( 376 ) 

 10. CoUocalia francica (Gm.)- 



Female, May 1001. 



20. Macropteryx mystacea woodfordiana Harf. 



Both sexes, April and May. (See autcn, p. 184.) It may here be said tbat 

 the original figure of M. mystacea shows the nndersurface quite grey, and the 

 description (" Voy. ant. dn Monde" Znol. I. p. 647, 182(1) also speaks of a grey 

 underside and nnder-t ail-coverts. However, the original locality is said to be 

 New Guinea (Dorey), on account of which statement the typical form was 

 supposed to be the light-bellied one inhabiting New Guinea, when icoodfordiana 

 was originally described. Salvadori's excellent description, in Orn. Pap. I. p. 637, 

 also mentions the white centre of the abdomen and crissum. Dr. Jordan, during 

 his recent visit to Paris, has kindly examined the type, which has the nnder- 

 tail-coverts whitish ; which proves that Hartert's separation of the two forms is 

 quite correct. 



21. Centropus milo Gould. 



2 i ad., 1 juv. The iris of the adults is marked as "dark red" and "dark 

 reddish brown," that of the young as " light brown." 



22. Urodynamis taitiensis (Sparrm.). 

 c?, Gaadalcanar, 17. iv. 1001. " Iris dirty white." 



23. Chalcococcyx plagosus (Lath.). 



Three specimens, all marked " females," and one collected on Guadalcanar by 

 Sir. Woodford, agree perfectly with specimens from Australia and other localities. 

 Tristram and others have quoted this species from the Solomons. Shelley {Gat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. XIX. pp. 207 and 200) mentions both Gk. plagosus and Ch. nmlai/anus 

 as occurring on the Solomon Islands. His former correct statement is proved by 

 the specimens o' and p' in the British Museum. For the latter Mr. Grant, 

 P. Z. S. 1888, p. 191, is evidently his authority, as shown by the list of literature, 

 but Capt. Shelley evidently overlooked that, while quoting Lamprococcyx basalts 

 Grant as a synonym of malayanus, he placed one of the specimens on which 

 Mr. Grant had based his statement under plagosus. 



24. Rhyticeros plicatus (Forst.). 

 One adult male. " Iris dark red." 



25. Eurystomus solomonensis Sharpc. 



c? ? Guadalcanar. All specimens of E. solomonensis before us have a small 

 white patch on the chin, which appears to be absent in E. neohanoveranus Hart. 

 (anted, p. 185). 



2B. Ceyx lepida coUectoris subsp. nov. 



Anted (p. 180) we have queried the name sacerdotis for the form inhabiting 

 the Solomon Islands. We have now received two specimens from Guadalcanar, 



