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The yonng bird is considerabi}- smaller, the feathers of the tliroat, head and 

 ueck are very elongated and attennated, those of the rnrnp and abdomen are shorter 

 and more blackish, and tlie (|nills are darker brown, than in adidt birds. 



" Iris brown or dark red ; bill and feet black."' 



80. Mino kreflPti (Scl.). 



Gninila Ireffti Sclater, P. Z. S. 186',t. p. l-'O, pi. ix. ("Ins. Salomonenses "). 



4 (?(J, 2 ? ?, Rendova, February 1904 (Nos. A. 1104, llO."., 1222, 123r>, 1284, 

 120S). 



2 (?cJ, 4 ? ?, Gizo, October 10(« (Nos. A. 64(!, 647, 093, 094, 097). 



3 (?(?, 3 9 ?, Choisenl. December 1003 (Xos. A. 877, 87s, 09.5, 900, 1010, 1038). 

 3 (?(J, 3 ? ?, Bongaiiiville, April 1004 (Nos. A. 1517, 1518, 1549, 1577, 1020, 



1021). 



" Iris bright yellow, feet and bill orange (cadmium)." 



The specimens from Bougainville are generally largest, those from Gizo 

 smallest. We are, however, not ready to separate any subspecies, because the size 

 varies considerably in the same islands. 



90. Macrocorax woodfordi vegetns Tristr. 



\_Mucrnrnrm wnoilfordi Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 33-J ; (iuad.-ilcaDar.] 



Macrncorax regeUis Tristram, Ibix, 1894, p. 30 (Bugotu— Isabel). Cf. .V..;-. Zool. 1902. pp. 583, 584). 



1 J, 2 ? ?, Choisenl, December 1903 (Nos. A. 861, 889, 958). 



91. Corvus meeki Uothsch. 



Coraix meeki Rothschild, Biitl B. (>. Club, November 1904 (Bougainville). 



2 (?(? ad., Bougainville, May lOdO (Nos. A. 1710, 1748). 

 " Iris brown, bill and feet black." 



Only these two males of this remarkaldc new Haven were obtained by Mr. Meek. 



