BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.L.S. 



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A. .VLBiGULAiiis, Gray 

 4. Adult, hlaclc, Ugi 





16 in. 



15-3 



15-4 



1.5-3 



16 in. 9-6 



16 in. 9-7 



5. Adult, hlach, 



6. Adult, hlach, 



7. Adult, tvldte heloiv 



8. Adult, tvhite leloiv 



9. Adult, t^7i/^6 lelow 

 10. Young, with liastate bars on 



under surface, which, is partly- 

 white and partly rufous, head 

 and neck black above, chest and 

 throat white, wings above and 

 below like No. 3 14 in 



9-0 

 9-5 

 9-4 

 9-6 



7-2 



7-4 



7-5 

 7*o 



7-4 



o o 



2-5 0-7 



2-o5 0-7 



2-55 0-69 



2-65 0-7 



2-55 0-7 



2-5 0-7 



? 

 ? 

 ? 



8 G-3 2-2 0-6 ^ 



o7. AsTUE, puLCiiELLUs, Rayiisajj. 



Journal of the Linnean Society, London, Zool., Bee, 1881. 

 This species so closely resembles the figure of A. soloensis in 

 Sharpe's Catalogue, Yol. I., that at firsti believed it to be identical. 

 Professor Salvadori, however assures me that this cannot be the 

 case, and Dr. Finsch who has examined the type believes it to be 

 a good species. The bird is evidently very rare, only one other 

 specimen having since been obtained, of which I give the follow- 

 ing measurements : 



Total length 15-5 ; wing 9*3 ; tail 8 in. ; tarsus 2'3 ; bill from 

 forehead i in. ; from gape 1-05 ; the culmen from base of cere 

 1-2 ' ' Sex female, bill and claws black, feet, legs, and cere, 

 yellow." {A.JL) The female differs slightly from the male in 

 plumage being darker on the head and throat, the thighs under 

 tail- and under wing-coverts like the breast and abdomen. In 

 the male these parts are almost white. 



JTah. Cape Pitt, Gaudalcanar, {Cocherell), Florida Island, 

 about ten miles inland, [Morton. J 



