424 muscicapid.t:. 



tail-coverts white, as well as a narrow prajpectoral collar, the latter 

 not distinctly marked ; thighs black ; under wing-covcrts and axil- 

 laries ash)- white, as also the inner edges to the quills. Total 

 length 5'7 inches, culmcn 0'55, wing 2-85, tail 2-7, tarsus 0'7. 

 Hah. Louisiadc archipelago and North-eastern Australia. 



a. Ad. St. Loiiisiade Islands. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Cape York, N.E. J. Gould, Esq. 



Australia. (1'ype of species.) 



16. Piezorhynchus pileatus. 

 Monarcha pileatus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xii. p. 322, 



Adult male (Weda, Halmahera, Jan. 13, 1863, Bernstein ; type 

 of species). General colour above glossy purplish black, becoming 

 white on the rump, the upper tail-coverts pure white ; tail-feathers 

 black, the three outer ones with white tips, more extended on the 

 outermost ; wings black, with a large white patch on the coverts 

 formed by the innermost of the least and median series being 

 entirely white ; the inner greater coverts externally white, and some 

 of the inner secondaries white along the outer web, forming a bar 

 down the wing : scapulars white, and some of the innermost secon- 

 daries white at the base ; across the hinder part of the crown abroad 

 white band ; round the neck a white coUar ; sides of face and throat 

 black, with a white spot in front of the eye and a white band across 

 the throat ; ear-coverts white ; remainder of under surface of body 

 white, with a slight greyish shade on the chest and sides : thighs 

 black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills dark brown 

 below, whiter along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5-1 

 inches, culmen 0-o5, wing 2-6, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-6. (Mus. Luc/d.) 



Younij male (Weda, Jan. 13, 1863, Bernstein). Nearly uniform 

 blackish above, the upper tail-coverts white ; tail brownish black, 

 the three outer feathers ^-ith white tips, as in the male ; no white 

 bar across the head, nor a white coUar round the neck ; ear-coverts, 

 lores, and feathers below the eye and on the anterior part of the 

 cheeks dull white, mostly shaded with ashy ; an indistinct eyebrow 

 of ashy grey, with white bases to the feathers ; sides of neck also 

 ashy, obscuring the white bases ; underneath, the body is ashy grey, 

 the" throat white, shading into fawn-colour on the lower part, the 

 centre of the abdomen, under tail-coverts, thighs, and under wing- 

 coverts white ; wings above bro^^^ler than in the adult ; the median 

 coverts broadly tipped with white, the innermost of this series and 

 the innermost greater coverts entirely white, some few of them 

 edged with blackish ; the inner secondaries edged with buff. Total 

 length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2*5, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-55. 

 {Mus. Liujd.) 



The foregoing specimen is marked by the late Dr. Bernstein as a 

 male, but might possibly be the adult female. The adult male is not 

 in "ood condition, and it is difficult to make out the exact distribution 

 of the white tracts of feathers. 



Hah. Island of Halmahera or Gilolo. in the Moluccas. 



