430 MU8C1CAPID.E. 



b'". Thiyhs orange, like th<^ rest of tbe under 

 surface, only the chin and upper throat 

 black ; the lower throat grey, like the 



chest frafer, p. 431. 



b'. Forehead and throat light grey, like the rest of ' 

 the upper surface, with sometimes a slight 

 shade of blackish near the nostrils and base of 



chin inornatus, p. 431. 



b. Upper surface not uniform ; back white in male, 

 as also the underparts ; head all round, wings, 

 and tail black : female black, the mantle, sides of 

 neck, and fore neck white ijochffroyi, p. 432. 



1. Monarcha meianopsis. 



Muscicapa meianopsis, Vieill. N. Diet. iV Hist. Nat. xxi. p. 450. 

 Monarcha carinata, Viy. Sf Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 255 ; Gould, 



Syn. B. Austr. pt. ii. ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 260 ; Gould, B. Austr. 



fol. ii. pi. 95 ; Reiclienb. J'oy. Keuholl. pp. DO, 287 ; Bp. Comi). i. 



p. 326; Finsch, Neu-Gtiinea, p. 169; Gould, Hatidb. B. Austr. i. 



p. 262 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 320, no. 4786 ; Salvad. ^- 1)' Albert. 



Ann. Mus. (jiric. Genov. vii. p. 818 ; Snlvad. op. at. ix. p. 24 : 



Ramsay, Juurn. Linn. Soc. N. &. W, i. p. 391, ii. p. 182 ; Sharpe, 



Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 497. 

 Muscipeta carinata, Swai)is. Zool. Illustr. ser. l,iii. pi. 116. 

 Drymophila carinata, Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 418. fig. 2. 

 Monarcha inoruata {nee Gam.), Gould, Syn. B. Austr. part ii. 

 Monarcha meianopsis, Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Mus. p. 136. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy grey ; wing-coverts like 

 the back ; quiUs dusky broMTi edged with grey, the inner secon- 

 daries entirely grey like the back ; tail ashy brown, washed with 

 grey, a broad frontal band of black ; round the eye a ring of black 

 feathers ; lores, feathers at base of bill, and entire throat black ; 

 car-coverts hoary grey, extending forwards under and in front of 

 the eye, and occupying the hinder cheeks and sides of neck, and then 

 deepening into darker grey on the fore neck and chest, across which 

 it forms a broad band ; breast and remainder of under surface, in- 

 cluding the under wing- and tail-coverts, light orange-buff; edge of 

 wing black ; quills ashy below, light fulvous along the edge of the 

 inner web ; " bill pearl-grey, with white margins ; feet dull lead- 

 colour or ashy ; iris black or chestnut-brown " {D Alhertis). Total 

 length 6-8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-35, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult fenude. Differs from the male in wanting the black fore- 

 head and throat, all of these parts being entirely grey, with a 

 whitish shade before the eye and at the angle of the mouth ; wing- 

 coverts and quills narrowly edged with ochraceous yellow. Total 

 length 6*6 inches, wing 3-35, taU 2-85, tarsus 0*8. 



}/ab. Australia ; S.E. Jfew Guinea. 



a. (S ad. St. Australia. 



b. 2 ad. St. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea. O. C. Stone, Esq. [C.]. 



d. (S ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. Dr. James [C.]. 



