_Monarcharses takatsukasae_ Yamashina, in Takatsukasa and
Yamashina, Dobutsu. Zasshi, 43, 1931, p. 485. (Type locality,
Tinian.)
_Monarcha takatsukasae_ Yamashina, Tori, 7, 1932, p. 400 (Tinian);
Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 175 (Tinian); Hand-list
Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 195 (Tinian); Mayr, Birds
Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 296 (Tinian); Downs, Trans. Kansas
Acad. Sci., 49, 1946, p. 100 (Tinian).
_Geographic range._--Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Tinian.
_Characters._--Adult male: Forehead, lores, eyering, auriculars,
and underparts rufous, chin paler; under tail-coverts white; crown
and nape dark slate-gray; back reddish-brown; rump white; wing and
tail dark brown, outer edges of first three primaries white, tail
with white tips, more broadly tipped on outer tail feathers; outer
edges of scapulars and secondaries buffy but tips more whitish,
forming two wing bars; under wing-coverts whitish; bill
slate-blue, tip pearl; feet dark slate; iris dark brown.
Adult female: Resembles adult male, but slightly smaller and crown
more brownish.
Immature: Resembles adult, but base of bill lighter and underparts
paler.
According to the original description by Yamashina, _M.
takatsukasae_ resembles closely the immature _M. godeffroyi_ of
Yap in coloration; however, the Tinian Monarch has a shorter wing.
_Measurements._--Measurements are listed in table 41.