66 NOTES ON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 



1. — Asttjr SOLOENSIS, Lath. 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds I., pp. 114-115. 



This bird agrees well with the description of Astur soloensis in 

 Sharpe's Catalogue, Birds I., p. 114-5, although in the present 

 specimens there are no bars on the tail or wings. The whole of 

 the upper surface is of a uniform light bluish ashy-grey, almost 

 white on the forehead, ear-coverts and throat ; dark ashy-grey on 

 the wing, quills and tail, the under surface of the tail is almost 

 of the same tint as the upper, the thighs have a wash of ruddy 

 vinous ; the chest, breast, and abdomen of a rich deep vinous 

 red ; bill and claws black, cere, gape, legs and feet yellow. 



Total length 13 in. ; wing 7-3 in. ; tail 6*4 in. ; tarsus 2*2 in. ; 

 mid. toe fs. u.J 1-3 in.; culmen VI. I think this species belongs 

 more to the subgenus Zeucospiza than to Astur proper. 



Sex c?, ?. 



Zoc. Cape Pitt, Solomon Islands. 



2. — Baza eeinwardti, Mull. 8f Schley. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. I., pp. 358-9; Ramsay, P, L. S., N.S.W. Yol. 

 HI., pt. 3. p. 246. 



One specimen exactly agreeing with the Port Moresby birds 

 from New Guinea. 



Zoc. Cape Pitt. 



3. — Ninox ptjnctitlata, Q. et Gaim. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. II., p. 182-3. Noctua punctulata, Q.etGaim. Voy. 

 de VAstrol. Zool.pl. I. fig. 1. 



This bird agrees better with Mr. Sharpe's description of N. 

 punctulata, (Cat. B. II. p. 183.) than with the plate in the " Voyage 

 de 1' Astrolabe," and on the whole may with more certainty be 

 referred to that species than to any other. 



