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 14. Eulabeornis woodfordi (Grant) (?) 



Italliiia iconrlfnrili Grant, Ann. iC Mn,/. X.iL 1 1, si. (lii iv. p. ?,H\ (ISSII: fiuadalcannr) : Cil. B. Brit. 

 Mils, xxiii. p. 50, pi. vii. 



(? ?, Bnng.iinvillo, 30. iv., 5. v. 1004 (Nos. A. 17(iO, 1734). 



"Iris dark red : feet, S slate, ? |)alp ashy lilne : bill sjati*." 



Of Enlabeornis irofld/orfli cmly tjic \\\\c in tlie I'.ritisli Mnsoniii ii|i|ii';irs 

 to be known. Our birds, wliicli arc a]i|iari'ntly ailult, agree fairly well with 

 the type, though not in all details. The bill is in the skins whitish, yellowish 

 and slaty towards the base. The description as " slate "' on the labels is apparently 

 made "cum grano salis." The type of A', iroodfordi has a blackish bill. The 

 under tail-coverts have white spots. Wing, $ 155, ? 148; bill, i (from end 

 of feathering) 43 ; metatarsns about 00 mm. 



^Ve doubt that the type is " immature." 



15. Porphyrio smarag'dinus Temm. 



Poijihyrio smrimgiliiiii.'i Temminok. I'l. Cnl. v. Taf. -I'Jl ( 18'jfi : Banda, .Java). 



c? ad. ChoisenI, 11. xii. l'.Mi3 (No. A. DlTj. 



10. Nycticorax mandibularis Grant. 



Xi/clironix iiKiinlihiiJiirls Grant. P. Z H. ISsH. p. i03 (Guudalcaiiar ). 



1 i ad., 1 ? ad,, 1 i jnv.. Hendova, February 10ii4 (Nos. A. 1197, 1288, 



1307). 



" Bill black, lower mandible greenish yellow with blackish ti]i.'" 



Thongh a distinct form, X mandibularis is probably tlie representative 



subspecies of N. cah'doni'-K.i on the Solomon Islands. 



17. Anas superciliosa pelewensis Hartl. & Finsdi. 



[Ana.'! superciliosa Gmelin, .%.sV. Xal. i. 2. p. [).i7 (17H.S : ex Latham — " li.ib. in Nova Seplandia ").] 

 Anas siijierriliosu mr. peli iri nsis Hartl. & Flnsch, P. Z. S. lH7'i. p. 108 (Pelew Islands). 



There is no doubt that the specimens from the Pelew Islands, Samoa, Fiji, 

 and most conspicuously those from the Solomon Islands, are very much smaller 

 (wings 1 to 2h inches shorter, bill smaller, etc.) than those from Austi'alia 

 and New Zealand. To emphasize this fact we use the above nomenclature. 

 A. s. pelewensis is the only available name for the small race. Anas leiicoplirys 

 Forster (1844) refers to the New Zealand form. Anas miilleri Bonaparte (1856) 

 is a nomen nudum I There is, nevertheless, one difficulty : the specimens from the 

 Kangean Islands, near Java, and those from Java, are also as small, or nearly 

 as small as those from the South Sea Islands, while those from Savu, Timor 

 and Snmba are of the big race. The question, tlierefore, arises whether there 

 are two small races, one in the Pacific and another on the Snnda Islands, or whether 

 all tlipse form one small race. Against the first possibility stands the fact, 

 that all (hose small birds are— at least so it seems to us, after having examined 

 a lew e.\am]iles only ! — api>iireiitly alike, ;inil with the second possibility the 

 distribution does not seem to agree very well. At present we can, therefore, 

 only emphasize the fact that there is, besides the larger Ana.<i superciliosa 

 superciliosa from New Zealand and Australia, a small race in the Pacific, which 

 we call A. superciliosa pelewensis. 



