78 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



15. Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. 



Hirundo frontalis, Quoy and Gaim.,Voy. Astrol. Zool, voL i. p. 204, pL xii. fig. 1 (1830), Dorey 



(type examined). 

 Hirundo javanica, Saivad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 95. 



[No. 225. Dobbo. Female. Eyes black.] 



16. Hylochelidon nigricans, Vieill. 



Hirundo nigricans, Vieill, N. D., vol. xiv. p. 523 (1817), New Holland (type examined). 

 Hylochelidon nigricans, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1878, p. 95. 



[No. 226. Dobbo. Male. Eyes black. Shot by the Professor at the village of 

 Dobbo.] 



17. Machcerorhyncus xanthogenys, G. R. Gr. 



Macharorltynchus xanthogenys, G. R. Gr., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1858, p. 176, Arrou (type examined) ; 

 Salvad., Atti R. Ace. Sc. Tor., vol. x. p. 375, sp. 2 (1875); Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 95. 



[No. 234. Wokan. Male. Eyes and bill black ; feet slate. Shot at Wokan.] 



18. Graucalus melanops, Lath. 



Campephaga melanops, var., G. R. Gr., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1861, p. 135. 

 Graucalus melanops, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 95. 



[No. 228. Dobbo. Female. Eyes brown ; stomach contained insects ; legs and 

 bill black. Shot by the Professor at the village of Dobbo.] 



The specimen agrees entirely with black-faced Australian males, and with male birds 

 collected by Signor D'Albertis at Yule Island (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. vii. p. 820, 

 1875, sp. 41). 



19. Edoliosoma muelleri, Salvad. 



Ceblepyris phimbea, part, S. Miill. (nee Wagl.), Verb. Land, en Volkenk., p. 189 (1839-44), 



New Guinea only (type examined). 

 Edoliosoma muelleri, Salvad.: Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. vii. p. 928 (1875); Proc. Zool. Soc, 



1878, p. 95. 



[No. 260. Wanumbai. Male. No. 245. Female. Eyes hazel ; bill black ; legs 

 dark with brownish tinge ; stomach had insects. Shot on 20th. Dobbo.] 



These specimens agree in every respect with New Guinea specimens. Edoliosoma 

 tenuirostre (Jard. et Selby), from Australia, is scarcely different from the New Guinea 

 bird ; perhaps it is a little larger. 



S. Midler, under the name of Ceblepyris plumbea, has united a specimen from 



