1882.] MR. E. p. RAMSAY ON A NEW MONARCHA. 711 



to the upper wing-coverts. In the Brunswick Museum, one speci- 

 men without indication of sex from Celebes and one male from 

 Halmahera are found, which have a similar plumage. 

 The specimen is in the Brunswick Museum. 



Brunswick, Ducal Museum of Natural History, 

 October 1882. 



3. Description of a new Species of Flycatcher of the Genus 

 Monarcha {Piezorhynchus) from the Solomon Group. 

 By E. P. Eamsay, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., &c., Curator of the 

 Australian Museum, Sydney. 



[Eeceived November 13, 1882.] 

 MoNARCHA (Piezorhynchus) browni, sp. nov. 



All the upper surface, wings and tail, throat and chest glossy blue- 

 black ; the feathers of the throat elongate, lanceolate ; the breast, 

 axillaries, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; the terminal fourth 

 to third portion of the outer four tail-feathers white'. A triangular 

 patch of white from near the angle of the mouth below the°eye, 

 widens and extends down the sides of the neck ; a broad patch of 

 white on the wings, extends over the median coverts and tips of 

 some of the adjacent smaller coverts; the shoulders are black like 

 the back ; the primary quills and the inner webs of the secondaries 

 are blackish brown ; the under surface of the wings, the basal por- 

 tion of the feathers of the hind ueck and interscapular region are 

 dark brown. 



Bill bluish black, rictus black, legs lead-blue. 



Total length 7 inches, wing 3-5 in., tail 3-2 in., tarsus O'S in., hind 

 toe 0-4 in. ; bill from the forehead 07 in., from nostril 0-45 in., 

 from gape 075 in. 



Hab. "Marrabo," Solomon Islands. 



Remarks. This fine species is remarkable for the large patch of 

 white on the neck, which commences just below the eye, tips a iew 

 of the lower ear-coverts with white, and expands out in a triangular 

 form on the side of the neck, but does not reach the chest. The 

 species comes near to Piezorhynchus brodiei (Ramsay), but is a 

 larger bird and has a greater extent of black on the chest. It was 

 obtained by some of the Eev. George Brown's collectors at " Mar- 

 rabo, one of the Solomon Group. 



1 The fifth feather on one side only has a spot of white on the inner web. 



