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portion near the tip, others and those on the flanks have three or 

 four irregular bracket shaped narrow bands ; on the thighs the 

 markings are V shaped and of a rufous-brown tint ; shoulders 

 below and the under wing-coverts deep rufous, with a few V- 

 shaped, or hastate markings ; inner webs of all the quills except 

 at the tips of the five first of the primaries, pale rufous. Bill 

 blackish, legs greenish grey. 



Progress towards maturity, female. — The blackish markings on 

 all the feathers become more and more wide, and finally confluent 

 leaving only a dark rufous margin to the ends of the feathers, 

 the throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts also, become barred 

 and the rufous tint much deeper ; ashy-white appears on the 

 interspaces between the black bars on the under surface of the 

 quills. The ear-coverts, cheeks, nape, back of the neck and 

 interscapular region becomes black first, the rufous edgings are 

 the last to disappear. Bill blackish, legs brownish-yellow. 

 Three specimens only of this interesting species, were secured, 

 unfortunately all females and almost exactly the same in dimen- 

 sions, they were obtained at the Island of Ugi, Solomon Group. 



Nasiterna Finschii, Ramsay. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. Wales, Vol. VI., pt. 2, p. 180, 1881. 



Among the JVasiternce collected by Mr. Alex. Morton on the 

 Island of " Ugi," one of the Solomon Group, I find an example 

 of what I believe to be the male of this species, and from which 

 I take the following description. 



Adult male. — Similar to the type specimen, which is a female, 

 but having on the centre of the abdomen a spot of deep rich red, 

 a small spot of light yellow on the distal end of the tibia, behind ; 

 the wing-coverts conspicuously centred with black which forms in 

 some a triangular spot ; the feathers round the base of the lower 

 mandible are tinged a little more conspicuously with blue, and 

 some of the greater series of the under tail-coverts, which are 

 deep yellow, are tipped at the apex with verditer-blue ; bill black. 



