REPORT OX A ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION EROM 

 THE BOLOxMON ISLANDS. 



Part I. 



By E. p. Ramsay. 



During the moiath of November, 1889, the Museum acquired by 

 purchase a mixed Zoological Collection from the Solomon Islands, 

 in which the species mentioned below are represented. 



Howla Island, on which the collection was made, belongs to 

 the Shortland Croup, and therefore to the western section of the 

 Archipelago, to the fauna of which, as was to be expected, we 

 find that with few exceptions the terrestrial vertebrates belong.* 

 The exceptions referred to are Eaygrus bibroni, Dendrophis 

 calligaster, and Hyla macrops. 



The following list conveys a general idea of the Collection : — 



Mammalia. 

 Cynonycteri.s braciiyotis, Dobson. Two adult specimens. 

 Cepiialotes peroni, Geoffr. Four specimens. 

 PiiYLLORiilNA niADEMA, frP.offr. Seven specimens. 



Aves. 



The specimens received are represented by seven species, which, 

 although only one is new to science, may be enumerated to show 

 the range of the species throughout the group. All were obtained 

 from the Island of Howla. 



Halcyon leucopygialis, Vtrr. 



This exceedingly beautiful and rai'e species has been hitherto, 

 so far as I am aware, only recoixled from the Island of Gaudalcanar 

 (see Notes on the Zoology of the Solomon Islands, in the 

 P.L.S., N.S.W., (1) iv. p! G7 (1879), where it was re-discovered 

 by Mr. James Cockerell, Junr., in 1878. 



*This conclusion is principally based on the excellent papers of Messrs. 

 Thomas and Boulenger (P.Z.S., 1887-8). 



