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NOTES ON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 



yellow. In some very old males the throat has a few crimson 

 feathers in the centre of the white patch, in some, the white of 

 the throat is separated from the crimson of the chest by a line 

 of brown, but in others the crimson and white join. 



The yonng (sex ?) resemble the females, bnt on leaving the 

 nest have only a trace of white on the throat, which is extended 

 down the centre to the abdomen ; the back wings and tail are 

 glossed with metallic reflections, but there is little or no gloss on 

 the head, and no buff on the flanks ; the base of both mandibles 

 flesh red. 



Total length . . 



Wing 



Tail 



Tarsus 



Bill from forehead 



Bill from gape 



Bill from nostril 



Loc. Gaudalcanar. 



0-31 0-31 0-31 0-32 0-3 



33. — Myiagra fekro-cyanea, sp. nov. 



This species appears to be almost identical with M. menadensis, 

 Quoy. et G-aim., from the Celebes. The whole of the wings, 

 however, are uniform in color, and the tibial feathers white. 



Adult male. — The whole of the head, neck, upper part of the 

 chest, the back, rump, and upper tail and wing-coverts, black, 

 with steel-blue reflections ; wings and tail above, black ; under 

 wing-coverts, and the basal portion of the secondaries and all 

 except the first two primaries, white on the inner webs, remainder 

 of the feathers blackish brown ; tail below black, under tail 

 coverts, and a narrow line at the base on the inner web of the 

 outer two feathers pure white ; the lower part of the chest, the 

 breast, thighs, and remainder of the under surface snow white. 

 The feathers on the crown of the head slightly produced, erectile. 



