20 ZOOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLAXDS, 



2. COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA. 



Recorded by Canon Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 438. Morton]met 

 ^ith a species nesting under shelving rocks on the coast of *St. 

 Cbristoval, but failed to secure any specimens ; he describes] it 

 as being a very small species. 



S. Dendrocheilidox mystacea, Less. 



Common throughout the Group. 



Sab. Ugi, Graudalcanar, St. Christoval, {jRichards, Cocherell, 

 Morton^) 



4. Merops orxattjs. Lath. 



Found througout the Group. 



Sah. Ugi, St. Christoval, {Richards, Morton), Gaudalcanar 

 (^Coclcerell.) 



5. EuRYSTOMrs CRAssiROSTRis, Sclatcr. 

 Common throughout the Group. 



JLah. Ugi, St. Christoval, Savo. Gaudalcanar, {Richards, 

 Cocker ell, Stephens, Morton.) 



6. Ceyx gentiana, Tristram, This, 1879,^;. 438,^;^. xi. 

 Hal). Makira Harbour, {Richards.) 



7. Halcyon leucopygia, Verr. 



Ramsay, P.L.S. of KS.W., 1\ , p. 67. 

 Llah. Gaudalcanar {Cocherell.) 



8. Halcyon albicilla, Gav. 



Hah. Ugi {Morto7i), Makira Harbour, St. Christoval {Richards.) 



9. Halcyon sanctus, Vig. &f ILorsf. 

 Common throughout the Group. 



