MACHiERIRHYNCHUS NIGRIPECTUS, Schiegei. 
Black-breasted Flycatcher. 
Macharirhynchus nigripectus, Schiegei, Obs. Zool. y., Ned. Tijdschr. voor de Dierlc. iv. p. 43 (1873). — George 
Dawson Rowley, Proc. Zool. Soc. May 1876, p. 414. 
M achcerorhynchus nigripectus, T. Salvadori, Ann. del Mus. Civ. di St. Nat. di Genova, 'vii. p. 768, 1875. — Atti 
della Reale Acad, delle Scienze di Torino, Febniary 1875, vol. x. p. 378. 
Of this very rare species I have received two specimens, from which the accompanying drawing was 
taken, one very kindly lent to me by Geo. Dawson Rowley, Esq., of Brighton, the other from Dr. Mever, 
of Dresden, through the hands of Mr. Gerrard. Both these, I believe, are from the northern part of New 
Guinea. I regret to be unable to state any particulars as to the habits and disposition of this bird ; but its 
peculiarly constructed bill would naturally lead me to infer that aphides and very soft-winged gnats 
constitute a great portion of its food. 
Face hoary, eye surmounted by a stripe of yellow' ; throat, ear-coverts, neck, and under surface bright 
yellow' ; on the chest a somewhat lengthened tuft of feathers, which are black at their bases and yellow at 
their tips, giving the appearance of a dark patch on this part of the under surface; crown of head and 
upper surface generally very dark grey tinged with olive ; tail-feathers black, all but the four centre ones 
margined and tipped with white ; wings blackish, the lesser and greater wing-coverts and tertiaries tipped 
with white ; bill and legs black. In size this bird about equals M. xanthogengs and M. alb from , 
Total length inches, wing 3f, tail 2v, tarsi I, bill i. 
The figures in the accompanying Plate, and which I suppose to represent the male and female, are of 
the size of life. 
Hab. Arfak Mountains, New Guinea. 
