in M. ferrocyanea ¥ ). 



17. Rhipidura rubrofrontata Rams. 

 Two skins from Kulambangra seem to agree with Ramsay's rubrofrontata, 

 but a good series from Guadaleanar may show that two local forms can be 

 distinguished. 



18. Rhipidura albina sp. uov. 



S ad. Upper surface black, merging into slate-colour on the back and rumji. 

 Throat and breast black. Wings brownish black, secondaries with wide whitish onter 

 margins, narrowly edged with whitish on the inner webs. Largest series of wing- 

 coverts with tiny dirty white tips. Tail entirely black. Feathers in the middle of 

 the abdomen with large white spots, feathers on the flanks and sides of lower back 

 ti])ped with white, lower abdomen and under tail-coverts white. " Iris dark brown, 

 feet blackish brown, bill black." Wing 98 mm., tail 03 mm., very little graduated, 

 the lateral rectrices being only 8 mm. shorter than the longest central pair. Bill 

 23 mm., metatarsus 18'8 mm. 



One mule, Kulambangra, 13. 3. 1901. There are some irregular white feathers 

 on the head, chin and throat, which are evidently due to albinistic aberration. 

 Normally coloured s]iecimens were unfortunately not sent, but the bird differs from 

 all known species of the geuns. It belongs to the Saidoprocta section. 



