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 97. Monarcha castus Sel. 



Monarcha castua Sclater, P. Z. S. 1883. p. 53 (Tenimber or Timor-laut Is.). 



4 (S ad,, 2 "i ? , 2 jiiv., Kilsoein in the Koer gronji, June — July 1899. <S ad. : 

 "Iris deep lirowu (black), feet dark ash-grey, bill bright grey." (H. Kiihn coll., 

 Nos. 1192, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1218, 1235, 1236, 1302.) 



I am not a little surprised to find M. castus, hitherto only known from 

 Tenimber, on Kilsoein in the Koer gronp. I cannot, however, see any differences 

 between our Tenimber and Kilsoein specimens. 



Probably M. eaufus and M. bitr'n'i/sis Meyer li^im Burn should be treated as 

 subspecies of J/, pileatus from Halmahera, but I am unfortunately not able to 

 compare the latter bird, of which only the types in the Leyden Museum seem to 

 be known. 



In the new Hand-list, Vol. III. p. 281, Ur. Sharpe gives as the habitat of 

 M. pileatus " Halmahera and Burn." This cannot be correct, M. buruensis (which 

 he also mentions) being the Burn representative of M. pileatus. The use of 

 trinomials would doubtless have avoided this error. 



98. Monarcha inornatus kisserensis Meyer. 



Monarcha kisserensis A. B. Meyer, Sitzungsber. uiid Al:h. I.iix. Dresden 1884. p. 227. 



4 3 ad., 1 S ad., 1 jun., Toeal. (Nos. 151, 158, 195, 239, 589, 639.) 

 1 Elat, Great Key. (Doherty coll.) 



1 ? ad.. Add, north of Great Key, 29. vii. 190U. (No. 2806.) 

 4 c?(?, 1 ?, 1 ? (?) (with albiuistic bill and feet), Teoor, October— November 

 1899. (Nos. 1540, 1544, 1557, 1575, 1581, 1583.) 

 1 ? ad., Kisoei, 9. iii. 1900. (No. 2081.) 



1 (?, Goram, Manawoka group, 13. xi. 1899. (No. 1598.) 



3 <?(?, 2 ? ?, Maar, Ceram-laut, December 1890. (Nos. 1695, 1696, 1724, 

 1726, 1743.) 



All these specimens belong to the light form, J/. /. kisserensis Me)'er, the 

 typical dark one being from Papua. 



99. Rhipidura tricolor (Vieill.) 



MascicajMt irindur Vieillot, Nuin: Diet. xxi. p. 430 (1818 : Timor, errore.) 



4 SS, 1 ? , Maar, Ceram-laut group, December 1899. (Nos. 1749, 1750, 1751, 

 2026, 2027.) 



2 iS, Gorom, Manawoka, November 1899. (Nos. 1610, 1640.) 



3 ? ?, Ondor, Goram-laut, February 1900. (Nos. 2135—2137.) 

 ¥ , Teoor, March 1900. (No. 2129.) 



Seems to be absent from the Key group. 



100. Rhipidura setosa assimilis Gray. 



Rhipidura assimilix G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1868. pp. 176. 192 (Key Islands). 



Toeal, common. (Nos. 78, 445, 457, 493, 641 in Mus. Tring.) 

 Add, north of Great Key, July 1900. (Nos. 2771—2774.) 

 Kisoei, March 1900. (Nos. 2084—2089.) 

 Koer Island, 11. x. 1899. (No. 1408.) 



