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45. Pachycephala melanonota Hart. 

 (Plate Xlll. tig. 4.) 



Pachycephala mi-lanouoUi Hartert, Bull. B. 0. Club xxi. p. 106 (June 1908— Vella Lavella). 



4 Sd a(J., 2 ? ? .1(1., 1 c? juv. (marked ? ), 1 ? jnv. <3 : " Iris dark red (reddish 

 brown) ; bill black ; feet blai'k (dark slate)." ? : " Iris brown ; bill bhukish ; feet 

 slate." (Nos. 37C5, 3834 (tyi>e), 3S46, 3896, 3897, 3940, 3953, 3964.; 



This boautifnl Pai-hycephala differs frnm all the other forms from tlie Solomon 

 Islands in the uniform black upper surface of the male. The black pectoral band is 

 ver_y broad. It should probably be regarded as a subspecies of P. astiolabi, though 

 its differences are very striking. 



46. Zosterops vellalavella Hart. 



Zoslevnps ecllahirdla Hartert, Bull. B. 0. Club XKi. p. lUb (l'J08— Vella Lavella). 



4 c?(J, 2 ? ? ad. "Iris chocolate; bill yellow; feet brownish yellow." (Nos. 

 3799, 3819, 3848, 3856, 3857, 3861.) 



A white ring ronud the eye; upper surface yellowish green; quills blackisli 

 brown, with the outer webs broadly edged with yellowish green and the inner with 

 creamy white. Throat dark yellow, jiigulum greenish yellow : abdomen yellowish 

 white. Flanks delicately tinged with grey ; under tail-coverts lemon-yellow. 

 Rectrices blackish brown, narrowly edged with yellowish green. Wing 92 — 94, 

 culmen 17 — 18 mm. 



47. Myzomela eichhorni atrata Hart, 



ifyzomela eichhorni atrata Hartert, Bull. B. 0. Club xxi. p. 105 (1908 — Vella Lavella). 



4 (Jc?, 2 ? ?. " Iris brown; bill black; feet dark slate" in both sexes. (Nos. 

 3761, 3795, 3884, 3885, 3890, 3925.) 



48. Cinnyris frenata (S. Mull.). 



Cf. Xor. Zoo/. 1905, p. 267. 



2 c?<J ad. (Nos. 3875, 3959.) 



49. Calornis metallica (Temm.). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1905, p. 267. 



3 (? (? ad., 2 c? c? juv., 1 ? immat. clianging into a glossy plumage like that of the 

 adult male. (Nos. 3770 (?), 3783, 38ii2, 3842, 3843, 3935.) 



50. Calornis fulvipennis fulvipennis (Jacq. & Puch.). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. 1905, p 267. 



3 cJcJ, 3 ? ? . (Nos. 3800, 3880, 3905, 3973, 3982, 3983.) 



51. Mino krefifti (ScL). 



Cf. A'oii. Zool. 1905, p. 268. 



3 c?c?, 3 ? ¥. (Nos. 3823, 3828, 3845, 3850, 3891, 3963.) 



