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'2. Ffilro secerns srrerus from the Malavaii Arclii]i(l:i2;o. Intermediate between 

 /■'. s. iiidicua and /'. s. jjapiianus. 



3. Falco secerns papuamts from New Guinea. Said to lie darker above and 

 below, with darker tail and entirely nnbanded wings and tail. 



The e.xaminatiou of onr material clearly shows tliat the snjiposed " pupuantis'''' 

 is not separable from typical secerns. The anthors of " papuaniis " shonld have 

 liesitated in naming it from their scanty material. They were evidently not 

 aware that tlie bars on the underside of tiie wings and tail disappear in old birds, 

 while they are most prononuced in yonng ones. 



Witli regard to the Indian subspecies we cannot speak confidently, bnt the 

 few specimens which we were able to compare seem to confirm the theory of 

 Messrs. Meyer & Wiglcswortli that it is a lighter form. In that case we wonld 

 have to recognise one form which is spread all over the archipelago, another 

 inhabiting continental India and Ceylon. 



~M. Pseudoptynx solomoueusis Hart. 



PM'iidipti/ii.r S(i/o/HowH.</s Hartert, Bull. B. (). C. Nov. I'.lOl. p. 25 (Isabel). 



2 c?<?, Ohoisenl, January 1904 (Nos. A. 1123, 1142). "Iris chrome-yellow; 

 feet ashy grey ; bill blackish (slate), tip whitish." 



2;"!. Ninox jacqiiinoti (B]i.). 



Alldiie jiiajiiiniili Bonaparte, Consp. .[e. i. p. 42 (l,s."iO ; ex Ilombron & Jacqu. ; hab. '■ Oceania." 

 Typ. loc, " San Jorge, lies Salomon," vide Jacqu. & Pucberan). (C'f. Xoi\ Znul. 1002, p. 502.) 



3 (?(?, 3 ? ?, C'hoiseul, December 10ii:i (Nos. A. 910, Oil, ',)14, 015, 1(I48, 1049). 



2 <?(?, 2 ? ?, Bongainvillo, April, May 1004 (No.s. A. Io05, 1500, 150", 1772). 



20, Eos^cardinalis (Orny). 



Larius canlinalis (i. R. firay, Gm. B., .ij'j'. p. 20 (IsJil : ex Hombr iV Jacq.. Solomon Islands). 



5 <?(?,! ?, Rendova, February 1904 (Nos. A. 1 100, 12o7. 121 fi, 1253, 1270, 

 1351). 



2c??, Gizo, October 1003 (Nos. A. 020, 020). 



3 <?(?, 1 ?, Choiseul, December 1903 (Nos. A. 930, 940, 953, lolO). 



5 c?(?, 1 ?, Bougainville, April 1004 (Nos. 1487, 15o2, 1527, 1550, 1502, 1612). 



A young bird from Choiseul resembles the old ones, but the red is duller, the 

 bill for the most part blackish. This beautiful Parrakeet seems to occur on the 

 Solomon Islands only, but there it is apparently common on all the larger and 

 median islands, at least on those from which we have received collections. 



27. Trichoglossus haematodus massena Bp. 



Trichoglossus masuna Bonaparte, lier. S .Mar/, ih Zoal. 1854, p. 157 (" Insulae Polynesiae "). (Cf. 

 Nov.Zool lil01,pp. 70, IKC).) 



2 cJtJ, Kendova, February 10U4 (Nos. A. 12.S7, 1371). 



3 c?(?, 2 ? ?, New Georgia, March 1904 (Nos. A. 1420, 1426, 1427, 1435, 1430). 



4 (?(J, 2 ? 9, Gizo, November 1003 (Nos. A. 770, 777, 789, 790, 791, 700). 



2 (?t?, 2 ? ?, Choiseul, December 10u3 (Nos. A. 881, 090, 994, 999). 



3 cJcJ, 2 ? ?, Bougainville, Ajuil 1004 (Nos. A. 1550, l-lOO, 1039, 1609, 1686, 

 1088). 



