134 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Setakwa River lias the yellow of the nnder[>arfcs continued 

 over the chest and In wer throat ; whereas in females of 

 M. c. aruensis, with one exception, the lower throat, chest, 

 and sides are strongly washed with olive-green. Females 

 from Kotoi River, Milne Bay, Fergusson and Goodenough 

 Islands, also agree with the Setakwa bird and differ from 

 typical M, aruensis as a whole. The advent of further 

 specimens may show that birds from Southern New Guinea 

 should be separated from Am birds. 



The wing-measurements of specimens of the various forms 

 of Monarclia clirysomelas are as follows :— 



,r 7 7 T I New Ireland, c5' (2), 74 mm. 



M. cJmjsomelas Less. . . j ^^^ Hanover, d, 77 mm, 



M. c. kovdemis Mever . . j f'f ^- %f''''^ ^^^' ^' ^^ «^^^- 

 I Kordo, (5 , 77 mm. 



IWensudn, North New Guinea, c?, 70 mm. 

 Takar, cJ (2), 73 mm. 

 Stepliansort, c? , 74 mm. 

 1 Arfak, c? , 73 mm. 

 31, c. melanonatus Sclater <Misol, c?, 73; (3) 75 mm, 

 ( Waigiu, (^ , 75 mm. 

 Aru Islands, c^ , (2) 67 ; (2) 68 ; (8) 69 mm. 

 M. c. arue)isis Salvad. . . < Mimika River, c?, 69 mm, 



I Setakwa River, cJ , 70, 73 mm, 



Monarcha sp. inc. 



a. cJ. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 9th Dec* 1912. 

 [C.B.K] 



This specimen appears to be in immature plumage, and I 

 am at present unable to place it. The whole of the upper- 

 parts are very dark slate-black with a purplish gloss ; throat 

 and upper part of the chest blackish-grey ; breast rufous- 

 chestnut becoming whitish on the middle of the belly ; longer 

 under tail^cover|:s bhick >vit|i whitish tips. Wing 74 mm. ; 

 tail (imperfect) 72 mm, 



Monarcha guttula. 



Piezorliynclius guttulatus (Salvad.) ; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p. 432 

 (1879). 



Monarcha guttula (Garnot) ; van Oort, p. 87 (1909) • 

 Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 456 (1903), xx. p. 493 (1913). 



