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]iccn]iar thiit no i'lmn <<{ '/'>>r//flff/o.s.sux or /li/j)0'//f/rmoi'i/iiii was funnel liy Mick on 

 tliat larj,a' island. 



The very iiiterestiuf? lIijiiochannosijHa mee/ti IVoiu Knlaiubansjra, doscribed liy 

 us in NoviTATES ZuoLOGicAK lOiil. ji. 187, is figniwl on I'l. VII. fig. ;J. 



:3'.>. Astur rufoschistaceus sji. nov. 



Axt/ir snpra schistacco-canus, snbtns nifocinnamomeus, capitis laferibns efc 

 gula snperiore cinereis. 6 al. 220 — 223, caud. 1.S2— 185, tars. 55 ; ? al. 245—251, 

 caud. 205—210, tars. 62 mm. 



Ilah. Insnla Ysabel dicta, arclii])t']. 8alomonis. 



Typus 6 (No. 13,307), Ysabel 17. vi. lUiil, A. S. Meek ooil. 



In Nov. ZooL. VIII. 1901. p. 380, we have already sliowi] that A.-ifnr 

 jiulcheUus and Aatitr shebae are doubtless one and the same bird. We came, 

 however, to an erroneous conclusion, saying that the birds with light and dark 

 imder wing-coverts were the same ! 



Our fresh material (eight cxamjiles from Ysabel) ]iruves tiiat then; are two 

 different species, differing in cohmration and size, so that the /mo /c of one is about of 

 the size of the //ot/c of the other, wliile the mnh of tlie smaller species is innrh 

 smaller than any moles of the large one. The two species are as follows :— 



A. .\st)ir jiiilchrlliix Uams. 



Smaller, the nifous-cinnamon underside jjerhaiis a shade paler, also the throat a 

 little jialcr, less scliistaceons. Primaries and secondaries dark slate-colour, bases of 

 primaries for about one-third or more white on the inner webs, narrowly barred with 

 black. Under wing-coverts whitish, mottled with grey, sometimes tinged with 

 rufous, or with a cinnamon jiatch near tlie edge ; thighs greyish white, often washed 

 witli cinnamon, or ipiite cinnamon, but always much paler than the breast. " Iris 

 reddi.sh brown, feet orange, bill black." ?. Wing 209— 220, tail KiO — Kn, tarsus 

 58—60, Nos. 2903 and 3085, (Jnadalcanar, Meek coll.; S . (tyi)e of .1. sliebac, British 

 Museum) wing 18() mm. The tyj>o of A. pulchcUas is said to have come from 

 " Cape Pitt," which is on New Georgia, while the British Museum has it from 

 Gnadalcanar, and we have it from Guadalcanar and Florida. 



B. AMio- nifoschistaceK-'i nobis. 



Larger, the rufous-cinnamon underside perhaps of a deeper tint, the throat dark 

 grey. (Wliole ui>perside uniform slaty-grey, sides of head and njijier tliroat jialer 

 grey. Whole under surface, including the under wing-coverts, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts nniform dee]) rufous-cinnamon. The primaries and secondaries are 

 uniform slate-colour throughout, only the niak'x show a few, often indistinct, white 

 bars at the utmost bases of the jirimaries. ?. Wing 245 — 251, tail 205 — 210, 

 tars. 02. S. Wing 22n— 223, tail 182—185, tars. 55 mm. " Iris dark reddish 

 brown, feet bright orange, bill black." 



Type Ysabel. We have a series from Ysabel Island. In the British Museum 

 is a " male" with the wing only 200 mm. from Alu (('. M. Woodford coll.) which 

 agrees jierfectly with our Ysabel specimens ; also one from " Rubiana "' (C. M. 

 Woodford (toll.), marked " ? ," wing 218 mm. This must be wrongly " sexed," 

 unless it belongs to a third form ! It agrees with our riifoxcltistuceH.f, but the throat 



