408 muscicapidj:. 



sides of face, and sides of neck glossy bliie-blaek ; in front of the 

 eye a triangular patch of dusky grey ; cheeks and under surface of 

 body pure white, tinged with ochraceous buff on the throat and 

 breast ; thighs blackish, with white edges to the feathers ; under 

 wing-coverts ashy blackish, with somewhat of a steel-blue shade; 

 quills light ashj* brown below, shaded with whitish along the 

 inner web ; "basal half of the sides of the upper mandible and 

 the basal two thirds of the lower mandible greenish blue ; remainder 

 of bill bhxish black ; legs and feci dark bluish brown ; irides dark 

 brown " (Gould). Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-85, 

 tail 3-7, tarsus 0-75. 



Hub. Australia, excepting the northern and western portions, 

 and Tasmania. 



a. Ad. St. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



d. e,f. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 

 a. Ad. sk. W. Australia. 



h. Ad. sk. New South Wales. R. R. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Sisura nana. 



Seisura nana, Gould, Ann. N. H. (4) vi. p. 224 ; Ram&ay, Pr. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 182. 



Head glossy greenish black ; back and tail the same, but some- 

 what lighter ; wings brownish black, the secondaries with paler 

 edges ; under surface white, tinged with buff on the chest ; bill 

 and legs bluish lead-colour. Total length 6 inches, bill |, wing 3|, 

 tail 3, tarsus f. ( Gould. ) 



Hah. Northern Australia. 



60. ARSES. 



Type. 



Arses, Lesson, Traite, p. 387 (1831) A. telescophthahiius. 



Orphryzone, Rarnsay, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 383 .... A. kaupi. 



Mange. New Guinea and Papuan islands, extending to the north- 

 eastern peninsula of Australia. 



Key to the Species. 

 Males, 

 a. Collar round hind neck, lower throat, and 

 breast white. 

 a'. With the chin black, all the rest of the 

 under surface white. 

 a". Eye-wattle bhie in life. 



a'". Larger : black spot on chin more 



extended on the throat tekscojjhthalmus, p. 409. 



b'". Smaller : black chin-.«pot less ex- 

 tended on the throat aruensis, p. 410. 



b". Eye-wattle yellow in life hatanta, p. 411. 



6'. With the chin white, like the re.st of the 



