( 182) 



rejected " f/'/i?'« " on account df the existence of a J}fi'ctan'nia ditbia of Bechstein, 

 1812, which, however, is a sj-uonym of an African snnbinl, and need nut therefore 

 concern ns here at all.) 



1884. Myzomela mclanocephala, Sharpe in Gonld's B. New Guinea, pt. xvii., 

 jil. X. (Phiced in the correct genus for the first time.) 



1888. Miixomda darpii, Grant, I'.Z.S., 1888, p. 197, pi. s., f. 3. (The author, 

 as shown by his remark that this species is quite unlike anythini; hitherto described, 

 had evidently not compared Gould's B. of New Guinea, where the species is figured 

 better than in the P.Z.S. The type of M. s/iarpii, which we have compared, has the 

 appearance of having been in spirits, the properly greenish colour being somewhat 

 brownish.) 



11. Monarclia castaneiventris (Verr.) 

 Two adult males from Florida. " Iris dark brown, feet slate-coloar, bill blue 

 with slaty black tip." 



12. Monarcha richardsi (Rams.) 



A remarkably fine scries from Knlambangra. 



The adult male may briefly be described as follows : — 



Ujjperside deep black, occiput and hind-neck pure white, tail, wings, throat and 

 chest black, abdomen and under tail-coverts rufous chestnut. One male (ai)pareutly 

 not immature), has the middle of the breast jiartially white. 



Other birds (? adwlt J'emales) are as follows : — 



Upperside dark grey, forehead and throat more or less blackish. From the eye 

 to the hind-neck a white patch of various size and shape, jngnlum grey like the 

 back, abdomen and under tail-coverts rufous-chestnut, lighter than in the adult male. 



Apparently, immature females have no white patch behind the eye, and no 

 blackish tinge on the throat and forehead. The young male resembles these yonng 

 J'emales. 



The question arises if these various plumages are S ad., ? ad. and imm., or 

 whether the sexes are alike, and all our supposed adult females are immature 

 females or males. The adult males have the " iris dark brown, feet deep slate-colour, 

 bill slaty bine." Females and young have the same coloration of bare parts. 



The adult males agree with a male collected on Rubiana by Captains Cotton 

 and Webster. It was sent in sjiirits, skinned here, and marked " ? " on the label 

 by the taxidermist who skinned it. We have no reason to suppose that he made 

 a mistake, and if not, it follows that the sexes are alike in M. ricliardsi, and our 

 supjiosed adult females are all yonng of either sex, for which speaks the various 

 extent of the white post-ocular patch. 



13. Monarcha brodiei floridana subsp. nov. 



S ad. Differs from }f. brodiei from Guadalcanar as follows : — 



The feathers of t lie throat are less elongated ; the primary coverts are not quite 

 black, but have distinct white edges to the outer webs ; some of the inner longer 

 secondaries have an elongated white mark near the tip, and the fomth from behind 

 has nearly the whole outer web bordered with white. 



Two adult males, Florida Island, January 1901. 



" Iris dark brown, bill and feet blue-slate." 



