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darker on tlie upper tail-coverts, whicli have concealed black 

 bases ; lesser and inner median and greater coverts pearly grey 

 like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, as well as the outer 

 median and greater series and the quills black, only the inner- 

 most secondaries externally pearly grey ; tail-feathers black ; fore- 

 head and sinciput, lores, fore part of cheeks, feathers below the 

 eye, and a broad ring round the eye black ; chin and upper throat 

 black ; lower throat, fore neck, and chest pearly grey, as also the 

 sides of the neck ; remainder of under surface of body as well as 

 the thighs and uuder tail-coverts, also the axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts, cinnamon-buiF; quills blackish below. Total length 

 5'5 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 3 "4, tail 2*75, tarsus 0"75. 



It is possible that, if the specimens could be compared, other 

 differences would appear between M.f rater and the present species, 

 as I see that I have described the former as having a hroad hand of 

 hlue-hlach across the forehead. In M. 2>eriophthalmicus the forepart 

 of the crown is also black. 



PiEZOEHTNCHirs GTJTTULATirs (Gam.); SJiarpe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 422. — Monarcha guttulatus, Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 22. No. 92. 

 Choqeri district. " Haw-hawduridu." Legs black. [^A. G.^ 



PiEZOBHTNCHTis cHALTBEOCEPHALUs {Gam.). — Monarcha 

 chalybeocephalus, Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 30. East Cape ( Runstein). 



PiEZOBHYNCHirs ABTJENSis {Salvad.) ; Sha}-pe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 428. — Monarcha aruensis, Salvad. op. cit. ii. p. 40. No. 139. 

 Morocco district. " Iriacowowo." \_A. (x.] 



Aeses aeuensis, Sharps ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 45. In Mr. Groldie's 

 second collection. East Cape {Hunstein). 



Ehipiditea thbenothoeax, S. Mull. ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 54. — 

 Ehipidura ambusta, Bamsay ; Salvad. t. c. p. 55. No. 164. 

 Morocco district. " Owasush." Found generally on ground. 



lA. g:\ 



Count Salvadori has already suggested that B. amhusta of 

 Eamsay would prove to be B. threnothorax, and on comparing the 

 specimens in the Museum I find this to be the case. 



Ehipidtjea setosa {Quoy Sf Gaim.) ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 61 

 No. 192. Choqeri district. " Neberakikki." \_A. G.'] 



Ehipidtjea htpeetthea {Gray) ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 65. No. 

 172. " Urabiagga." Morocco district. \_A. C] A new locality 

 for the species. 



