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ZOOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 



58. Baza orRNEYi, Ramsay, 



Baza reinwardtif Eamsay, I. c, p. 66.* 



I have examined a large series of this fine hawk, but find no 

 differences in the plumage among them. Morton has been 

 fortunate enough to obtain several fine specimens from which I 

 take the following measurements ; in all the bill is black, cere 

 lead color, legs brown : 



Hah. Ugi. 



STEIGES. 



59. Nixox ruNCTULATA, Quoij et Gaim. 



With all due respect to so high an authority as Count Salvadori 

 I cannot see why a Celebes bird should not be found on the 

 Solomon Group, I have again compared my specimen with the 

 description of N. pimctulata, in Sharpe's Catalogue (Vol. I.) and 

 it agrees better with that than any other. I have not met with 

 other specimens since Cockerell brought his in 1879, from 



* I regret to say that the specimen I first recorded from the Solomon Islands 

 was a New Guinea bird, I did not discover the mistake until recently over- 

 hauling our Collections. 



