( 365 ) 



60 mm. Tail 46 — 50, raetatavsns about 2U, cnlmen 16 — 17 mm. Type, No. 4078 

 (?, Yannta 25. iv. 1908. Albert Meek noil , in the Tring Mnsenm. 



//rti. San Chri.stoval, Solomon Islands. 



3 (JcJ, 3 ? ?. (Nos. 4078, 4086, 4102, 4103, Yannta; 4123, 4124, Makira.) 



32. Calornis metallica (Temm.). 



Cf. Nni: Zml. 1905. p. 267. 



1 S ad., 5 ¥ ? ad. (Nos. 4094, 4101, 4118, 4119, 4120, 4121, Yannta.) 



The male and the females are alike in colour, but the wing in the male is lOO, 

 while in the females it varies from 93 to 96 mm. The tail likewise seems to be 

 longer in the male, onr females having tails from 75 to 86 ram., while that of the 

 male is 93 mm. 



33. Calornis fulvipennis dichroa Tristr. 



Culiinih (lichroa, Ibis IHiUj. p. 376. (\ew name for Caluniis in'iiior, which name hud ah-eaJy been 

 employed.) 



3 (?c?, 3 ? ¥. (Nos. 4060, 4077, 4100, Yannta; 4133, 4172, 4178, Makira.) 

 " Iris dark red ; bill and feet black." 



The wings of the males measure 119 and 12(), those of the females 112 to 

 115 mm. 



34. Dicrurus long'irostris Rams. 



Dieriinis {Cliihki) lon(/iroslris Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wnles vii. p. 300 (1883 — San 

 Christoval). 



2 c? (J, 3 ??. (Nos. 4037, 4091, 4117, Yannta; 4138, 4179, Makira.) "Iris 

 brown (dark brown, dark red); bill and feet black." 



