l8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I07 



RHIPIDURA LEUCOPHRYS MELALEUCA (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Mtiscipcta mclalcuca Quoy and Gaimaru, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool., vol. i, 1830, 

 p. 180; Atlas, Ois., pi. 4, fig. 3. ("Havre carteret," New Ireland.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — 2 males, September 17; 

 Jaba River — i unsexed, September 26. 



A nest containing one egg was found on September 11. 



MONARCHA CASTANEIVENTRIS ERYTHROSTICTA (Sharpe) 



Pomarca erythrosticta Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888, p. 185. (Fauro, 

 Solomon Group.) 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — i male, October 19. 



MONARCHA CASTANEIVENTRIS CASTANEIVENTRIS Verreaux 



Monarcha castaneiventris Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1858, p. 304. (I'ile 

 Samoa = Solomon Islands, ex Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 

 1902, p. 583.) 



Guadalcanal Island : Lunga Point — 3 males, i female, November 

 21, 24, 27; Doma Cove — i male, December 22. 



One specimen taken in December was molting wing feathers. 



MONARCHA BARBATA BARBATA Ramsay 



Monarcha barbata Ramsay, Nature, vol. 20, 1879, p. 125. ("Guadalcana" = 

 Guadalcanal.) 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — i male, October 5. Guadal- 

 canal Island : Doma Cove — i male, December 27. 



MYIAGRA FERROCYANEA CINEREA (Mathews) 



Submyiagra jerrocyanea cincrea Mathews, Nov. Zool., vol. 34, 1928, p. 2)7i- 

 (Bougainville Island.) 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — i male, i female, Septem- 

 ber 17, October 31 ; Jaba River — i female, August 31. 



MYIAGRA FERROCYANEA FERROCYANEA Ramsay 



Myiayra jerrocyanea Ramsay, Nature, vol. 20, 1879, p. 125; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, vol. 4, pt. i, 1879, p. 78. (Guadalcanar, Solomon 

 Islands.) 



Guadalcanal Island: Lunga Point — i male, November 16; Dotna 

 Cove — 2 males, December 13. 



The wing length of these three males from Guadalcanal is 65-66 ; 

 that of one male of M. f. cinerea from Bougainville is 70. 



The bird taken in November was moltine tail feathers. 



