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 OS. Monarcha castaneiventris erythrosticta (Shavpe). 



Pnmarea eri/llirostlria Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888. p. 185 (Fauro). 

 Poinarm rihhei Hartert, Nov. Zuol. 1895. p. 48o (Munia). 



Two of our specimens, "Male?" No. A. 1694, and " Female" No. A. UTO, have 

 a pale einiiamon patch in front of the eye, like Sharpe's type of crijthrosticta, the 

 others a white one, like Hartert's type of ribbei. We have tlierefore uo donbt that 

 the two supposed species belong to one and the same form. They are evidently a 

 northern representative oi caKtaneieeiitris. 



3 S ad., I ?, 2 cJ ? Bougainville, April ]il04 (Xos. A. 147(3, 1409, 1554, 1582, 

 1692, 1094). 



Nos. A. 1499 and A. 1554, marked as males, have a much darker and less 

 bright abdomen. In the latter specimen the bill is abnormally crossed, like the 

 bill of a Loxia. 



" Iris brown ; feet slate ; bill slate-blue with black t\\C' 



69. Monarcha richardsii (Rams.) 



Piezorhyiichtis Richardsii Ramsay, Proc. Liiiii. Sor. N. S. Walr.^ vi. p. 177 (1882 : "Ugi"). 

 Piezorliynchiis florenciae Sharpe, Ibis 1890. p. 20(') (Kubiana = New Georgia). 



3 c? ad., 1 c? jnv. ? (marked ?), 1 ? ad., 1 ? juv., Rendova, February 1904 

 (Nos. A. 1163, 1165, 1170, 1239, 1278, 1305). 



4 c? ad., 2 c? jun. ? (marked ?), 1 very young male, 1 ? juv., Gizo, October and 

 November 1903 (Nos. A. 604, 616, 622, 634, 650, 738, 784, 839). 



The adult males agree perfectly with Dr. Ramsay's description, though it would 

 be desirable to compare a series from Ugi, where the type has been said to come 

 from. AVhat we take to be adult females are as follows : Whole upper surface 

 slaty grey, wings and tail darker, throat and chest paler, lower breast, abdomen 

 and under tail bright chestnut. These birds are the females of f'^hsirpe's //orenciae. 

 The immature females have the throat and chest washed with light chestnut. The 

 immature males are like the female, but head, throat and ear-coverts are more or 

 less blackish slate, a wide line behind the eyes and a patch on the sides of the neck, 

 and a partial ring around the eyes white. These immature males are the males of 

 Sharpe's Jiorenciae. One of our three young males from Gizo (Xo. A. 738) has 

 the throat white, but this is clearly albiuistic. 



" Iris dark l)rown ; feet slate-colour ; bill chalky blue." 



70. Monarcha inornata ((iarnot). 



Muscicapa innnmlu Garuot, Voy. " Coquille," Zunl. At/, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1820), i. 2 p. 591 (1828 : New 

 Guinea). 



1 (? 1 ? jnv., Choiseul, 30. .xii. 1903 (Nos. A. 1074, 1075). 

 A series of adult specimens from the Solomon Islands alone can prove whether 

 these examples are tyj)ical inornata, or belong to a distinct race. 



71. Graucalus welchmani subsp. ? 



Graucahis wetrhiiiimi Tri.stram, 7A« 1892. p. 29-1 (Biigotu = Isabel). 



3 (? ad., Bougainville, April 1904 (Nos. A. 1531, 1556, 1602). 



" Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black." 



These three males differ consjiicnously from our two males from KulaiDbnngra 



