(572 XOTES ox BIEDS FROM THE SOLOMOX ISLANDS, 



NlXOX TJ^XIATA ? JllV. 



One specimen of a small Nuiox from " Wano," San Christoval, 

 is of a dull reddish- brown all over, inclining to rufous on tlie 

 chest and face ; the wing-coverts above have indistinct fulvous 

 fears, the under wing-coverts fluffy and of a light buff, all the 

 <]^uills have six to seven white bars or spots on the basal half of 

 the inner webs, and on the outer margin of the outer webs a row 

 of dull white or fulvous spots, on the tail there are five or six 

 white bars, similarly situated to those on the wing- quills ; all the 

 under surface of the body from the breast downwards isindistinctly 

 banded with fulvous and dull reddish-brown ; the throat is white, 

 the rectse long, strong, reaching beyond the bill, there are no 

 bands or spots on the hind neck, mantle, back, rump, or upper 

 tail-coverts, these parts are covered chiefly with fluffy plumage ; 

 on the head a few feathers are dotted here and there with fulvous ; 

 there is a blackish spot at the base of the primaries on the under 

 surface formed by the blackish tips of the outer series of the 

 under wing-coverts. Length 8 in. ; wing, 5"8 ; tail, 3'1 ; tarsus, 

 1"05 ; bill from forehead 1 inch, from nostril 0"G, brown- white at 

 the tip. 



Wano, San Christoval. 



Hali-etus leucogaster. 

 A young bird in an interesting stage of plumage, all the feathers 

 of the hind neck and mantle, upper wing-coverts and scapulars, 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts margined at the tips with 

 white or fulvous white, some of the scapulars with fluffy pointed 

 tips : the throat buff, all the feathers on the chest, breast, and 

 remainder of the under surface rich tawny brown, streaked 

 mesially and tipped with buffy- white ; under tail coverts tawny- 

 brown with fluffy tips. 



Ugi Island. 



