by the B.O.U. Expedition to Dutch New Guinea. 93 



Family Muscicapidte — Flycatchers . 



Flycatchers are very numerously represented^ and among 

 them two new forms were discovered^ a Fan-tailed Flycatcher 

 {liJiipidura streptophora) [O. -Grant, Bull, B. O. C. xxix. 

 p. 25 (1911)] and a broad-hilled species, Myiagra mimikce 

 (O. -Grant, ibid. p. 26). Among the more notable forms we 

 may mention Monarcha aruensis, a brilliant yellow and 

 black species ; Todops/s bonapartei, the male being vivid 

 ultramarine-blue, purple, and black, while the female differs 

 in having the back and sides dark chestnut aiid the breast 

 mostly white ; lastly, Pcliops blainvillei, a black bird with 

 the rump^ vent, and tail-coverts scarlet, a large white patch 

 on each side of the head and another on the middle of the 

 mantle ; the sexes are alike in plumage. 



The Fan -tailed Flycatchers were commonly seen on the 

 Mimika River in JVIay and June, when numbers were busy 

 ha^^king the canary-coloured ^May-flies which SAvarmed at 

 that time. 



The Black-and- White Flycatcher (Afalurus alboscapuhdus) 

 frequented the tall grasses near the camp on the Wataikwa 

 River. It was a delightful little bird, very tame, and might 

 constantly be seen crossing the open spaces with an 

 undulating flight. 



Family Hirundinid.i: — SivaUoivs. 



Two species of SAvallows were met with, Hirundo javauica 

 and H. yuiiuraJis. 



Family Pittid^ — Pittas or Ant-Thrushes. 



Of the Ant-Thrushes or Pittas two species were obtained, 

 both brilliantly plumaged birds. Pitta mackloti, which was 

 far the commoner of the two, has a dark crown, reddish- 

 chestnut nape, and greenish-blue upper-parts ; the throat 

 is black, the chest shining greyish-blue, and the breast and 

 belly scarlet, divided from the chest by a wide black band. 



