O'-i. MTIAGRA. 383 



13. Myiagra oceanica. 



Platyrhynche oc^anien, Hotnbr. et Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Atlas, pi. 12 bis, 



%s. 1,2. 

 Myiagra oceanica, Jacq. et Pucker. Voy. Pole Snd, texte, iii. p. 77 ; 



Gray, Cat. Birds Trap. Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 18 ; id. Haml-l. B. i. 



p. 328, no. 4929. 



Adult female. Blackish on the upper part of the head and neck, as 

 well as on the back ; the rufous colour of the fore neck and thorax 

 very nearly obsolete ; abdomen white ; quiUs and upper wing-coverts 

 like the back ; lower wing-coverts white, spotted with black ; 

 middle tail-feathers like the wing, but the lateral ones rather of 

 an earthy brown ; iris buff ; bill and feet greyish brown. Total 

 length 6-5 inches, bill 0-55, tail 2*45, tarsus 0-8. (Pucheran.) 



Hah. Island of Hogoleu, Caroline group. 



14. Myiagra erythrops. 



Myiagra erythrops, Hartl. S,- Fimch, P. Z. 8. 1868, pp. 6, 11 7, et 1872, 

 p. 97 ; Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft viii. p. 20. 



Adult male. General colour above light brown, more ashy on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like the back ; greater 

 series and quiUs brown, obscurelj' edged with rufous-brown, the 

 inner secondaries narrowly margined with ashy whitish ; tail light 

 ashy brown, with a narrow edging of white to the tips of the three 

 outermost feathers ; head obscure slaty grey ; forehead and lores 

 orange-rufous, shading gradually oif on the crown ; ear-coverts 

 slaty grey ; feathers round the eye, cheeks, and under surface of 

 body orange-rufous or bay, deeper on the sides of the chest ; lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts whitish ; thighs dusky ; under 

 wing-coverts whitish, with dusky bases, and slightly washed with 

 rufous; " bill black" (Tcfois); " bill clear horn-colour, with black 

 tip" (Kubary); "legs black; iris black" (Tetens). Total length 

 5-2 inches, culm en 0-6, wing 2'55, tail 2, tarsus 0*8. 



Adtdt female. Similar to the male. Total length 5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-6, wing 2'65, tail 2-05, tarsus 0-8. 



Hub. Pelew Islands. 



a,b. S ^ sid. sk. Pelew Islands (Kubary). Godeffi-oy Museum. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Pelew Islands. Mr. Cohen [C.]. 



15. Myiapa azureicapilla. 



Myiagra azureocapilla, Layard, Ibis, 1875, p. 434, et 187G, pp. 150, 



392 ; Rvicley, Oni. Misc. i. pi. xxxv. 

 Myiagra c»ruleocapilla {lapsu), Sclater ^- Salvia, Ibis, 1877, p. 122. 



Adult mcde. General colour above dull slaty blue ; wing-coverts 

 and quills black, edged with bluish, like the back : tail black, with 

 greyish edges to the feathers ; head light azure-blue, forming a cap ; 



