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ORNITHOLOGY. 



rufous, palest on the abdomen ; quills dark-brown, secondaries edged 

 with rufous. Central feathers of the tail dark-brown, which is the 

 color also of the inner webs of the feathers next to them. Bill dark ; 

 tarsi lighter. 



Hab. — Philippine Islands. Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washington. 



This is a handsome small species, the only specimen of which, that 

 we have ever seen, is in the collection of the Expedition, and labelled 

 as having been obtained at the Philippine Islands. It bears a general 

 resemblance to Mascicapa horhonica, Gm. Buff. PI. Enl. 573, fig. 1, 

 which is an inhabitant of the islands of Mauritius and Madagascar, 

 but may easily be distinguished by the pale longitudinal lines on the 

 centres of the blue parts of the plumage, in addition to which cha- 

 racter, the present bird is the larger, and has the tail disproportion- 

 ately longer. 



The naturalists of the Expedition record nothing in relation to this 

 bird. 



2. Genus MONARCHA, Vig. and Eor&f. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 

 XV, p. 249 (1825). 



1. Monarch A nigra [Sparrman). 



JIuscicapa nigra, Sparrman, Museum Carlsonianum (not paged, 1786). 



Muscicapa lutea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, p. 944 (1788). 



Mascicapa Pomarea, Lesson, Man. I, p. 192 (1828). 



Muscicapa maupitiensis, Garnot, Voy. Coquille, Zool. I, p. 592 (1826). 



Muscicapa atra, FoRSTER, Desc. An. pp. 170, 171 (1844). 



Voy. Coquille, Ois. Plate XVII ; Sparrm. Mus. Carls. Plate XXIII. 



Form. — Bill rather long, strong; culmen strongly defined; base with 

 about twelve pairs of short weak bristles ; wing long, first primary 

 rudimentary, fourth, fifth, and sixth longest, and very nearly equal ; 

 tail moderate ; tarsi long, scaled ; toes rather long ; claws strong, 

 fully curved. General form compact and robust. 



Dimensions. — Total length, six and a half to seven inches ; wing, 

 three and a half inches ; tail, three inches. 



