BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.L.S., 79 



Total length, 5 in. ; wing, 2'6 ; tail, 2*5 ; tarsns, 0*65 ; bill from 

 forehead, 0'6; from gape, 0-6; from nostril, 0*35; width at 

 angle of the mouth, 0*35 in. 



Loc. G-audalcanar. 



It is possible that the next species may prove to be the female 

 of this species, but at present we have no evidence on this point. 



34. — Myiagra pallida, sp. nov. 



The whole of the head, except the throat, ear-coverts, back of 

 the neck, and mantle, dark bluish ashy grey ; back, brown, with 

 a rufous tinge ; wings, dark brown ; the shoulders, ashy ; the 

 primaries, all except the first two, narrowly margined except at 

 the tip, and the secondaries broadly margined with pale rufous ; 

 scapulars and upper coverts washed with the same tint, upper 

 tail-coverts and tail, pale rufous, the centre two feathers, and 

 the two on either side on the outer web, washed with brown ; 

 under surface and the under tail-coverts light rufous; the inner 

 webs of the secondaries, and basal portions of the inner webs of 

 the primaries, pale rufous buff ; under wing-coverts, white ; 

 throat, chest, and remainder of the under surface, white ; bill, 

 bluish horn color ; legs, lead blue. Total length, 5 in. ; wing, 

 2*6; tail, 2*5; tarsus, 0*55; bill from forehead, 0*65; from 

 gape, 0*7 ; from nostril, 0*35 in. 



Loc. Lango, G-andalcanar. 



35. MONARCHA RUFO-CASTANEA, Sp. U0V. 



Adult male. — The whole of the head, throat and neck, sides of 

 the chest, and all the upper surface of the body, black, slightly 

 glossy; wings and tail, blackish brown, under surface, dull 

 brown, the inner webs of the quills inclining to buff on their 

 basal margins ; the chest, and all the under surface of the body, 

 under wing and under tail-coverts, dark rich rufous ; bill, bluish 

 horn color, the margins and tip of lower mandible, whitish. 

 Total length, 5*8; wing, 3*1 ; tail, 2*65 ; tarsus, - 57 in.; bill 

 from forehead, 0*8 ; from gape, 0*85 ; from nostril to tip, 0-5. 



