( 083 ) 



uiie Florida specimen if is 147, wliicU shows that, the Soldiiioii Ishiiuls form can 

 only 111' snlispeciiically separated. We have measured sixteen specimens from tiie 

 Solomons now in the Tring Jlusenm. 



0. Graucalus welchmani Tristr. 



(Irdiifiliis /rrlrlnmnii Tristr., Ihix \s\rl. p. ■J'.t4 (Bugotn, Ins. Salom.j. 

 Mr. Meek did nut, nnfortmiately, obtain this bird. 



iM. Monarcha castaneiventris Verr. 



Moiiarclid caafiin'icentris Verr., Rer. if Mai/. <le Zoo/. iSi'iS. p. :ji)4 (" >Samoa " 

 — errove! The specimen was donbtless from tlie Solomon Islands, like II<(lri/on 

 lencopi/gias described on the same |)age). 



A series from Ysabel agrees jierfeetly with those from Guadalcauar (Nov. Zool. 

 VIII. p. 374, Ibis LS92. p. 2U5). 



11. Monarcha brodiei Rams. 



Moimrchii. brodiei Rams., I'loc. Linn. Soc. N. S. IT. iv. (1879) p. 80 

 (Guadalcanar). 



Four birds from Ysabel are perfectly indistinguishable from sjiecimens from 

 (iuadalcanar. This is extraordinary, because the birds from Florida {M. brodiei 

 floridttiiti nob.) and from Kulambangra {M. kulambangrae nob.) are different. 



12. Myiagra ferrocyanea Rams. 



Mi/iagra ferrocyanea Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. ^Y. .S'. IT. iv, (1879) p. 78 

 (Guadalcanar). 



Both sexes, fully agreeing with the Guadalcanar birds. 



13. Rhipidura tricolor (Vieill.). 



M/i.'icicajia tricolor Viell., Now:. Diet. (PHist. Nat. xxi. (1878) p. 430 (" Timor " 

 Mange eoll. — crrore .' We substitute Amboina as the original locality). 

 Common on Ysabel. 



14. Rhipidura cockerelli (Rams.). 



Saiilojjrocta cockerelli Ranij., I'roc. Linn. Hoc. N. S. W. iv. (1879) p. 81 

 (" Gaudalcanar "). 



Three specimens from Ysabel, agreeing with those from (iuadalcanar. 



lo. Pachycephala astrolabi Bp. 



PachyceplmUt astrolabi Bp., Cons/). Ac. i. (1850) p. 329 (ex Hombr. et Jacq., 

 Voy. Pole Slid PI. Y. f. 3, hab. " San Jorge, lies Salomon"). 

 Also common on Ysabel Island. 



Hi. Macrocorax woodfordi vegetus Tristr. 



[Macrocorax ■woodfordi Grant, P. /. S. 1887. p. 332 (Guadalcanar).] 

 Macrocorax vegetus Tristr., Ibis I8'.t4. \>. 30 (Bugotn = Ysabel I.) 

 A line series of this rare Raven from Ysabel. "Iris dirty white ; bill milky 

 white with pinkish tinge, tip dark ; I'eet black." 



