Gl. I'lEZORHYNCHUS. 415 



the abdomeu aud breast; throat and chest 

 black; tail black, yellow at base, the outer 



feathers entirely yellow bre/imi, p. 426. 



Upper surface not uniform, the mantle black, 

 contrasting strongly with the head, which is 

 tiery orange. 

 a'. Lower back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts orange-yeUow, leaving the mantle 

 only black. 

 a". Black colour not extending behind the 



eye ; black confined to the throat chrysomelas, p. 427, 



b''. Eye surrounded by black feathers ; black 



of throat extending to fore neck kordensis, p. 427. 



I'. Entire back and scapulars black, leaving only 



the rump and upper tail-coverts yellow . . cii-uengis, p. 428. 



1. Piezorhynchus alecto. 



Drymophila alecto, Temin. PL Col. iii. pi. 430. fig. 1. 



Muscicapa chalybeocephala, Gam. Vol/. CoquiUc, i. p. 689, pi. 15. 



fig. 1 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 203. 

 Monarcha alecto, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 260 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 326; 



Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 170; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 320, no. 4794; 



Mei/er, Sitz. k. Akad. JVien, Ixix. p. 504 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, 



p. ioo. 



Seisura nitida, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 261 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 327, 



no. 4911. 

 Mjiagra lucida, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1858, p. 176; id. Cat. B. Neto Guinea, 



p. 27; Finsch, Neu- Guinea, p. 170. 

 Piezorhynchus lucidus. Gray, P. Z. ,S'. 1859, p. 157, et 1861, p. 4-34. 

 Piezorhynchus chalybeocephalus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 156. 

 Myiagra nitens, Grat/, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 352; Finsch, Neu- Guinea, 



p. 170. ' 



Seisura chalybeocephala. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 327, no. 4913. 

 JSeisura nitens. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 327, no. 4914. 

 Monarcha chalybeocephalus, Salvad, Ann. Mtts. Civic. Genov. vii. 



p. 768. 



Adult male. General colour above and below glossy black, with a 

 steel-green lustre, the feathei-s of the head velvety, and the ear- 

 coverts shaded with purple ; lower abdomen dusky black, without 

 gloss ; quills and tail black externally, edged with the same greenish 

 black as the back : " bill dull pearly grey ; feet black ; iris black "' 

 (D'Alberlis). Total length 7 inches, culmeu ^y~, wing 3-6, tail 3-0, 

 tarsus O'S. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 light chestnut or bay ; tail entirely bay, like the back ; wings uni- 

 form with the back, the (luills dark brown, externally bay, like the 

 back, the innermost secondaries entirely of the latter colour ; round 

 the hind neck a shade of dusky grey, slightly extending upon the 

 mantle ; head and sides of face glossy steel-green, somewhat shaded 

 with purple on the ear-coverts ; cheeks and entire under surface of 

 body pure white, the sides and under wing-coverts somewhat shaded 

 with pale rufous ; under tail-coverts washed with fulvous ; quills 



