288 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



Hab. Havannah Harbour, Sandwich Island. 



Notwithstanding the great differences in the coloration between 

 this and the previous species (M. Mackinlayi) from Tanna, they 

 may hereafter prove identical ; the style of markings are very 

 similar ; but the bill in M. rufa is stronger and more rounded 

 at the tip ; both have comparatively weak bills, and on the whole 

 are very slightly built birds. 



Chalcophaps chrysochlora, Sandwichensis Var. 

 This variety is in plumage like C. chrysochlora, but my speci- 

 mens have no white on the shoulders, the bands on the rump are 

 narrower ; the interscapular region, the back of the head and 

 neck, of a darker and duller chocolate brown ; the lower part 

 of the breast and the abdomen washed with a more ashy tint ; 

 and the coloration on the whole duller. In size the bird is 

 smaller by one inch in the total length. Bill and legs reddish. 



Total length, 8*5 inches; wing, 5*3 inches; tail, 32 inches; 

 tarsi, 1 inch; bill, from forehead 0*8, from base of nostril 0'6 

 inch. 



Sex. — ? 



Hab. Vela Harbour, Sandwich Islands. 



I subjoin the measurements of an average-sized specimen of 

 Chalcophaps chrysochlora from N. S. W. for comparison. 



Total length, 9 inches ; wing 6, tail 3*6, tarsi 1*1 inches ; bill 

 from forehead 0-86, from base of nostril 0*7 inch. 



This is probably the species from Tanna referred to as 0. 

 chrysochlora, var. by Dr. Gray, in P. Z. S., 1859, p. 1.65. See 

 Catalogue of Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific. 



EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Ramsay exhibited the new Birds referred to in his paper. 

 Mr. Masters exhibited two Volutes — V. Turneri and V. flavicans, 

 and two strange-looking sponge-bearing Crabs of the genus Maia. 



