( 092 ) 



wiiiff-coverts in the l'liilii)|iint> spocios arc iilisunt in /'. so/niHOiiiuis/<. Tlic iiiidcr 

 surface is as tlark in /'. (/urnei/i, darker tliaa iii I'. />/i/lijjjji/ie/isis, and the abdomen 

 and feathering of tiie legs is as dark as the chest. 



4'J. Ninox jacquinoti (Bp)- 



Athene jnaixi not i Bp., Consj). Ae. i. (1850) ]). 42 (ex Hombron, lial). " Uci'ania"' 

 — Kic ! Loc. "San Jorge, lies Salomon," ride Jacq. et Pneh.). 



A very large series of this owl from Ysabel Island. There is a good deal of 

 variation. The baud of deep brovsni spots across the chest is seldom so full as in tin; 

 figure in the Atlas of the Voi/age on Pole Sitt/, by Hombron and Jacquiuot, but it is 

 generally more or loss widely interrupted in the middle. The colour of the underside 

 varies from whitish buff to light brown. The feathers on the sides of the abdomen 

 have mostly some more or less distinct dark shaft-lines. The middle rectrices are 

 mostly distinctly barred across with narrow rufous or ochraceous bars, but sometimes 

 (i'lite uniform. The wings measure from 192 to 213 mm. " Iris bright yellow, feet 

 pale lemon-yellow (tarsus feathered to the toes, toes bare with frequent stiti' hairs), 

 bill nmber, smudged with yellow" (A. S. Meek). The young in down (about 

 three-quarters grown, wings and tail nearly fully-developed) is dull brownish black 

 all over, on the abdomen are some whitish patches. 



(Mr. ('. M. Woodford sent ns an owl from Florida Island, shot in August 

 l.S!.»8. It is certainly not K/'/wx grnnti, which inhabits the neighbouring island of 

 Gnadalcanar, but either N. jacquinoti or a new form. It ditfers from N. jacquinoti 

 in being slightly larger and jierhaps spotted all over the abdomen. More specimens 

 in better preparation are re(|uired to decide about this bird.) 



43. Ptilinopus lewisii Hams. 



I'tilojiiix li-wisii Rams., I'roc. Linn. Hoc. S. .S. Wnles vi. (l>-sl) p. 724 (ex 

 I'roc. Liini. Soc. iV. ,S'. Wales iv. [1870] pj). 73, 74. " Lango ; (iuudak-iuiar "). 

 A scries from Ysabel Islands. 



44. Carpophaga pristinaria Bji. 



Caipo/ikuja pristinaria Dp., i'onn^). Ac. ii. (l^o4) p. oO (•' Mus. Paris a Zelee 

 ex ins. Sti. Georg. Arch. Salomonis "). 



Ysabel and Treasury Is. "Iris dark red, i'eet bright purplish red, liill. 

 bluish slate." 



45. Carpophaga rufigula Salvad. 

 Cariiophafia rxfgula Salvad., Atti R. Ace. Sc. Torino xiii. (lS7s) p. 530 (San 



Christovul, Solonmn Is.). 



Four specimens, agreeing with those from Guadalcanar and Kulambangra. 



4(1 Macropygia rufa rufocastauea Rams. 



[Macropygia mj'a Haras., Fror. I.inn. Soc. N. S. lIV/A'.s ii. (I^7s) ji, 2S7 

 Havannah Harbour, Sandwich I., New Hebrides).] 



Macropygia rufocastanea Hams., I'ror. Linn. Soe. N. S. W'a/es iv. (1870) p. 314 

 (Solomon Is., typ. Lango, Gnadalcanar, ex Froc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 73). 



A very fine adult 7nale from Ysabel. Wing 44, tail 55 mm. " Iris red, feet 

 bright red, bill vandyke-brown." 



