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en/throp'jgium. The adnlt male is blue-grey above ; the bristlj' feathers over the 

 nostrils, the lores, sides of head below the eyes, and ear-coverts are black ; the 

 underside is like the upper surface; the females are above brownish, rufous cinnamon 

 on wings, rump and npper tail-coverts, greyish on the crown. The underside is 

 always much paler than in mlomonis. Iris in both sexes dark brown, feet black, 

 bill black in the male, dark Ijrown in ihej'emale. 



The female from Kulambangra (anteii, p. 181) belongs either to erythropygium 

 or to an undescribed form, but this cannot be found out without further material. 

 It is certainly not salomonis, but seems to agree well with erythropygium, except 

 that it appears to be deeper rufous on the rump, and also below. T'hvee females 

 from Fauro and Muuia Island, in the Shortland grouji, seem rather to agree with 

 the one from Kulambangra than with those from Guadalcanar and Florida, which 

 are all lighter below. 



5. Edoliisoma holopolius (Sharpe). 



Graucahis holopolius Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 184. Dr. Sharpe, when 

 describing this species, had only a female before him. He described the differences 

 of colour which distinguish it from the tnale of Graucahis pusillus, the female of 

 which is barred on the abdomen. The elongated bill of holopolius places it at once 

 into the genus Edoliisoma, if this is separated, as it well might be, from Graucalus. 

 3Ir. Meek now discovered the adult male of Edoliisoma holopolius, which is very 

 closely allied to that of E. montanum from New Guinea, being totally black below 

 from the bill to the tail. It differs from E. mojitanum in being much smaller. 

 The black of the sides of the head extends in an irregularly interrupted collar round 

 the hindneck. cJ wing 116 to 118 mm, tail about 95 mm., culmen from base 

 1^4 mm. "Iris dark brown, bill and feet black." 'Yhe female agrees with Dr. 

 Sharpe's description. I.e. 



fi. Graucalus pusillus Rams. 



A series of both sexes. Iris in both sexes pale yellow. Bill from forehead 

 ^0 mm. 



7. Graucalus hypoleucus subsp. 



Three specimens from Guadalcanar are hardly, if at all, distinguishable from 

 louisiadensis. {Anted, p. 180.) 



8. Monarcha castaneiventris (Verr.). 



A good series from Guadalcanar apjiears to prove that the !\,6.\\\t female is 

 similar to the male, only slightly smaller. Two \mma.invi' females have the black 

 parts glossle8s,-somewhat sooty, and the remiges have dull rufous edges. 



9. Monarcha brodiei brodiei Rams. 



A series from Guadalcanar fully bears out our contentions as to the distinctness 

 of JIf. brodiei fioridana. {Anted, p. 182.) The sexes are alike. Nest with one egg 

 found April 27th, 1901. The nest is placed in the fork of a branch. It consists 

 of fine dry grasses and human hair, and is outside ornamented with cobwebs and 

 white paper-like spider-nests. Some dry leaves are hanging down from the bottom. 



