Gl. riEzoRHi'Ncncs. 427 



the sides of the face, throat, and chest ; above the eye a spot of 

 straw-j-ellow ; from behind the upper part of the eye a broad streak 

 of straw-yellow, running above the ear-coverts ; wings velvety black, 

 like the back, all the median and greater wing-coverts (except the 

 extreme outer ones of both series) straw-yellow, forming a conspi- 

 cuous patch ; inner secondaries also pale straw-yellow, nearly white 

 on their outer webs ; iipper tail-coverts and tail (imperfect) straw- 

 yellow, the centre feathers black at the ends, tliis increasing in ex- 

 tent towards the middle of the tail ; under surface of body, from the 

 chest downwards, straw-yellow, including the under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries ; thighs black at tarsal bend. Total length 6"4 inches, 

 culmen O'(5o, wing 8"r55, tail 2-8, tarsus 0'7. (Mux. Civic. Genov.) 

 Hah. Island of Misori. in the Bay of (leelvink. 



22. Piezorhynchiis chrysomelas. 



Muscicapa clirvsomela, Gam. Vuy. de la Coqinlle, Zool. i. p. 594, 



Atlas, pi. 18.' fig. 2. 

 Monarcha chi-ysomela, Sivai}is. Classif. B. ii. p. 257 ; id. Nat. Libr. 



Flyc. p. 142; pi. 14; dray, Gen. B.'i. p. 260; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, 



p. '100. 

 Arses chiysomelas, Lesson, Traite, p. 387 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 32G. 

 Monarcha cordeusis, Cab. ^- Reichen. J.f. O. 1876, p. .320. 



Adult male (New Ireland, G. Brown). General colour above 

 bright orange-yellow, more brilliant on the head ; mantle glossy 

 black, the adjoining feathers of the upper interscapulary region 

 somewhat shaded witli black ; wings black, the lesser, median, and 

 greater coverts orange-yellow, like the scapulars, the greater series 

 black on the inner web ; bastard wing and primary-coverts black ; 

 tail black ; a narrow frontal line, lores, feathers in front of the eye, 

 extending halfway above the latter, and below it upon the fore part 

 of the ear-coverts, clieeks, and throat glossy blue-black ; below the 

 eye a white spot ; sides of face, sides of neck, and undcrparts of 

 body bright orange-yellow ; thighs black ; under wing-coverts 

 rather paler yellow ; quills black below, white along the edge of the 

 inner web. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-9, tail 2"4o, 

 tarsus 0-7. {Mii^. Marquis of Ttveeddale.) 



Hah. New Ireland, 



23. Piezorliynclius kordensis. 



Monarcha kordensis, Mci/vr, Sitz. k. Akud. Wiiisemch, Wien, Ixix. 

 p. 202; Salvud. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vi. p. 310; Guidd, B. 

 New Guinea, part v. 



Adidt male. General colour above orange-yellow, the mantle only 

 glossy blue-black ; wing-coverts orange-yellow, like the back, the 

 greater coverts with the inner web black, the outer ones black, 

 tipped with yellow, the outermost entirely black, like the primary- 

 coverts : quills black, the inner secondaries externally yellow, in- 

 creasing in extent towards the back, where they are entirely yellow. 



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