392 MTTSCICAPID.T!:. 



the chest varied with dusky-greyish cross lines ; uiuler wing-coverts 

 white, as also the inner edges to the quills. Total Icng-th -i'Oo inches, 

 wing 2-25, tail l-So, tarsus 0-0. (J/«^<!. Civic. Genov.) 

 Bah. Anx Islands. 



a. S ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Widlace, Esq. [C.]. 



(T^-jie of species.) 



b. ^ ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



3. Machserorhjmchus albifrons. 



Machaerirhynchus albifrons, Grai/, P. Z. S. 181)1, pp. 429, 434, 

 pi. 43. fig. 1 ; Finsch, Neu-Guin^a, p. 1(58 ; Gould, B. New Guinea, 

 part iv. 



Myiagra albifrons. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 329, no. 4939. 



Maclieirhyuchus albifrons, ScJd. N. T. D. iv. p. 43. 



Macbferorhyuchus albifrons, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torino, x. p. 377. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above glossy black, 

 the hind neck and lower back slightly washed with yellow, brighter 

 on the rump ; a narrow frontal line, feathers round the eye, an eye- 

 brow, and upper edge of eyelid white : feathers in front of the eye 

 and lower edge of eyelid black ; anterior part of cheeks, chin, and 

 upper throat white : remainder of cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of neck 

 and breast bright yellow, whiter in the centre of the abdomen ; 

 thighs, axillaries, and under wing-coverts white ; wings black, the 

 greater and median coverts broadly tipped with pure white ; ciuills 

 also narrowly edged with white or yellowish, the inner secondaries 

 more broadh' ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers black, tipped \\ith 

 white, increasing in extent towards the outermost, which is white 

 also along the outer edge ; bill and legs blackish. Total length 4-8 

 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 2-35, tail 1-95, tarsus 0"55. 



Young. Olive-yellow above, the head dingier and more ashy ; 

 wings brown, the feathers edged with yellow instead of white ; tail- 

 feathers brown, edged with yellow, the outer feathers tipped with 

 white, the outennost edged with white on the outer web, but not to 

 the same extent as in the old bird ; lores and ej'ebrow dull whity 

 brown ; ear-coverts brighter yellow, more dingy on their upper 

 edge ; cheeks and entire throat dull white ; rest of under surface of 

 body yellow, washed with green on the flanks ; the breast mottled 

 with narrow cross lines of ashy grey. 



Hah. Mysol, AYaigiou, K^orth-westem N"ew Giiinea. 



a. c? ad. sk. Wai^ou. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(T^iie of species.) 

 b,c. Ad.; d. Juv. sk. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



e. Juv. sk. New Guinea. Purchased. 



4. Machserorhynchus nigripectus. 



Macheirhrachus nigripectus, ScJd. N. T. D. iv. p. 43. 

 Macbeirhamphus nigripectu.«, Held. t. c. p. 58. 



Machferorbyncbus nigripectus, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torino, x. 

 p. 378 ; id. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 768, x. p. 13G. 



