( 580 ) 



l)nt not much, lirnailor. Podnuja.^ meehi is cniisidorabi}' sniallor, /'. inimmsix ami 

 /'. xlruidlilcs arc very luneli lai-gor, wliilo /'. jtlialneiioidex is altogchlier (lill'crciitly 

 niarkoil. 



"2:1. Collocalia esculenta (li.)- 



Iliniinii) ixridnitii L., .Sy.s7. Sal. rd. x. (IT.'isj i,. I'.ll (<'.\ I'.dut., IJaj., liuMipli., 

 Oloariiis. "Hal), in China" — ciroic.* \Vc accc'iit Ainhoiiui as llic typical Incaiily). 

 A series from Ysabel. 



24. Macropter5rx mystaceus woodfordiana Tlart. 



[Cifpaclxs iin/sti(i;'iis Less., \'<i>/. foiiiiillc, /.oal., Atl. (ISaH) tal). '12 (Dorey, 

 New Guinea).] 



Miicrojitcri/.c m/fxfticea woodfonliidia Hart, Nov. Zool. 111. \^W\. p. I'J 

 (Giiadalcanar). 



A fine series agreeing with the type and other specimens from Giiadalcanar. 



25. Chalcococcyx plagosus (Lath.j. 



Cuculm )>l(i(jo.sii!< Latham, Im/. Orn. Sap/il. p. xx.\i. (LsOl, hal). " Nov. 

 Holland.") 



A single specimen, m&TkcA female. " Iris lijrlit brown, feet shite-blne, bill 

 umber-browu." 



20. Cacomantis meeki sp. nov. 



Cucomanti.s snjira schistaceus, capite, alis, regione interscapulari viiidi- 

 micantibns, canda nitore nonnullo pnrpnrasceute-aeueo. Remignm pogoniis 

 internis plaga alba, vectricnm niarginibus macnlis albis triangnlaribns notatis, 

 rectricibns lateralibns jiogoniis internis albo-iasciatis. Cajiitis lateribus cinercis. 

 Snlitns castaneo-rufesccnte, guttnre cinerco lavato. .'~>ulialaribus pallide rnfcsccn- 

 tibns, margine externo albido. 



Al. 146, 148 ; cand. 147, l.")l ; rostr. is ; tars. 1'.), 2U mm. 



Jlah. Insula Ysaliel dicta, Ins. Salomonis. 



Adnlt. Above slate-colonr, liead, wings, and intcrsoapnlary region willi a distinct 

 greenish gloss, the rnnij) and npjier tail-coverts pure slate-colour, tail darkest, with 

 some jinrplish blue tinge ; underside of wings with an oblique white bar, caused In- 

 large white patches to the bases of the inner webs of the secondaries and to the 

 middle of the inner webs of the jjriniaries as well as a wliite patcli in the njiihllc 

 of the inner web of the first jjrimary, which stands apart from the oblii|ne liar ; 

 rectrices with white triangular spots along the margins of both web.s, smallest on 

 the inner and larger on the outer ones, taking the form of cross-bars on the 

 outermost jiair. .Sides of head dark grey, underside chestnut-rnfous, the throat 

 antl some fcatluTs of the breast of one of the sj)eeimeus washed with grey, under 

 tail-coverts brightest. Under wing-coverts light rufous whitisli towards the bend 

 of the wing, so that a whitish patch is consjiicnous on the outside of the wing, 

 just above the jiriniary-coverts. " <S iris ])ale red, feet brownish yellow, bill luiibcr." 

 " ? iris liglit brown, feel dirty yellow, bill umber." 



* TIio error arose fium tlic fact iliiit ediljle ncsU were (an<l are) consuiiieil in greal iiunilicrs in 

 China. 



