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Type No. 3400, Ysabel, 1. vii. lOill, murkiid /emu li: 



Wing 140 and 14s, tail 147 and 151, bill 18, tarsus 19 and 20 mm. 



The above descrij)tion is taken from two adult birds, se.xed tnalr twd/'i'miili'. A 

 third specimen is in monlt, and shows on the underside some whitish featliers wliicli 

 are barred with blael;ish, above some rufous bars and ])atelics. 



In eolour tliis new s]]ecies agrees almost entirely with Curomroitis ((cniyiiiosKa 

 Salvad., whieli is probably not distinguishable from the so-called 0. rirescens from 

 (lelelies, which should be nnited with ('. thrcnodcx (the earliest name of whicli is, 

 according to Finsch, scpulcmlis) but it is very much larger, the wing about 30 mm. 

 longer. In size <'. nwrld equals or exceeds C. JluheUiformU of Australia, whicli, 

 however, is never so chestunt-rufons below, much paler greyish above, and has more 

 white in the tail. From ('. mhlcndm Uothsch. & Hart. (Nov.. Zool. VIII. 1901. 

 J). 185) from Kulambangra (Tyjie No. ~!s3:3 Meek coll.) it differs liy its size and the 

 more chestnut-rufous underside. 



27. Rhyticeros plicatus (Forsf.). 



Bucei'os jilicatiis Forst., Indische Zool. p. 40 (1781, ex Dampier, hab. Ceram). 

 A pair of tliis wide-spread species from Ysabel. 



28. Eurystomus solomonensis Sharpe. 



I'Jitri/stomKS solomoiienais Sharpe, /-'. Z. S. 1890. p. 552 (Ugi). 



A series, agreeing with specimens from Gnadalcanar, Florida, and Fauro. 



29. Ceyx meeki Rothsch. 

 (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 



Cei/x mPA'ki Rothsch., Bidl. B. (>. ('. xii. 1901. p. 23 (Ysabel I.). 



(?. Crown and sides of head black, with tiny brilliant nUramariue dots near 

 the ti])s of the feathers and with a longitudinal dark blue patch l>ehiud tlie eye ; on 

 tlie right and left above the bill and on each side of the neck a buffy yellow patch ; 

 a broad Itand from the ear-coverts to the sides of the breast and along the flanks 

 black. Back black, with a broad line of glossy turquoise-lilue along the middle, 

 becoming darker and more cobalt-bine on the upper tail-coverts; quills brownish 

 black, yellowish buff towards the base of the inner webs, the secondaries narrowly 

 margined with dull blue on the outer webs. Wing-coverts black, with nltraraarine- 

 blue apical spots. Under surface chrome-yellow, somewhat more bulfy on the breast 

 and flanks ; under wing-coverts yellow, with a black line across the middle of 

 this area ; tail black. Wing 00 — 01 mm., tail 20, metatarsus lo, bill 30 and 37. 

 "Iris dark brown. Feet light pale yellow, bill black." (A. S. Meek.) The bill 

 of the smaller male has, in skin, a small whitish tip. 



The bird marked ^'female" has the bill 34 mm. long, otherwise agreeing in its 

 dimensions with the larger of the two mdles. The underside, es|)ecially the breast, 

 and the patches on the forehead and neck are darker and more ochraceons. The bill 

 has a small white tip. Only these two laalrs and the unc J'cMdlf, all apjiarontly 

 adult, were shot in June 1901 on Ysabel Island. 



