( 460 ) 

 22. Monarcha rubiensis (Mey.) 



Tchitrea rubiensis A. B. Meyer, Sitzui/gther. /•. Alail. Wiss. Wieii Ixix. p. 494 (1874 : Rubi). 

 Baihitti>i}jnHa (!) riifuui Reiehenow, Orn. Momitsber. 1897. p. 161 (Oberlauf des Gogolj Kaiser- 

 wilhelmsland). 



1 tj ad., near Humboldt Ba_v. J. Dumas coll. 

 1 ?, Bismarck Geliirge, 4. vii. 1809. (Ramu Expedition 141a.) 

 Professor Reichouow states that Uis specimen was in fnll monit, and yet 

 founds a new genns principally on the strongly gradnated tail, describing the 

 outer rectrices as half as long as the centre ones. In all the other known 

 specimens, however, the outer tail-feathers are only a few millimetres shorter, 

 certainly not more so than in the females of M. i-liahjbeocephala, therefore the 

 supposed generic character was entirely due to moult. Although the vibrissae 

 on the gape are actually longer and thicker than in most of the other 

 Monarchae, they are in proportion to the size of the species not larger than in 

 M. chrysomela. 



23. Arses telescophthalmus telescophthalmus (Garn.). 



MuscicajM telescophthalmus Garn., Voi/. Coqit., Zool. i. p. 593. pi. 18 (1828: Dorey). 



1 S, Dorey, 14. iv. 1S75. Bruijn coll. (Specimen a of Salvadori's list, 

 Orn. Pap. ii. p. 44.) 



2> 3S, \ ?, Dorey, June 1897. W. Doberty coll. 



1 S, Dorey, October 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1 t?, Arfak, July, from Bruiju's hunters. 



1 c?, 1 ?, Audai, 18, 21. v. 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimens e and q of 

 Salvadori's list.) 



1 ?, Andai, 1872. D'Albertis coll. (From spirits! Specimen a of 

 Salvadori's list.) 



1 ? , Soroug, 23. vi. 1875. Bruijn coll. (Specimen u of Salvadori's list.) 



1 S , Warbusi, 24. iii. 1875. Beccari coll. (Si)ecimen t of Salvadori's 

 list.) 



2 cJ ? , " Amberuoh River." J. Dumas coll. 



2 cJ (J, 4 ? ?, Kapaur, December 1896. W. Doherty coll. 



1 6, Triton Bay, 25. vii. 1900. Capt. 0. Webster coll. (From spirits!) 



2 (?(?, 1 ?, Mysol, 16, 18, 22. i. 1900. H. Klihn coll., Nos. 1769, 1770, 

 1893. '(J, Iris darkest brown (black), eyelid ultamariue-blue, feet dark bluish 

 grey, bill ash-grey." 



1 (S, New Guinea (probably Arfak peninsula). (Ex Coll. Elwes. Small 

 white patch on nape, aberration.) 



The specimens from Mysol, as shown by their size, are this form, not 

 batantae. The ? has the breast also dark, not as pale as in batantae, the crown, 

 however, is rather pale, maybe due to immaturity. 



24. Arses telescophthalmus batantae Sharpe. 



Arses batantae Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. i. no. 5, p. 2U (Batanta). 



2 c?(J, 2 ? ?, Batanta, 23. x. 1883 (2 without dates). From the Marckesa 

 Expedition.) 



1 tJ, 1 ?, Batanta, 2ii, 22. x. 1883. Guillemard cull. 



2 JcJ, 2 ? ?, Waigiu, December 1902, January 1903. J. Waterstradt coll. 



