Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 489. 
Family MUSCICAPIDM 
MONARCHA MELANOPSIS. 
BLACK-FACED FLYCATCHER. 
(Plate 411.)* 
Muscicapa MELANOPSIS Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XXI., p. 450, 
May 30th, 1818 : New South Wales. 
Muscicapa melanopsis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., Vol. XXI p 450 
1818. 
Muscipeta carinata Swainson, Zool. Illustr., Series I., pi. 147, 1821 : New South Wales. 
Monarcha carinata Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 255, 
Feb. 17th, 1827 : Thirst}’ Sound, South Queensland; Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., 
pt. ii. [pi. 20], 1837; id., Birds Austr., pi. 25 (Vol. II., pi. 95), Dec. 1st, 1846; id., 
Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 262, 1865 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. 
II., p. 182, 1878 ; Macgillivray, Emu, Vol. XHI., p. 169, 1914 (N.Q.) ; Campbell 
and Barnard, ib., Vol. XVII., p. 25, 1917 (N.Q.) ; Macgillivray, ib., p. 200, 1918 
(N.Q.). 
Monarcha canescens Salvadori, Aim. Mus. Civ. Genov., Vol. VII., p. 991, 1876 : Cape 
York, Queensland ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 431, 1879 ; Ramsay, 
Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 6, 1888 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 20, 1899 ; Campbell, 
Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 134, 1901 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., 
p. 67, 1908 ; Macgillivray, Emu, Vol. XIII., p. 169, 1914 (N.Q.) ; id., ib., Vol. XV., 
p. 36, 1915 (N.Q.) ; H. L. White, ib., p. 62, 1915 ; Macgillivray, ib., Vol. XVII., p. 
200, 1918 (N.Q.) 
Monarcha melomopsis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 430, 1879; Ramsay, 
Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 6, 1888 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 20, 1899 ; Campbell, 
Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 132, 1901 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. 
Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., p. 154, 1903 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 67, 1908. 
Monarcha melanopsis melanopsis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 325, 1912 ; id., 
List Birds Austr., p. 192, 1913. 
Monarcha melanopsis canescens Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 325, 1912; id., 
List Birds Austr., p. 192, 1913. 
Monarcha hurandi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 130, Jan. 28th, 1915: 
Cape York, North Queensland. 
* The P late is lettered M. canescens and melanopsis. 
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