MONARCIIA CAEINATA. 



(Carinafed Fit/ -catcher.) 



FoEEHEAD, lores, and throat, jet black ; all tlie upper surface, grey ; wings and tail, brownish grey ; sides of the neck and chest, light grey ; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts, rufous ; bill, bluish horn color, whitish at the tip ; feet, bluish lead color ; irides, blackish brown. The 

 sexes are alike. 



Length, 7 inches ; wing, 3| ; tail, 3i ; bill, | ; tarsus, f . 



This species is found throughout the whole colony of Queensland, specimens having been obtained at Cape York, and also 

 about Brisbane. Its southern limit is New South Wales, to which country it migrates in the spring, returning northwards in the autumn. 

 It frequents thickly wooded country and scrubs, and in such situations may be observed hopping about the trees in search of its insect food. 

 Its note is a loud and oft repeated whistle. Nothing is at present known of its nest or eggs. 



MONAHCHA TRIVIRGATA. 



(Black-fronted Fly -catcher.) 



Forehead, throat, mark round the eye, and the ears, deep black ; upper surface, dark grey ; tail, black, the three outer feathers tipped with 

 white ; cheeks, chest, and flanks, rufous ; abdomen and under tail coverts, white ; bill, lead color ; feet, black ; irides, dark brown. 



Length, 6i inches ; wing, 3 ; tail, 3 ; bill, f ; tarsus, f . 



This species is confined to the northern parts of Australia, and is also found in some of the Malayan Islands. Specimens are 

 occasionally met with in the neighborhood of Brisbane at the latter end of summer, when it may be found frequenting the densest scrubs, 

 a.nd, though rarely, thick mangroves. In such situations its loud, harsh, and disagreeable note frequently betrays its presence. It is con- 

 tinually on the move, hopping about from branch to branch, uttering its peculiar cry, as it chases its insect prey through the foliage of the 

 trees. Like the former species, the nest and eggs of this bird are as yet unknown. 



MONAIiCHA LEUCOTIS. 



(White-eared Fly-catcher) 



Ceosvn of the head, back of the neck, back, and six middle tail feathers, black, the three outermost pairs being tipped with white; lores, a 

 broad mark over the eye, ear coverts, and throat, white, surrounded by black on all sides ; a broad piece of white down the sides of the neck 

 nearly meets above, and blends below into the grey of the chest; abdomen, grey; tips of wing coverts and secondaries, edges of scapularies 

 and tertiaries, white ; primaries and remainder of wings, black. The female diff'ers from the male, and may be easily distinguished by her 

 ear coverts, which are grey. 



Length, 5f inches ; wing, 2f ; tail, 2| ; bill, I ; tarsus, |. 



Cape York, Eockingham Bay (in which two localities it was first procured by Mr. Macgillivray), and the neighborhood of 

 Brisbane, may be mentioned as localities where this species has been taken. From its exceeding rarity in the latter locality it may be 

 presumed that it does not proceed much further to the southward. A male and female were first shot in the neighborhood of Brisbane by 

 Mr. E. Waller in the month of June, 1861, and another pair at the extreme south of Stradbroke Island, in 1863. Several others have been 

 since obtained by him, one in particular when in company with Charles Coxen, Esq., on the occasion of their visit to Eagle Farm scrub for the 

 purpose of taking the bower of the Eegent Bird, then only recently discovered by Mr. WaUer. Little or nothing is known of the habits of 

 Hiis species. It has a note not unlike that of Myiagra Plumbea, but, unlike the fly-catchers in general, it does not jerk its tail in the act of 

 ■givimo- utterance to the same, but stands perfectly stiJl^ and iji an upright position, with its thi^oat much inflated. It is generally seen in paix.s. 



