422 MUscicAPiD-?:. 



12. Piezorhynchus verticalis. 



Monarcha verticalis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 99, pi. xiv. fig. 1. 



A'hdf. Above black ; nimp, primary-coverts, median, and all of 

 the secondaries ■U'liite ; frontal plumes, sides of face and region of 

 the eye, and entire throat black, rather inclined to stand out, pro- 

 ducing a somewhat scaly appearance ; a white band across the 

 crown composed of similar plumes ; abdomen and under wing- 

 coverts white ; bill and feet black. Total length 6 inches, wing 3-3, 

 tail 2-11. (Sclahr.) 



Hah. Duke of York Island. 



13. Piezorhynchus guttulatus. 



Muscicapa guttula, Garnot, Voy. CoquUIe, Zool. i. p. 591, pi. Ifi. 



tig- 2. 

 Monai'cha guttata. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 260. 

 Monarcha guttula, Bp. Consp. i. p. 826 ; Grm/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 177 ; 



id. Cat. B. Keic Guinea, p. 29; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 435 ; Mnsch, 



Xeu-Guinea, p. 169 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 320, no. 4789. 

 Monarcha griseogularis. Gray, P.Z. S. 1858, p. 177 ; id. Cat. B.New 



Guinfa, p. 29 ; Finsch, Neu- Guinea, p. 169 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 320, no. 47! )0. 

 Monarcha guttulatus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 768 ; 



Salvad. ^- D' Albert, t. c. p. 818 ; Salmd. op. cit. ix. p. 24, x. p. 132 ; 



Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 497. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy grey with a slight bluish 

 gloss ; least wing-coverts and innermost greater coverts like the 

 back ; remainder of wing-coverts blue-black with large white ter- 

 minal spots ; quills brown, exteniallj' edged with aslij' grey, the 

 inner secondaries washed with the latter colour ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail blue-black, the four outer feathers tipped broadly with 

 white, decreasing in extent towards the centre of the tail ; a broad 

 frontal band, lores, feathers above the eye, sides of face, ear-coverts, 

 and throat glossy blue-black, of a velvety texture ; sides of neck and 

 feathers running up behind the ear, and the entire under surface of 

 body white, the flanks slightly shaded with grey ; thighs black ; 

 under wing-coverts white, the edge of the wings black ; quills ashy 

 brown below, paler along the edge of the inner web ; " bill pearl- 

 grey ; feet clear ashy ; iris black '" (D'Alhertis). Total length 

 6-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-1, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-6o. 



The male described is from Mysol ; another in equally fine 

 plumage has only one row of white spots on the median wing- 

 coverts, none on the greater series. These spots also vary in size 

 greatly : and as they are absent in the young bird, it is probable that 

 the two rows of spots on the coverts are an indication of perfect 

 plumage. 



Yoruig. Differs from the adult in having the throat ashy, with a 

 cx^rtain amount of black on the malar region ; there is no black on 

 the forehead and sides of face, these being ashy like the upper parts ; 

 the wing-ooverts are also ashy like the back, and have no white 



