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1867.] DR. G. HARTLAUB ON BIRDS FROM THE I'ACIFIC. 



the fine greenish-blue colour of the back ; a second has the forehead 

 and supercihanes white ; in another the crown of the head is white 

 with some bluish feathers in the middle, the auricular region and a 

 very narrow interrupted nuchal collar being of the same colour ■ in 

 a somewhat younger specimen there is only one dark spot on the 

 white cap, and the colour of the back is an obsolete dirty green 

 •• i -n '^of^Pl^te synonymy of this species, conf. Cab.Mus. Ilein 

 11. p. loy. lanatick inc. 



The only existing original figure is that of Gould's {Halcyon mu- 

 white? '" "^^' °^ '^' S»lpbur.' It shows the head all 



H albicilla has been collected on the Marian Islands, New Ire- 

 land, New Gmnea. Batjan, Morotay, and the Pelew group. 



4. Myzomela rubratra, Less. 



Two ad spec. Pelew group and Carohnes. " Sisebanjo" inc. 



Ihe Pelew group has been already indicated by G. R Gray as -i 

 locality for this species. _ Von Kittli'tz observed i{ on fhe island of 

 Ualan and gives interesting details about its manners, propagation 

 &c. We consider the Myzomela major of Bonaparte to be a merei; 

 nommal species (conf. Von Kiitl. Reise, i. p. 381). ^ 



5. COLLOCALIA VANICORENSIS (Q. & G.). 



It is extremely difficult and uncertain to find out definite differen- 

 tial characters between some of these Collocalice. A fine specimen 

 of he true C. fuc.pha.a irom the island of Reunion, in the Bre 

 CO lection resembles in almost every respect our Collocalice from the 

 V iti and relew group ! 



Inc. "Cobusock." Von Kittlitz mentions this bird under the 

 name of Cypselus mqmetu,. He describes it as observed on lie 

 island of Ualan (Reise, ii. p. 26). 



6. MONARCHA GODEFFROYI, n. Sp. (PI. XXXVIII.) 



Ad. Alba ;capite toto cum mento et gutture, alls et cauda maris ■ 

 subalanbus et subcaudalibus nigris ; rectricibns nonnulli/la^:. 

 rahbus macula alba mmuta vix conspicua apicali notatia ; rostro 

 plumbeo, tomns et aptce pallidioribus ; pedibua nigricantibul 



Long, circa z^', rostr. a fr. 7'", al» 3" 2"': caud^ 3< tars. I o"''". 



Jun (foem.?). Dorso nigra alboque vario; collo toto albo; canite 

 alts, cauda, pectore et abdomine nigris. ^ ' 



Juv. Supra sordidecinerascens,fulvolavata; tergo uropygioaue 

 magufuhescenttbus; remigibus et tectricibus fuho maTnJil 

 gastrceo ochroleuco. "'^lyutuiis. 



Perhaps confined to the island of Yap, where the three specimens 

 here described were shot. This fine new bird is nearly Xd to 

 Monarcha rugensis, from the much more eastern Ilogoleu group 

 But he distribution of the black and white colour is aUogetlfe d f' 



