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black, the wings and tail both black ; scapulars and rump white 

 with black bases ; upper tail-coverts black ; crown of head and 

 nape, sides of face and ear-coverts glossy purplish black ; cheeks, 

 throat, and a broad collar round the hind neck white ; across the 

 breast a broad baud of glossy black, the central feathers varied with 

 streaks and edgings of white ; remainder of under surface of body 

 white, with blackish bases to the flank-feathers ; thighs black ; 

 under wing-coverts black, the axillaries white with black bases ; 

 quills dark brown below, lighter brown along the edge of the inner 

 web. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0o5, wing 3-1, tail 2-9, tarsus 

 0-75. (Mxs. J. Gould.) 



Hah. N.E. Australia, extending as far south as Rockingham 

 Bay. 



5. Arses insularis. 



Monarcha iusularis, Meyer, Bxtz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixbc. p. 395. 

 Arses insularis, Sclater, P. Z. >S. 1878, p. 579 : Sharpe, Notes Leyden 

 Mus. vol. i. no. 5, p 20. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy blue-black, the feathers 

 of the crown of a velvety and somewhat scaly nature ; feathers of 

 lower mantle tipped with white where they adjoin the scapulars, 

 which, as well as the lower back, are also white with black bases ; 

 rump ashy grey, some of the feathers w^hite at the ends ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail jet-black ; wings entirely black ; lores, feathers 

 round the eye, ear-coverts, and chin black ; cheeks, throat, breast, 

 and sides of neck pale orange, extending in a coUar round the hind 

 neck ; rest of under surface, as well as the under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries, pure white ; small coverts along the edge of the wing 

 black ; thighs black. Total length 6-4 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 

 3"2o, tail 2-75, tarsus 0"7. (Mas. Civic. Genov.) 



Adult female. Upper surface dull ochraceous brown, with a collar 

 of bright orange-rufous round the hind neck, contrasting with the 

 back : wing- coverts like the back, the greater series and the quills 

 dusky brown, margined with ochraceous brown ; upi)er tail-coverts 

 rufescent brown ; tail dusky ochraceous brown with clearer ochra- 

 ceous edges : crown of head and feathers round the eye grey ; in 

 front of the eye a white loral spot ; cheeks, throat, and breast bright 

 orange-chestnut ; remainder of imder sui-face dull white, with a 

 brownish shade on the flanks ; thighs brown ; edge of wing brown ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries whitish, washed with orange. 

 Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3"05, tail 2-6, tarsus 0"7. 



Hab. Island of Jobi in the Bay of Geclvink, and Xorthern New 

 Guinea. 



a,b. cJ $ ad. sk. Ausns, Jobi, April 187:5. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



