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DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW BIRDS, 



The young female, above dull greenish, with a wash of blue 

 on the wings and tail, collar white tipped with rufous and with a 

 distinct black broad band above and below, across the chest the 

 feathers are margined with black ; under wing coverts white, the 

 outer series at the base of the primaries tipped with black, upper 

 wing coverts margined with fulvous, a dull fulvous narrow stripe 

 from the nostril to the eye ; bill black, legs brownish. 



In a large series examined, there is no nape patch and no 

 superciliary stripe, the blue above is of a rich cobalt on the wings 

 and tail, and frequently has no white or buff spot in front of 

 the eye. 



This species is the representative of H. chloris in the Solomon 

 Group, but may be distinguished in being of a much richer 

 cobalt blue on the upper parts, and by having no nape patch or 

 superciliary stripe, and in many specimens no white or fulvous 

 spot in front of the eye. 



In H. Tristrami (Layard),* the figure unfortunately does not 

 correspond with the description and no measurements are given, 

 but if we take the size in the plate at f , then the bill from the 

 nostril would only be 0-2 longer than an average sized specimen 

 of H. salamonis. It is a pity Mr. Layard did not think it worth 

 while, to give a description with measurements of this new bird 

 — there is enough confusion already among the species of this 



*" Ibis," 1880, pi. xv., p. 459. 



