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These speciiuc'us agree perfectly with the single female from Isabel (l.t'.)» 

 except that the wings are smaller, measuring only 108 to 20" mm., while that of 

 the female from Isabel has the wing 220 mm. long. It is therefore possiljle that 

 these are subspccifically separable, bnt the question cannot be decided until more 

 females from Isabel are available. 



53. Eurostopodus nigripennis Rams. 



l-Jutvalopuihi-^ nfijripcnn}» Ramsay, Pror. Linn. Sar. .V. S. Waleii vi. p. 843 (Rubiana). 



1 ?, Rendova, February 1904 (No. A. 1339). 



2 c?c?, 2 ? ? , Gizo, November 1903 (Nos. A. 743, 744, 7S0, 8.50). 

 1 (?, 2 ? ?. Bougainville, April 1904 (Nos. A. 1G49, 1684, 1685). 



The sexes are i)raetically alike, the female only having a slightly shorter wing ; 

 but some examj)les of both sexes have not only a large white spot on the inner 

 web of the second, but also a small rusty white one on the inner edge of the first 

 primary, while in others the first two primaries are spotless. Younger individuals 

 have the white patches on the i)rimaries more or less tinged with rusty brown. 

 Probably subspecies of JJ. albogularis. 



54. Macropteryx mystacea woodfordiana Hart. 



ilucrupteryj; iiujstacva louoilfuriliaiui Hartert, Xoe. ZmA. ISOG. \>. 19 (Guadalcanar Isl nd). 



1 ? ad., Reudova, 6. ii. 1904 (No. A. 1201). 



5 ? ?, New Georgia, Blarch 1904 (Nos. A. 1394, 1395, 1402, 1403, 1419). 



2 cJcJ, 4 ? ?, Choiseul, December 1903 (Nos. A. 908, 972, 1042, 1043, 1001, 

 lOSl). 



2 (? (?, 2 ? ?, Bougainville, April and May 1904 (Nos. A. 1703, 1709, 1710, 1720). 



55. CoUocalia esculenta (L.). 



llirumlii ceciileiitn Linnaeus, Si/st. Xdt. ed. x. p. 191 (1758 : ex Bontius, Ray, Rumpbius, Olearius. 

 " Hab. in China "— errore ! I accept Amboina as the loc. typ.). 



2 ? ?, 1 c? juv., 3 doubtful, Choiseul, January 1904 (Nos. 1093, 1090, 1097, 1098, 

 1115, 1116). 



Glutches of two eggs each were taken on Choiseul on January loth. The eggs 

 measure 18 x 11 and 17-8 x 116 mm. 



50. Pitta anerythra anerytlira Rothsch. 



Pilta anenjthra Rothschild, Bull. B. 0. C. xii. p. '.'li (19Ul : Isabel). 



3 (JcJ, 3 ? ?, Choiseul, December 1903, January 1904 (Nos. A. 992, 1021, 1102, 

 1147, 11.54, 1100). 



These specimens agree perfectly with our series from Isabel. Cf. yoc. Zojl. 

 1902, p. 584, pi. xi. fig. 2. 



57. Pitta anerythra pallida Rothsch. 



I'illa uuenjllna Rothschild, BhU. B. 0. C. xv. p. 7 (Oct. 1904— Bougainville). 



cJ(J,4 ? ¥, Bougainville, April and May 1904 (Nos. A. 1495, 1523, 1570, 

 1579, 1.580, 1055, 1004, 1705, 1769, 177.5). 



" Iris brown ; feet smokv horu-coluur ; bill black."' 



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