NOVITATES ZoOLOaiOAK XXV. 1918. 315 



M. cinerascens inorrmtus, but at present we are not quite sure what these speci- 

 mens are. They may be birds in non-breeding phimage, or they may be 

 immature, though not in the first phimage. They are certainly not the females, 

 and in fact our dates do not prove that they are from any definite season. Such 

 grey-throated birds can be distinguished from 31. cinerascens inornatvs by the 

 following characters : The bill is smaller. There is a whitish or pale semicii cle 

 in front of the eyes. The second primary is longer, . surpassing the secondaries 

 and being Uke the 7th or more frequently between the 7th and 8th in length, 

 or at least not appreciably shorter than the 8th, while in M. c. inornatus the 

 second primary is shorter than the eight and generally also shorter than the 

 longest secondaries. 



The form from the islands in Geelvink Bay is M. c. geelvinkianus A. B. 

 Meyer. WiUiam Doherty sent us 7 skins of this form from Mafor. It is closely 

 allied to kisserensis. 



Another subspecies seems to be the Ternate form, of which Doherty sent us 

 five specimens. These birds are very similar to geelvmkianus but appear to be 

 still paler, and the bill, as a rule, is a little smaller. Unfortunately nearly all the 

 Mafor skins are in very bad condition or juvenile, so that comparison is difficult. 



Of Momircha melanopsis (p. 525) no fresh material has come to hand. 



Monarcha trivirgatus melanopterus Gray. 



Monarcha melanoptera Gray, Proc. Zonl. Sue. Lomlmi, )S.58. p. 178 (Louisiade Archipelago). 



3 ,J, 4 ? from Mount Riu or Rattlesnake, April and March 25th, 1916, Eicli- 

 horn Bros. 



New to Sudest Island. Before this we had received it from Rossel and St. 

 Aignan Islands. 



Monarcha guttula (Gam.). 

 A further series of eight specimens does not show the bill to be any smaller. 

 This species is widely spread (cf. Novitates Zoologicae, 1903, p. 456), and in a 

 series of 70 specimens no local differences can be observed. 



Monarcha (Piezorhynchus) alecto lucidus (Gray). 



Myiagra lucida G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Sue. London, 1858. pp. 176. 192 (Louisiade Islands). 



It has been shown by Sherborn and again emphasized by Mathews thnt the 

 dates of publication of the Voyage de la Coqidlle are chSerent, and not aU 1826, 

 as had been accepted. Plate XV., on which Garnot's Muscicapa> clialyheocephalus 

 is figured, did not appear till 1828, and therefore Temminck's Drymophila, alecto 

 is the earhest name and has precedence over chalybeocephalus. This is the more 

 unfortunate, as there has been some doubt about the original locaUty of the real 

 alecto, which was erroneously stated to have come from Celebes, where it does 

 not occur. 



Our Sudest birds, of which we have again received some females, have some- 

 what variable bills, and those of the few St. Aignan specimens are partly even 

 larger. 



Temminck, PI. Col. Ois. Uvr. 72 (not 70 as Mathews quotes, and in Vol III., 

 not IV. !) pi. 430, 1827, says he had two specimens from Reinwardt from Celebes. 



