. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Bill and foot of Monachella mueUcriana. Ramje. Confined to New Guinea. 1. Monachella muelleriana, Mascicapa muelleriana, Schl. N. T. D. iv. p. 40 {nee Miiicicapa muel- leri, Blytli). Mouachella saxicolina, Sali-ad. Ann. Mm. Cimc. Genov. vi. p. 83; Beccari, op. cit. \'ii. p. 709; Salvad. op. cit. x. p. 133. Monachella muelleriana, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic, vi. p. 308, note. Adult male. General colour above light French grey, paler on the lower back, the rump and upper tail-covcrts white; wings and tail dark brown ; crown of head and nape dark bro
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Bill and foot of Monachella mueUcriana. Ramje. Confined to New Guinea. 1. Monachella muelleriana, Mascicapa muelleriana, Schl. N. T. D. iv. p. 40 {nee Miiicicapa muel- leri, Blytli). Mouachella saxicolina, Sali-ad. Ann. Mm. Cimc. Genov. vi. p. 83; Beccari, op. cit. \'ii. p. 709; Salvad. op. cit. x. p. 133. Monachella muelleriana, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic, vi. p. 308, note. Adult male. General colour above light French grey, paler on the lower back, the rump and upper tail-covcrts white; wings and tail dark brown ; crown of head and nape dark brown, as also the feathers above the eye and the upper edge of the eyelid, the brown narrowing on the forehead to the base of the bill; lores and feathers over the front of the eye pure white; between the eye and the base of the bill a triangular patch of blackish feathers ; sides of face and ear-coverts, as well as entire under surface of body, creamy white ; under wing-coverts dark brown; axillaiies white, slightly shaded with brown ; "bill and feet black" (D'Albertis). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-8, tail 2-4, taetRis 0-65. Adult femcde. Similar to the male. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-55, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-65. Hal. New Guinea. a S ad. sk. Warfandu, Arfak Mountains, M. Laglaize [C.]. April 2,1876. b 2 ad. sk. Karons, New Guinea, April M. Laglaize [C.]. 1877. 26. PffiCILODRYAS. t, Type. Pcecilodryas, Gotdd, Ilcmdb. B. Ausir. i. p. 287 (1865) P. cerviniventris. Leucophantes, Sclafer, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 691 P. brachyiu:us. Megalestes, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 769 (1875) P. albonotatus. Eanrje. Australia; New Guinea and adjacent Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds].
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