BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.L.S., ETC. 723 



terminal band ; bill lead-colour, tip straw colour ; feet red, the 

 tarsus is feathered for about two-thirds of its length ; the feathers 

 on the chest are slightly bifurcated as in those of P. regince, &c. ; 

 tip of the first primary narrow, elongated. 



Total length 83, wing 5-2, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-8, bill from the 

 gape - 8 inches. 



Hah, Island of Ugi, Solomon Group. 



Morton found this species tolerably abundant on Ugi, but on 

 no other Island visited ; he was also fortunate enough to find the 

 nest and eggs, like that of all the genus the nest is a frail scanty 

 structure of a few twigs placed over a fork of a branch about 

 twenty feet from the ground ; the egg is oval, rather pointed at 

 the thin end; pure white, length 1*22, in breadth 0*83. A 

 second nest and egg taken by Dr. T. H. Lewis, E.N., H.M.S. 

 " Cormorant," are similar, but the thicker end of the egg is more 

 rounded, both eggs were nearly hatched, and a bird shot from 

 one of the nests proved to be a male ; in some of the females 

 eggs were found ready for laying. From a nestling obtained in 

 June, I take the following description : 



All the upper surface green, slightly tinged with bronze, on 

 the wings and tail, the wing-coverts, secondaries and scapulars 

 margined with yellow, the three or four smaller innermost 

 secondaries (or tcrtiaries) having the tips and the whole of the 

 inner web yellow, except at the base, the primaries narrowly 

 margined with yellow, tail above bronzy-green, the tips of all the 

 feathers ashy, washed with green, and distinctly margined with 

 yellow ; the under surface is ashy-grey, the tips lighter and 

 margined with yellow ; the under tail coverts and abdomen 

 yellow, the throat pale yellowish ; all the rest of the under surface 

 ashy, the tips of all the feathers margined with light yellow ; 

 forehead ashy ; the first primary attenuated at the tip. Length 

 6 - 5, wing 4 - 8, tail 2-8, tarsus - 8, bill olive, feet reddish. 



