82 NOTES ON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 



the abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts, pure white ; the bases 

 of all the feathers black ; under wing-coverts, blackish brown 

 tipped with white ; under surface of wings and tail, brown ; bill 

 and legs, black ; rictse stiff and strong, black not reaching to the 

 tip of the bill. Total length, 6-2 inches ; wing, 3-4 ; tail, 3-5 ; 

 tarsus, 0*58 ; bill from forehead, 0*7 in. ; from gape, 0-73 ; from 

 nostril, 0*4. in. 



I have named this species after Mr. James Cockerell, a most 

 persevering collector, who has collected largely in Tropical 

 Australia and in the Islands of the Austro-Malayan Region. 



Loc. Lango, Gaudalcanar. 



38. — Sauloprocta tricolor, Vieill. 



Several specimens, this species is nothing more than a large 

 form of S. moUicilloides, and is identical with Muscicapa Melaleuca, 

 of Quoy et Gaim. 



Loc. Gaudalcanar. 



39 . — Rhipldttra rtjbroprontata, sp. no v. 



This species comes close to R. torrida, "Wallace, P. Z. $., 1865 

 p. 477, but is smaller, has the ear-coverts brown, not black; the 

 black of the chest confined to that region, and not extending over 

 the breast ; more rufous on the forehead ; and much more white 

 on the tips of the tail feathers. 



Adult. — All the upper surface brown, warmer brown on the 

 scapularies and upper wing-coverts, shading into rich rufous on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, which color also extends slightly 

 on to the basal portion of the outer webs of the rectrices and their 

 shafts, remainder of the tail above and below blackish brown, 

 all the feathers largely tipped with white ; forehead to above the 

 eye, and the under tail-coverts rich rufous ; spot in front of the 

 eye and ear-coverts blackish -brown, lower eye-lid white ; throat 

 and a lateral stripe, extending to just beyond the ear-coverts 



