80 NOTES ON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 



An immature bird, which is probably the young of this species, 

 has the whole of the upper surface of the body, head, throat, 

 and neck, dull bluish grey ; the wings and tail of a brownish 

 tint ; a slight tint of rufous on the outer webs of the quills of the 

 wings ; chest slightly tinged with rufous ; breast and abdomen, 

 flanks and under tail- coverts, rich deep rufous ; bill, black ; legs 

 and feet, bluish grey. On the whole, this species resembles 

 HI. inomata of Lesson, but is much deeper in tint, and has the 

 upper part of the chest washed with deep rufous ; size same as 

 the preceding adult. 



Loc. Lango, Gaudalcanar. 



36. — MONARCHA BRODIEI, Sp. n0V. 



Adult male. — The whole of the head, chin and throat, ear- 

 coverts, and all the upper surface of the body, wings and tail 

 deep shining black ; wings below blackish brown, a little lighter 

 on the margins of the inner webs, under margin of the shoulder 

 black, some of the feathers tipped with white, under wing-coverts 

 white ; smaller wing-coverts above, and the shoulders black, the 

 greater secondary-coverts white, forming a large white patch on 

 the wing, tail dull black below the outer three rectrices largely 

 tipped with white. From near the angle of the mouth, and below 

 the ear-coverts extending on either side of the throat and neck a 

 broad patch of white, joining the chest, which with the remainder 

 of the under surface and under tail-covers is white ; thighs black 

 tipped with white ; the feathers of the throat elongate, spreading 

 over the white on the sides and capable of semi-erection as in 

 Monarcha loricata, Wallace ; If. leucotis, Grould, and If. verticalis ; 

 the feathers on the forehead short and erect ; legs lead color ; bill 

 black at the base, culmen and tip, sides bluish- white, margins 

 and tip of lower mandible whitish ; bristles black shorter than 

 the bill. Total length 5-6 ; wing 3 in. ; tail 2-85 ; tarsus 0*74 ; 

 bill from forehead_0-63 ; from gape 0*7 ; from nostril 0-4. 



