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in having the black of the throat extpiuling to the clipst, and by shorter and stontor 

 bills. We sns]iei't that these birds are the males of true wdrhmnti, the type of 

 which is a female in spite of having been described as a male, and that the 

 Knlambangra form will have to be separated. Males from Isabel only can finally 

 settle the question. 



72. Graucalus hypoleucus elegans Rams. 



[GraiW((Z«« liypohucus Gould, P. Z. S. 1848. p. .38 (Port Essington, Australia).] 



Graiictiliis eh'fianx Ramsay, Pmr. Linn. Snr. .V. .'». IFii/'"! vii. p. 22 (1882 : OLiaclalcanar). (Cf. .V>ic. 

 Znnl. 11102. p. .582.) 



3 (? ad., 1 ?, New Georgia, March l'.iii4 (Nos. A. 14os, 1412, 14i:., 1442). 

 1 ?, Gizo, 29. X. 1903 (No. A. OTn). 

 3 <?(?, Choisenl, December 1903 (Nos. A. 909, 979, 1050). 

 3 (?c?, 3 ? ?, Bougainville, April and May 1904 (Nos. A. 1525, 1638, 1702, 

 1706, 1739, 1751). 



" Iris brown ; bill and feet black." 



73. Graucalus pusillus ombriosus snlisp. nnv. 



This form is the one inhabiting the western central gronji of the Solomon 

 Islands, namely New Georgia, Kendova, Gizo, and Kulambangra. It differs from 

 G. p. pusillus by being more sooty on the upper surface, not so light grey. 



Tyjie (J ad., Gizo, No. A. 695. AVe have the following specimens : — 



1 c?, Rubiaua (=:New Georgia), collected in l.s94 by Captains. AVebster and 

 Cotton (from spirits). 



2 cJ ad., 2 S jun., 2 ? ?, Knlambangra, February and March 1901, collected 

 by A. S. Meek (Nos. 2775, 2789, 2794, 2798, 2S;21, 2S22). These are the birds 

 quoted as G. pusillus, Xov. Zool. 1901. p. 180. 



2 (? ad., 2 <S imm., 2 ? ?, Rendova, March 1904 (Nos. A. 119ii, 1263, 1264, 

 1280, 1317, 1349). 



3 <?J, 2 ? ?, Gizo, October 19(13 (Nos. A. 6(i5, 007, 009, 677, 695). 

 " Iris bright yellow ; bill and feet black." 



74. Graucalus pusillus uigrifrons Tristr. 



[Giiiitcaltix itHsilht^ Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sor. A^ N. Wulfs iv. jt. 71 ( I87*J : (Tnadnlcanar).J 

 Gmihttlux niiji-ifiui}^ Tristram, /Wx, 1892. p. 2114 (Bugotu = Isabel). Cf. Xoi: Z.,ol. 19u2. p. 582, 

 where, however, the dift'erences between the two forms hare been accidentally inverted. In 

 fact, n'titrifroiis is barely separable, differing in no other way from (!. p. pu>iillns, than being 

 slightly paler gi'ey. 



1 J, 1 ?, Choisenl. 22. xii. 1903, 7. i. I9ii4 (Nos. A. Hm.-), 1112). 



2 6 ad., 1 (? jnn., 1 ?, Bougainville, Ajiril 19(l4 (Nos. I(iii4, 1022, 1650, 1652). 

 " Iris bright yellow ; bill and feet black." 



75. Edoliisoma erythropyg'ium saturatius Rothsch. A, Hart. 



Edoliimmn eri/lhrojii/r/itini xaliiritliiit Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zonl. 1902. p. 582 (Isabel [type], 

 Kulambangra and Sbortland Islands). 



1 c? imm. 1 tJ juv., 4 ? ?, Rendova, February 1904 (Nos. A. 1183, 1291, 1293, 

 1309, 1320, 1332). 



4 <J ad., 1 c? jnv., 1 ?, Gizo, October and November 1903 (Nos. A. 671, 678, 

 690, 712, 714, 758). 



