240 MCSCICAP1D.E. 



25. MONACHELLA. ^^p^ 



MouacLella, Sulvad. Ann. Mies. Civic. Genov. vi. p. 8:^ 



n874) M. inuelleiiana. 



Bill and foot of Monachella mueUcriana. 

 Ramje. Confined to New Guinea. 



1. Monachella muelleriana, 



Mascicapa muelleriana, Schl. N. T. D. iv. p. 40 {nee Miiicicapa muel- 



leri, Blytli). 

 Mouachella saxicolina, Sali-ad. Ann. Mm. Cimc. Genov. vi. p. 83 ; 



Beccari, op. cit. \'ii. p. 709 ; Salvad. op. cit. x. p. 133. 

 Monachella muelleriana, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic, vi. p. 308, note. 



Adult male. General colour above light French grey, paler on the 

 lower back, the rump and upper tail-covcrts white ; wings and tail 

 dark brown ; crown of head and nape dark brown, as also the 

 feathers above the eye and the upper edge of the eyelid, the brown 

 narrowing on the forehead to the base of the bill ; lores and feathers 

 over the front of the eye pure white ; between the eye and the base 

 of the bill a triangular patch of blackish feathers ; sides of face and 

 ear-coverts, as well as entire under surface of body, creamy white ; 

 under wing-coverts dark brown; axillaiies white, slightly shaded 

 with brown ; "bill and feet black" (D'Albertis). Total length 5-5 

 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-8, tail 2-4, taetRis 0-65. 



Adult femcde. Similar to the male. Total length 5-3 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 3-55, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-65. 



Hal. N.W. New Guinea. 



a S ad. sk. Warfandu, Arfak Mountains, M. Laglaize [C.]. 



April 2, 1876. 

 b 2 ad. sk. Karons, New Guinea, April M. Laglaize [C.]. 



1877. 



26. PffiCILODRYAS. t, 



Type. 



Pcecilodryas, Gotdd, Ilcmdb. B. Ausir. i. p. 287 (1865) P. cerviniventris. 



Leucophantes, Sclafer, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 691 P. brachyiu:us. 



Megalestes, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. 



p. 769 (1875) P. albonotatus. 



Eanrje. Australia ; New Guinea and adjacent islands. 



