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Tliis siilisjiccirs only did'ci-s iVom tlii' tviiictil fumi in ils slii^'litly largor 

 (liiupiisions. It is regrctalilc tliat, ('anon Tristnuu shonlil have coniiiarcti flie 

 iliftoreuccs between these two forms to those between a Rook anil a Jaektlaw, which 

 is snrely a great exaggeration, as the snbjoined measurements will sliow. 



Miicrocoru.r icood/ordi woodj'ordi (8 specimens measured) — 



Wing : 268, 268, 272, 272, 273, 275, 279, 280 mm. 



Bill : 57, 58, 60, 60A, 61, 62, 6'2, 03 mm. 



Marrocorar woodj'ordi tcgetnx (S specimens measured) — 



Wing : 280, 280, 284, 286, 29:5, 296, 297, 29s mm. 



Bill : 60, 61, 6;$, 64, 65, 66, 68, 68 mm. 



IT. Hirundo tahitica (J 



m. 



llintudo tahitica Gra., Sijst. }\at. i. ji. KiKi (ITss, ck Latham, liab. Taliiti). 

 One sjiecimen, July 1st, 1901, from Ysabel. 



18. Calornis fulvipennis (.Tae(|. et Pmli.). 



Lamprotornls f idcl jiCH nix Jacn. et Pueh., Toy. Pole Sad., Zool. iii. (1853) p. si 

 ("lies Salomon, Ysabel.'") 



Lamprocorax grandis Salvad., Orn.I'aji. e Mol. ii. (1881) p. 460 (Nom. emeud. 

 for L.J'ulcipennis). 



Calornis maxima Tristr., lljls 1895 p. 375 (Bugotu= Ysabel). 



Seven specimens from Ysabel have wings measuring from 149 to 162 mm. 

 Specimens from Gnadakanar are smaller, their wings measuring only 142 to 140 

 mm. Three specimens from Florida measure 152 — lOu, and 3 from Kulambaugra 

 measure 142 — 157 mm. 



From the study of the material at present to hand we do not feel justified 

 in separating any subspecies, especially as some of the skins do not seem to be 

 correctly "sexed,'" but it is quite clear that all the n&mes, Jalflpen/iis, yraiidls, and 

 maxima, refer to the Ysabel birds. 



19. Calornis metallica (Temm.). 



Lamprotoriils mi-taUica Temm., /'/. Col. 2i!0 (1.S24) ("Timor et Celebes," 

 — enore. ! We accejit Amlioina as tlie typical locality, fide Salvadori, (hn. 

 Pup. ii. p. 447). 



A tine series, agreeing with tliose fiom other islands. 



20. Mino kreifti Sd. 



Gracnia krr/ftl Sclater, V. Z. S. 1869 p. 120 PI. IX. (" Ins. Salomonenses"). 

 A series of iioth sexes. " Iris bright yellow, feet and bill orange." 



21. Pitta anerythra Hothsch. 

 (Plate XI. lig. 2). 



Pitta anerythra Kothsch., liidl. Ii. (>. C. xii. (Nov. 30t]i, 190]) p. 22 

 (Ysabel Island). 



"c?ad. Crown chestnut, darkest along the middle, shading olT to yellowish 

 brown on the niipe. Sides of liead, lores, a narrow line above the eyes, and a broad 



