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The iris in the adult birds, as well as in the young ones, is described nn the labels as 

 " orange " or " cadmium," the bill and feet as " black." 



These birds breed also in holes of trees, like Cnlornis. The eggs closely 

 resemble those of Calornis metallica, but the three before me are slightly paler and 

 the brown spots darker and somewhat more defined, also generally not so large. 

 These differences may be individual or have specific value. The three eggs of 

 Aplon/s ciinfO)-oi(k's before me measure 26-5 by SiO, 27 by 20-2, and 28 by 18'5 mm. 

 No statement is made whether they belong to one clutch or not. 



4. Pachycephala rosseliana Hart. 



Descr. origin in Bull. B. 0. Club, Oct. Meeting, 1808 (no. LVI.), p. 8 ; descr. 

 accur. in Nov. Zool. VI. p. 76 (anted). 



A good series from St. Aignan. These birds are not separable from those from 

 Rossel Island, whence it was originally received and described. 



Several nests were found in November and December 1897. They are built of 

 small twiglets and stems of weeds, strongly interwoven and outside more or less 

 covered with dead and sometimes almost decayed leaves, inside only lined with 

 rootlets and tiny twiglets. They stand in bushes, and are somewhat flat, the cup 

 being only about 3 cm. deep. They measure outside about 8 to 12 cm. across, the 

 cup about to 7 cm. across. Mr. Meek sent four nests and sLx eggs. Unfortunately 

 they are not so labelled as to show how many and which belong to one nest, but 

 two and two belong evidently together, so that each nest seemed to contain only two 

 eggs. The eggs are rather short and thick, and may be called " short ovate." They 

 somewhat resemble tlie waxwing's eggs in colour, being vinaceous buff, or very jiale 

 greyish vinaceous, and frequently spotted with dark liver brown and underlying 

 pale purplish grey or " mauve " patches. They measure 25 by 13-3, 23-6 by 14-8, 

 23'5 by 14-(') mm. 



5. Edoliosoma amboinense tagulanum Hart. 



See Nov. Zool. V. p. 524, where this form is described from Sudest Island. 



There are now before me four males and two females from St. Aiguan. They 

 seem to belong to the same form as the Sudest bird, but i)i& females are rather 

 lighter, and one of the males has the outer margins of the outer webs of the 

 secondaries lighter, another has the throat darker, more Ijlackish. Only two males 

 and one. female having been sent from Sudest Island, a larger material would be 

 welcome, but I do not think that the Sudest and St. Aignan birds will be separable. 



This form closely resembles E. a. tenuirostre, but the male is darker, more 

 bluish. 



6. Lalage karu (subsp. ?). 



See Nov. Zool. V. p. 524 (1898), where I discussed several forms of Lalage karu, 

 and mentioned that the specimens from St. Aignan were very similar to L. haru hum, 

 bnt seemed to be generally paler on the abdomen. 



7. Graucalus melanops (Lath.). 

 One adult male and several /(;/«<( /cs and immature males. " Iris dark brown." 



