NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXII. 1915. 45 



37. Cinnyris sericeus sericeus Less. 



Aiilea, p. 35. 



5 (?cJ, 5 ??, Vulcan Island, November 23 to December 12, 1913. (Nos. 

 6207, 0271, 6272, 6273, 6286, 6288, 6337, 6403, 6407, 6436.) 



38. Dicaeum geelvinkianum rubrocoronatum Sharpe. 



Anted, p. 3R. 



5(?cJ ad., 2 S <S juv., 2 ?? ad., 1 ? jnv., Vnlcan Island, November and 

 December 1913, (Nos. 6265, 6266, 6290, 6328, 6304, 6413, 6422, 6427, 0474, 6448.) 



39. Cisticola exilis (Vig. & Horsf.). 



Malurus Exilis Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Loudon, xv. p. 'JiriS (1827— Australia! Terra 

 typioa restricta — Mathews — New S. Wales.) 



7 (Jcfin breeding plumage, 2 ??,1 juv., Vulcan Island, 4.-31. xii. 1913. 

 (Nos. 6352, 6353, 6361, 6362, 6430, 6434, 6435, 6442, 6443, 6492.) 



For descriptions of the various plumages of C. exilis we refer to Gates, 

 B. Brit. Burma i. p. 117, 1883, and Stresemann, Nov. Zool. xx. p. 362, 1913 ; but 

 it is remarkable that the young bird (No. 6434) shot on December 15 has onl}^ 

 the throat pale yellowish, the middle of breast and abdomen being white, not 

 yellow, as is usual in the young of C. exilis. 



40. Erythrura trichroa goodfellowi O.-Grant. 



Antcu, p. 36. 



12 c? ? ad. and juv., Vulcan Island, December 1913. (Nos. 6451, 6452, 6453, 

 6465, 6400, 6467, 6408, 0409, 0470, 6471, 6475, 0476.) 



The wings of the four adult males measure 61, 61, 63, 04 mm. 



41. Loncliura castaneothorax sharpii (Mad.). 



Dunacicola sliarpii Madardsz, Bull. B. 0. Club, iii. p. xlvii (Juue 1894 — Finisterre Mountains in 

 German New Guinea ; id., Aquila, i. p. 96, pi. i. fig. 1). 



Of this hitherto rare, distinct, and interesting subspecies we have f> S S and 

 5 ? ? from Vulcan Island, collected in November and December 1913. (Nos. 0318, 

 6322, 6389, 0402, 6405 [males], 0274, 0319, 6321, 0390, 0399 [females].) 



" Iris brown ; bill chalky blue ; feet slate bine." 



The females are very much like the males, but the crown and nape are darker 

 and duller, more brownish grey, and the back is generally darker brown. Wings of 

 the males 50-51'!, of the female about 49-52 ram. ; but these.measnremeuts can only 

 be regarded as approximative, because the majority of our skins have the tips of the 

 wings slightly worn. 



