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MUSCICAPIDAS. 
Arses candidior North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. vol. i. p. 140, April 27th, 1903 
as synonym of above, ex “ Do Vis,” Lesonef, Ibis, July 1897, p. 397: nude 
name. 
Distr .—Cape York, North Queensland. 
Genus MONARCHALBA Math. 
Monarchalba Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlv. p. 94, 1925. 
Type (by original designation) : Monarc ha menckei Ileinr. 
Monarchalba menckei (Heinr.). St. Matthias Island Flycatcher. 
Monarcha menckei Heinroth, Journ. f. Orn. 1902, p. 451, pi. 9. fig. 1 : 
St. Matthias Island. 
Distr .—St. Matthias Island, Bismarck Archipelago. 
Genus BATHMISYRMA Reich. 
Bathmisyrma Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. vol. v. p. 161, Oct. 1897. 
Type (by original designation) : B. rufum Reich. 
Bathmisyrma rubiensis (Meyer). 
Distr .—New Guinea and Rubi. 
Bathmisyrma rubiensis rubiensis (Moyer). (4-417.) 
Tchitrea rubiensis Meyer, Sitzungsber. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. lxix 
p. 494, 1874: Rubi. 
Monarcha mentalis Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vi. p. 310, 1874 : Andai, 
N.W. New Guinea. 
Distr .—Rubi and New Guinea (N.W.). 
Bathmisyrma rubiensis rufum Reich. 
Bathmisyrma rufum Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. vol. v. p. 161, 
Oci. 1897 : Gogol River, N.E. New Guinea. 
Distr .—New Guinea (N.E.). 
Genus MONARCHARSES Math. 
Monarcharses Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlv. p. 94, 1925. 
Type (by. original designation) : Monarcha geoffroyi Hartl. 
Monarcharses geoffroyii (Hartlaub). (4-432.) 
Mackenzie Island Flycatcher. 
Monarcha qeofroyii Hartlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 829, pi. 38: 
Yap Island (or Uap). 
Distr .—Mack enzie G rou p. 
