( 360 ) 

 5. Macropygia rufa rufocastanea Kams. 



Cf. Not: Zool. 1905, p. 246. 



Macropygia rufo-caslania Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sue. N. S. Wtiles iv. p. 314 (June 1879 — 



Guadalcanal'). 

 .Vii'iiipyjia aros:ii Tristram, Ib'i 1870, p. 44'i (Oatober 1)^79— San Chi-istovil). 



1 <S, 25. iv. 19U8. (No. 4076, Yauuta.) 



This speciiueu agrees with onr birds from Giiadalcauar. 



<'i. Coryphoenas crassirostris (Gould). 



Cf. .Y.,c. Zool. 19U0, p. 24il. 



1 ? ad. L'T. iv. 19U8. (No. 41ii0, Yauuta.) 



T. Chalcophaps stephani mortoni Kams. 

 Cf. Not-. Zool. \\m, p. -241;. 



1 ? imm., 1 ? jnv. (No.s. 4i)2I, Yauuta : 4171, Makira.) 



8. Butorides javanica stagnatilis (Gould). 



Ardetts sUignatilis Gould, Pro-. Zool. Soc: Liiml. 1847, p. 221 (Poit Essington, N. Australia). 

 1 c? juv. 23. iv. 1908. (No. 4042, Yauuta.) 



9. Lorius chlorocercus Gould. 



Lorim chloroc-'rcus Gould, Pro: Zool. Soc. London, 1856, p. 137 (San Christoval). 



1 cJ, 2 ? ?. (Nos. 4074, Yauuta; 4170, 4173, Makira.) "Iris dirty yellow, 

 light brown, browu ; bill bright red, dark yellowish red ; feet black." 



10. Trichoglossus haematodus massena Bp. 



Cf. .Vor. Zool. 1905, p. 202. 



1 r?, 6. V. 1908. (No. 4168, Makira.) 



11. Geoffroyus heteroclitus (Hombr. & Jacq.). 



Cf. .Vol.. Zool. 1905, p. 254. 



3 c?cJ ad. (Nos. 4145, 414^, 4149, Makira.) 



12. Nasiterna finschii Rams. 



Nasiternafinnchii Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wale^, vi. pp. 180, 720 (1881— San Christoval). 



3 (?c?, 3 ? ?. (Nos. 4006, 4029, 4030, 4053, Yannta; 4153, 4154, Makira.) 



" Iris brown. Feet and bill ashy blue." 



The females differ from those of our X. aolac tristrami and X. ailae aolae by 

 having the central tail-feathers black, widely bordered with blue, instead of entirely 

 blue, and other minor differences. 



13. Eurystomus orientalis solomonensis Sharps. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1905, p. 254. 



1 S ad., 6. V. 1908. (No. 4167, Makira.) 



The figure in Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. pi. iii. is very bad. It fails entirely to 

 show. the black head and the black tip to the tail, and the body-colonr is greeu 

 instead of bluish. 



