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47. Ptilinopus lewisi Rams. 



A tine series, all marked as males. We believe, however, that some, which are 

 somewhat smaller, are females. They have the wiug abont 6 mm. shorter. The 

 red jugular patch varies much in intensity. The iris is orange-yellow, bill dark 

 yellow, feet purplish red. Specimen a. enumerated on p. 199 of P.Z.S. 188 by Mr. 

 Grant as a ? Pt. leicisi, is a ? P. solomonensis, as shown by its tail and bright 

 yellow under tail-coverts. Adult mctles and females of P. letcisi seem to be 

 practically indistinguishable. 



48. Carpophag'a rufigula Salvad. 

 S ad. " Iris red, feet bright red, bill dark slate. 



48. Carpophaga brenchleyi Gray. 

 ? ad. 1. V. 1001. " Iris red, feet purple, bill blue-slate." 



ijii. Coryphoenas crassirostris (Gould). 

 Specimens from Guadalcanar agree with those from the other islands. 



51. Macropygia rufa rufocastanea Hams. 

 3 (? 1 ?. " Iris red, feet purjslish-red, bill vandyke-brown." 



52. Chalcophaps stephani mortoni Rams. 

 2 ?. Wings 152 to 154 mm. 



53. Caloenas nicobarica (L.). 

 9. Guadalcanar 19. v. 1901. 



54. Megapodius eremita Hartl. 



? ad. and pullns. See aiitcn pp. 137, Via. The specimen from Guadalcanar 

 agrees fully with those from the Shortland group. 



55. Porphyrio smaragdinus Temm. 



Om female, 31. iv. 1901. "Iris dark red: feet dirty red; bill blood-red." 

 (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIII. p. 203.) 



50. Butorides javanicus stagnatilis (Gould). 



One female, 15. v. I'JUl. 



It is doubtless safe enough to treat stagnatilis as a subspecies of java?iicus, and 

 perhaps both can bn treated as subspecies of .^friatus (cf. .Journ.f. Orn. 1877 p. 254). 

 It appears to be pcrCectly correct (from]our' scanty material) to unite the specimens 

 from New Guinea and the Solomons with stagnatilis (first described from Port 

 Essington, Australia), but those from Flores (and probably Timor) have much 

 smaller bills, and are generally smaller, and should probably be separated ! 



57. Nycticorax mandibularis Grant. 



6, 20. iv. 1901. "Iris bright yellow; feet greenish yellow; bill vandyke- 

 brown, base of lower bill greenish yellow." 



