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05. Monarcha kulambangrae meeki snbsj). uov 



Differs from ^f. h. halamhamj lae iu baviug less white in the tail. The outer 

 rec'trices, which are white for 23 (?) to 29 (c?) mm. in J/, k. kulumbangrae, are 

 white only for 11 and Ls (?) to 17 and 21-o (c?) mm. iu M. /;. mccki. Otherwise 

 there is no aiii)reciable difference. 



The nomenclature here employed is only provisioual. Probably ktilambany rae 

 and mec/d are subspecies of the gronp of M. brodiei, and the oldest specific name 

 of this gronp of subspecies may not even be brodiei. We hope to discuss these 

 flycatchers later. 



(Type of M. I;. meAi : i ad., Kendova, 23. ii. 1904. No. A. 1 3y.j, A. S. 

 Meek coll.) 



The differences of /•ulnmbaiKjrac and brodiei are fully stated in the original 

 description {Xoe. Zool. 1901. p. 1S3). 



Mr. Meek sent the following specimens from Rendova : 



3 JtJ, 2 ! ad., 1 ? juv., Rendova, February 1904 (Nos. A. 1202, 1210, 1282, 

 1289, 1355, 1356, 1309). 



" Iris brown ; feet bluish slate ; bill chalky blue." 



06. Monarcha brodiei Rams. 



Muitarclut brodiei Ramsay, Pro-. Linn. Sue. N. S. Wales iv. p. 80 (187LI : Guadalcanar). 



4 cJ ad., 1 c? juv., 2 ? juv., Choiseul, December 1903, January 1904 (Nos. 

 A. 880, 942, 1062, io99, IKH,' 1100, 1131). 



2 S ad., 2 ? ad., 1 6 juv., 1 ? juv., Bougainville, Ajiril and May 1904 (Nos. 

 A. 1488, 1497, 1512, 1543, 1003, 1740). 



There is some variation in the extent of the white tips to the outer rectricos. 

 Generally this is smallest in the specimens from Guadalcanar, and those from 

 Isabel are indistinguishable from the latter ; while specimens from Choisenl are 

 inclined to have more white, and most of those from Bougainville have distinctly 

 more white on the outer rcctrices. This difference is, however, not nearly so 

 constant and marked as it is in kiilambangrae and meeki, and we are, therefore, 

 not inclined to separate the forms from the northern islands without further 

 evidence. 



The form we called ^^. brodiei JloriJana {Nov. Zool. 19(jl. ji. 183), which has 

 white edges to the [irimary coverts and some of the inner secondaries, is evidently 

 quite distinct, and hitherto only known to ns from our two males from Florida 

 Island. 



07. Monarcha castaneiventris castaneiventris \'(ur. 



Mtntinrhi aislaneifenlrix Verreaux, I}ev. it .Uiiij. de Znol. 18y8. p. 3i.l4 ("Samoa" — crrorc 1 

 Doubtless the type came from the Solomou Islands). 



3 S ad., 1 <S juv., 2 ? juv., Choiseul, December 1903, January I9U4 (Nos. 

 A. 873, 962, 1013, 1026, 1057, 1136). 



" Iris {S ad.) brown ; feet and bill d:irk slate-colour." 



One of the young females has the upper mandible abnormally lengthened and 

 hooked. 



