BY E. P. KAMSAY, F.L.S. 83 



white ; chest below the white throat, black ; the lower portion 

 having white margins to the feathers ; sides brown, having a 

 rufous tinge towards and on the flanks ; thighs rufous-brown ; 

 abdomen, white ; wings above rich brown, with a faint tinge of 

 rufous on the outer webs of the secondaries and scapulars ; a 

 rufous spot on the under margin of the wing, under coverts 

 white ; on the crown of the head, behind the rufous frontal band 

 the feathers have a slightly striated appearance, from their 

 central portions being slightly darker ; bill and rictse, black, the 

 latter not extending to the tip ; legs, dark olive brown. Total 

 length, 5-2; wing, 2-6; tail, 3*1; tarsus, 07; bill from forehead 

 0-55, from nostril to tip, 0*3. 



Loc. Lango, Gaudalcanar. 



40. — ClXNYRIS EKENATA, Mull. 



Several specimens of this widely distributed species ; I have 

 compared them with specimens from Duke of York Islands, Port 

 Moresby, Cape York, Trinity Bay, and Port Denison, without 

 finding any differences betwen them. 



Loc. Graudalcanar. 



41. — ClNNYKIS (?) DUBIA, Sp. HOV. 



Adult male. — All the front of the head, sides of the head, 

 crown, ear-coverts, and throat, black ; back of the neck, chest, 

 and all the upper and under surface of the body, olive yellow, 

 of a clearer yellow on the inter-scapular region and back ; wings 

 and tail fuscous black ; the outer webs of all the quills, except 

 the first two primaries, and the outer two rectrices, margined with 

 olive yellow ; under wing-coverts, and the basal portion of the 

 inner webs of the quills, white ; axillaries, yellowish ; under 

 surface of the wings and tail, blackish brown ; under tail-coverts, 

 dark brown, washed with olive yellow. Total length to base of 

 bill, 4 in. ; wing, 2*6; tail, 2 in. ; tarsus, 0*7 in.; bill from 

 forehead, 0*86 ; from nostril to tip, 0*57 ; culnien, 0"9. 



