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tliat the siicoinuMi lias 1)Poii in s|iirits, a fact which niiforlnnalely is not niontionod 

 ill tlip original (h'scrijition, in wliicli tho oolours aro of coiivso incorrectly stalcil. 

 The nj)])prsi(ie is bright olive-yrllow, tlic tliroat very bright yellow, under tail- 

 coverts jmre yellow, the breast and abdomen silky white with a (creamy wash along 

 the centre. The white ring ronn<l the eye is distinct, but interrupted in front. 

 The lores are blackish. " Iris light brown, bill very dark umber, lighter at base of 

 mandible. Feet bluish slate." The se.xes are alike. Wings mostly (>n — (il, 

 one sjiecimeu 62 ; tail 41— 4:.'J, mm. 



Z. mi'ti'dlfri dWiW-r^ from our Z. J/oridann in the ]iresence of the white ring 

 round the eye, and in the slightly darker miper surface. 



■"'. Edoliisoma erythropyg'ium satiiratius subsp. nov. 



Closely allied to typical Jj. rr)/tliroii(/gium from tJnadalcanar, but with a 

 slightly stronger bill, the fem(de» with the rump deeper rufous, always with 

 a slaty bluish crown and a constantly darker rufous under surface. Wing : miilf.< 

 ll(i — liO mm. ; femali's 114 — 118 mm. 



Jkib. Ysabel {type), Kulambaugra and Shortlaud Islands. This is the bird we 

 referred to in Kov. ZouL. VIII. pp. 1n1 and 374 as occurring on Kulambaugra, while 

 the form from Florida is the typical ({uadalcanar bird. 



Mr. Wahues collected saturatius ou Muuia and Fanro in the Shortlaud grouji. 



6. Edoliisoma holopolius (Sharpe). 



(IraiinilKti lioloj/oliHS Sharpe, /'. Z. S. 1888. p. 184 ((Juadalcanar). 

 Five mall's agreeing with those IVom (inadalcauar (cf Nov. Zool. VIII. [I'.'iU] 

 p. 374). 



T. Graucalus pusillus nigrifrons Tristr. 



[(jrai/raliis jJiit<illiis liams., I'roc. Liiiii. Soc. i\'. .S. 11'. iv. (IsTUj ]i. 71 

 (" Gaudalcanar").] 



(iraucfilKs nigrifrons Tristr., Ibis 1892. }). 2114 (Bugotu = Ysabel). 



A fine series from Ysabel shows that this form is most closely allied to ty]iical 

 pU!fUliis,i\ow\ which it only differs in a sliglitly darker shade of the grey colour, 

 and in the barred nuderjiarts of the fi'iimli' showing the black lines more 

 jirominently. The differences stated by Canon Tristram to exist between his 

 " riii/rifroii.s" and pitsUh's Kams. are not at all borne out by the large series from 

 both islands now before us. " Iris bright yellow (in both sexes), bill and feet red." 



>'. Graucalus hypoleucus elegans Rams. 



[Grni/ni/ii.s //i//,o/rtir//.s (ionld, /'. X. \ l,s4.s. p. 3n (Fort Essington, Australia).] 

 Graucalus elMjanx Eamsay, I'roc. Linn. Soc. A'. -S'. IF. vii. (1882) p. 22 

 (Guadalcanar). 



A series from Ysabel agrees with those from Guadalcanar ami Fauro. These 

 birds are not typical G. h>ipoleuciis, as they are much clearer grey above and whiter 

 beneath. They are nearest to G. In/polcurini loiii.tifKleri.ti.f Hartert, from Sudest 

 Island, but their wings are a little shorter and the underside whiter, the grey 

 pectoral band being mostly ijuite invisible, and the central rectrices are distinctly 

 darker, with more of a blackish tinge. Wing varying from 13U to 141 mm., but in 



