1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT * MARCHESA.* 631 



61. MONARCHA FRATER, Sclat. 



Monarcha frater, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 17. 

 a. Arfak. 



62. Monarcha guttulatus (Gam.). 

 Monarcha guttulatus, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 22. 



a. cJ. Waigiou. 



b. (Locality unknown ) 



c. Jr. Waigiou. 



Iris dark brown ; bill slate-blue, light at the edges ; feet ashy. 

 Length about 17 centims., wing 8. 



In b the forehead and throat are ashy, while the breast is washed 

 with pale rufous. It is probably an immature male. Example c 

 has the whole under surface white, the breast washed with rufous, 

 and a few feathers on the chin greyish. Cheeks and lores huffish 

 white ; wings brown ; external rectrices tipped with white. 



63. Monarcha chalybeocephalus (Gam.). 

 Monarcha chalybeocephalus, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 30. 

 a, b. c? . Waigiou. 



c. 6 • Waigiou. 



d. 6. Mysol. 



Iris ruddy ; bill slate-coloured ; tarsus greyish black. Length 

 18 centims., wing 8'6-9'2. The species does not seem to have been 

 recorded before from Mysol, 



64. Monarcha melanonotus, Sclat. 

 Monarcha melanonotus, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 38. 

 a, b. <S ' Mysol. 



c. 5 . Mysol. 



rf. cJ . N. coast of Papua, long. 139° (Bruijn). 



Iris brown ; bill blue-black ; feet bluish black. Length 14"5- 

 15"8 centims., wing 7*4-7'6. In the male obtained from Mr. 

 Bruijn the yellow of the uropygium is of less extent than in the 

 others. 



65. Arses batant^, Sharpe. 



Arses batantce, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 42. 



a-c. c? • Batanta. 



d-g. $ . Batanta. 



h. $ . Waigiou (Bruijn). 



Iris brown; bill and tarsus dark cobalt-blue. Length 18"5 

 -19'3 centims.; wing 8"5-8'6, male 9'0. The eyehd is bright 

 cobalt-blue, not yellow as Mr. Sharpe has described it. The Waigiou 

 bird is marked c5' , but is no doubt a female, unless the young male 

 in the first stage has the plumage of the female. In this example 

 the fulvous of the breast ends abruptly, not shading off into the 

 white of the abdomen, as is the case in the others. 



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