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a dark gray, to gray on the neck with darker feathers over the 

 eye. White marks the upper throat and chin and appears as 

 a prominent spot in front of the eye. Total length nearly five 

 inches. 



From the Arfak Mountains also comes Paecilodryas bimacu- 

 lata and from the same general region Paecilodryas hypoleuca 

 and P. brachyura and P. cinerea. The first is conspicuously 

 black and white, the former color preponderating very largely 

 of course, while the white shows as bands and bars or stripes. 

 It is most apparent on the lower parts where it may be reck- 

 oned as the ground color. 



P. hypoleuca, the Whitebellied, is a rather larger bird, reach- 

 ing the length of 6 inches. The general color is dusky above, 

 relieved by white patches on the head. The same color 

 covers the under parts set off by black on breast and throat. 

 The last named — P. brachyura, the Shorttailed — is marked 

 similarly with the tones rather deeper and clearer. Length 

 5.5 inches. 



Monachella muUeriana or saxicolina, a Chatlike Flycatcher, 

 is a lively little bird found as well in the south of New Guinea 

 along the Fly River, as in the north among the Arfak Moun- 

 tains. It is of grayish plumage above becoming nearly white 

 on the rump and tail coverts ; tail feathers and wings are dark 

 brown. The head is also dark brown with a line of white 

 over the eye. A spot of black lies near the bill. Below the 

 colors are nearly those of the upper parts, that is, the body is 

 a soft white, the wings brown. Bill and feet black. The 

 sexes are alike in markings and size, the length being about 

 six inches. They are both assiduous in the pursuit of insects, 

 generally along streams on level spaces. 



Monarcha or Muscipeta melanopsis, the Carinated Gray Fly- 

 catcher, has a ring of short black feathers about the large full 

 eye, a discriminating characteristic, imparting with the strong 

 prominent bill a singular appearance to this Australian bird. 

 The entire throat and part of the face are also black, crowded 

 upon by the soft slate color which becomes deeper over the 

 rest of the body. The long tail above is dusky ; below, as 

 well as under the wings and on the abdomen, the color is a 



