426 MUSCICAPID.'K. 



black, all the others pure white excepting a more or less concealed 

 basal spot of black ; sides of face, sides of neck, and entire throat 

 black, lilie the upper surface : remainder of under surface of body 

 pure white, including also the nuder wing-coverts and the inner 

 margin of the quills ; " bill and feet leaden blue " ( Wallace, MS.). 

 Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-05, tail 2*9, tarsus 0-7. 

 Rab. Xe Islands, in the Moluccas. 



o. cj ad. sk. K^ Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 b. cS ad. ; c. ^ juv. sk. Ke Islands. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



19. Piezorhynchus infelix. 



Monarcha infelix, Sc/ah-r, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 552, 



Adult male (Admiralty Islands, Murray, Yoy. of H.M.S. ' Chal- 

 lenger ' ; type of species). General colour above blue-black ; wings 

 black, with a large patch of white, formed by the median coverts 

 and the tips to the inner lesser coverts ; tail-feathers pure white, 

 the centre feathers broadly edged with black towards the tip, which 

 is also black ; from behind the eye a white streak, widening out 

 into a triangular jiatch on the sides of the neck ; ear-coverts, sides 

 of face, throat, and chest black ; remainder of under surface white, 

 the thighs black, edged with white ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries white, the lower series black, edged with white ; quills black 

 below. Total length 6 inches, wing 3-1, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-55. 



Hah. Admiralty Islands. 



20. Piezorhynchus axillaris. 



Monarcha axillaris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 921. 



Adult male (Mount Arfak ; type of species). General colour above 

 and below glossy blue-black ; wing-coverts blackish, edged with 

 glossy blue- black, like the back ; tail black ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries pure white, the latter forming a conspicuous patch on each 

 side of the breast. Total length 5-7 inches, cidmen 0-5, wing 3*2, 

 tail 2-95, tarsus 0-75. {Mus. Genov.) 



Female (not quite adult ; Andai). Differs from the male in being 

 dark slate-colour above and below, with a slight bluish gloss, the 

 breast brown (apparently remains of young plumage) ; wing brownish 

 black ; tail black. Total length 6 inches, wing 3"1, tail 2-9, tarsus 

 0-7. (Mus. Civic. Genov.) 



Hah. North-western New Guinea. 



a. cf ad. sk. Arfak Mountains {Brui/n). Leyden Museum [P.]. 



21. Piezorhynchus brehini. 



n,Schl. N. T.D. iv. p. 14 (ex J 

 Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 709. 



Adult male. General colour above velvety blue-black, as well as 



Monarcha brehmi, Schl. N. T. D. iv. p. 14 (ex Von Rosenberg, MS.) 

 Beccari, Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 709. 



