268 THE PBOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



Sub-family SCENOPIN^. 



62. — Chlamydodera cerviniventris, Gould, P.Z.8. 1850, j?. 201. 



This appears to be one of the most common birds about Port 

 Moresby, but is confined to the coast, not being met with inland. 

 The bowers were also found, and a fine specimen presented to 

 the Museum by Mr. Goldie, obtained during his first expedition, 

 shows them to be made of fine twigs placed in an upright or 

 slightly slanting position, and gently arched over in the middle ; 

 the inside and sides of the bower, and sometimes the tops of the 

 twigs, are ornamented with berries. 



The fawn-breasted bower bird is usually found in small troops 

 of six to ten in number, and feeds on fruits and berries. 



63. — AiLUR^DDS STONEi, Shafjpe, Nature, Aug. 17th, 1876, p. 339. 

 Of this fine species only a few specimens were obtained ; they 

 were found in the dense scrubs, feeding on fruit and berries, 

 about 15 miles inland. 



MUSCICAPID^. 



64 — Peltops blainvillei. Gam., Voy. Ooq. pi. 19, fig. 2. 

 Several males and females were obtained in the scrubs on the 

 Laloki River ; their actions resemble those of Monarcha more than 

 any other flycatcher. I regret to say Morton's notes contain little 

 information on their habits, and nothing respecting the nidifica- 

 tion of this species seems to be known. 



65. — PiEZORHTNCHUS ALECTO, Temm., PI. Col. 430. fig. 1. (J.) 



M. chalybeocephalus. Gam.; P. nitidus, Gould. 



The specimens obtained, males and females, do not in any way 



differ from those from New Ireland and Duke of York Islands, 



or from the Queensland examples of Fiezorhynchus nitidus, of 



Gould, Bds. of Australia, fol. Vol. II. pi. 88. 



66. — Monarcha cakinata, Vig. and Horsf. 



Several individuals from the Laloki River. They do not differ 

 from the N. S. Wales specimens; the sexes are alike in plumage, 

 but the males having slightly more black on the chin. 



