PLATE ZKIXZXI^r. 



GENUS MONARCH A (Vig. and Horsf.) 



FOUR species of this form inhabit Australia, and several others are found in the islands to the 

 northward. 



MONARCH A CARINATA (Vig. and Horsf.) 

 CA RINA TED FL YCA TCHER. 



DURING the time from spring to autumn, the brushes of New South Wales and Victoria are 

 visited by this species, which departs again about the end of April. It is found both in the 

 brushes near the coast, and in the interior. 



Its name of Flycatcher is scarcely appropriate, since it does not capture insects while on the 

 wing, but obtains them from the trees. 



The forehead, lores, and throat are black ; upper surface, wings, and tail, brownish-grey ; sides 

 of the neck and the chest, light grey ; rest of under surface, rufous ; irides, brownish-grey ; bill, legs, 

 and feet, dark grey. 



Habitats : New South Wales and Victoria. 



MONARCH A TRIVIRGATA (Gould). 



BLA CK-FR ON TED FL YCA TCHER. 



THIS is an inhabitant of Queensland, but for some reason or other specimens are very rare, and 

 nothing positive is known of its habits. 



It resembles greatly, both in form and colouring, a species of Monarcha procured in the island 

 of Timor by Mr. Wallace. 



The forehead, throat, space round the eye, and the ear-coverts are black ; upper surface and 

 wings, greenish-grey ; tail, dark grey, the three outer feathers on each side tipped with white ; chest, 

 flanks, and centre of abdomen, rufous ; rest of under surface, white ; bill, legs, and feet, dark grey. 



Habitat : Queensland. 



