( 258 ) 



These birds ajipear to be, from tlio cjloiir of their plumage, perfectly adult, but 

 two are iu monlt. They are like A', orientalis rujh enter, but ajiparently a little 

 smaller. It is not probable that they can be uniled with E. a. nij'''enter, since on 

 New Irelan 1 and New Britain we find a form larger tlian ri(jirciiter. It will be 

 best to await more material from the Solomon Islands, inilndinj; females ! 



47. Urodyuamis taitensis Sparrm. 



Curulus laitenxis Sparrmiu, Mns. Carlsnn. ii. pi. .'52 (ITS? : no locality given, but we may accept 

 Tahiti as the original locality, judging from the specific name). 



1 ?, Eendova, -.'n. ii. IO114 (No. A. 1:542). 

 " Iris liirht brown ; feet slate ; bill horn-colour." 



The specific name is wrongly quoted " luitteiisi.-i "' in Cai. B. Brit. Mux. .\ix. 

 11, 314. 



48. Cuculus saturatus Blyth. 



Citculus mliimtins Blyth, Jnurn. .t.v. Soi: Bengal, xii. p. '.142 (18i3: e.\ Hodgson MS. ; India). 

 {Ciu-tdux inlerntidiits of the Cot. B. xix.) 



1 c?, ;i ? ?, New Georgia, 1:.', 1:3, 14. iii. l!Mi4 (Nos. A. 1434, 144ii, 14(34, UOC, 

 1468). 



40. Cacomantis addendus Hothsch. it Hart. 



Cacomantia aiJileiiiln.-i Rothschild & Hartert, N^v. Zoul. TJOl, p. 185 (Kulambangra). 



J J, 1 ?, New Georgia, March 19U4 (Nos. A. 1422, 14:37, 1438, 1439, 1462, 

 1467). 



" Iris c? light brown (reddish brown, dull red), ? dull red ; feet lemou-yellow ; 

 bill black and horn-colour." 



These birds agree with the tyj)es from Kulambangra. The female is smaller 

 (wing 112 mm.) than the male, and the rufous-cinnamon colour of the underside 

 reaches upwards to the upper throat, which is only slightly mixed with creamy 

 buff. The males have the chin and upper throat ashy for about one to two 

 centimetres. The wings of the males measure 119 to 122 mm. 



on. Chalcococcyx plagosus (Lath.). 



CxKtdtis plagosiis Latham, Ltd. Ord. Snppl. p. xxxi (1801 : '' Xew Holland "). 



1 S, Bougainville, 18. iv. 1904 (No. A. 1575). 



51. Rhyticeros plicatus (Forst.). 



Hiifii-os j>liciilii.f Forster, Imli.vlir Zwl. p, 40 (1781 : ex Danipier ; Ceram), 



1 i ad., Bougainville Island, 2. v. 1904 (No. A. 1710). 



" Iris smoky white ; feet Idack ; bill of a creamy white liune-colour, base 

 dark red." 



52. Podargus inexpectatus Hart. ^?subsp.) 



/W»,v/«s- h,p.ri„rl,dux H.irtert, lUdl. 11. O. ('. xii. p. 1^4 (Nov. r.iill— Isabel Island) ; Xui: Zuul. 10.12 

 p, bHb. 



3 ? ?, Choisenl, 12. xii. 19U3 and .January 1904 (Nos. A. 929, 1127, 1141). 



1 ?, Bougainville, Ajn-il 19ii4 (No, A, 1076). 



