420 lir3CICAPID.K. 



the breast mucli paler and inclining to white. Total length 5-7 

 inches, culnien 0-G, wing 2-So, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-05. 

 Hah. Obi group of islands, Moluccas. 



a. S ad. sk. Obi, Aug. 7, 18G7 Leyden Museiun [P.]. 



( Von Rosenberg). 



b. 5 ad. sk. Obi Lattoe, A.ug. 8, 1862 Le\den Museum [P.]. 



{Dr. Bernstein). 



9. Piezorhynchus bimaculatus. 



Mouareba biraaculata, Graij, P. Z. S. 18(30, p. 352 ; id. Hand-l B. i. 



p. .320, uo. 4709. 

 Monarcba bimaculatus, Suivad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 768 



(1875). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above dark slaty 

 grey, the wings black ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, the three 

 outer feathers tipped with white, increasing in extent towards the 

 outermost ; forehead, feathers above and below the eye, and ear- 

 coverts black ; a spot at angle of mouth and throat black also ; cheeks 

 and sides of throat and fore neck rusty orange, becoming paler on 

 the sides of the body ; breast and centre of body and under tail- 

 coverts whitish, with a fulvous tinge ; thighs blackish ; under wing- 

 coverts white, somewhat tinged with rusty. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-G5, wing 2-85, tail 2-55, tarsus 0"65. 



Young. Uiifcrs from the adult in wanting the black on the fore- 

 head, face, and throat, the forehead being, like the crown, slightly 

 hoary ; ear- coverts grey, like the crown ; feathers in front of the 

 eye, cheeks, throat, and chest orange-nifous, the chin grey : wings 

 and tail browner than in the adult. 



A slight variation takes place in the colour of the under surface 

 in this species, some individuals being nearly white, others distinctly 

 washed with rufous. 



Hal). Batchian, Gilolo, Morty Island. 



a, b. (S ad. sk. Batchian. A. Pi. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tvpes of species.) 



c. Ad. ; d. .luv. sk. Batchian. A. R" Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 

 e,f. Ad. ; ff. Jiiv. sk. Gilolo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C . 

 h, i, k. Ai sk. Morty Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



10. Piezorhynchus melanopterus. 



Monarcba nielauoptera, Gray, F. Z. S. 1858, p. 178 ; id. Cat. B. 

 New Guinea, ^.2^; Finsch, NeurGuinea,^. 160; Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 i. p. 320, no. 4802. 



Adult male (type of species). G-eneral colour above dark ashy 

 grey, the least wing-coverts like the back ; remainder of the wing- 

 coverts blue-black, contrasting strongly with the back ; quills brown, 

 externally edged with grey, the inner secondaries almost entirely 

 grey : upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers black, the three outermost 

 broadly tipped with white, increasing in extent towards the outer- 



