ffflMAIREA FGBEHSIS, Ramsay.
POMAREA UGIENSI S, Ramsay.
Ugi-Island Flycatcher.
Pomarea ( Monarch») ngimsh, Ramsay, Joufn. Linn. s S Zool. xvi. p. 128 (1 8 8 1 ) ; Reichenow & Schalow,
J. f. 0 . 1882, p . 224. ... , : f :
Pomarea ugieneis, Tristram, Ibis, 1882, pp. 136-142 ; Salvad. Ann. Mns. Civ. Genov, xviii. p. 442 (1882).
Monarcha ugiensis, Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, etc. ii. p. 531 (1882).
T his species was discovered by the Rev. George Brown in the island of Ugi, afnd Captain Richards
afterwards met with it in the same island, to which if is probably confined. It is a very large species, and
exceeds in size both P . castaneicentm o f San Christoval and P . nigra o f the Society and Marquesas
Islan d s; its uniform glossy black plumage, which is peculiar to both sexes, is also a striking characteristic
of the species. Count Salvadori would refer it to the genus Monarcha; but after carefully examining
the specimens in the British Museum, we believe th at its place is in the genus Pomarea, where it has been
p l a c e d b y Mr. Ramsay, and Canon Tristram.
The following is a description of the typical specimen, which has been lent to us by Mr. Ramsay :
Adult female (type of species). General colour above glossy blue-black ; lesser and median wing-coverts
black, edged with the same colour as the back ; greater coverts,' bastard wing, primary-coverts, and quills
black, slightly and almost imperceptibly washed with blue-black on the outer web ; tail-feathers glossy black,
t t t h dusky cross markings under certain lights ; lores and base of forehead velvety black; sides o f face
and ear-coverts, cheeks and under surface o f body glossy blue-black, duller black in the centre of the
abdomen^:“ bill blue-black, whitish on the tips and margins o f the mandibles; legs and feet b lack ”
(Browti). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0 ‘8, wing 3 ‘5, tail 3-15, tarsus 0'85.
In the Plate are given two representations of this species, of about the natural size, in different positions;
the figures are drawn from the type specimen 3 above described. fR R S I