Halcyon alricilla, Cicv. 



This remarkable species has a wide range all over the Solomon 

 Group, South-East of New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, 

 and the Duke of York Islands. 



Edoliisoma salomonensis, Ramsay. 



Graucalus salomo7iensis, Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., (1) iv p. 314 ; 



id. (1) vii. p. 22 (1882), sp. 20. 

 Gra^icahis pttsillus, Ramsay, P.L.S., N.8.W., (1) iv. p. 71. 

 (1879). 

 An interesting species allied to Grnucalits sivainsoni, var. 

 lineatus. 



Sauloprocta tricolor, Yieill. ■ Ramsay, P. L. S., N.S.W., (1) 

 iv. p. 82 (1879). 

 This is a large form of the well known Australian species, 

 S. motaciUoides ; the young just from the nest resemble the 

 adults, but have the featliers of the shoulders, upper wing-coverts 

 and scapulars tipped with dull brown. 



POMAUEA LEUCOPIITIIALMUS, S;J. nOV. 



The present species of Fomarea I Ijelieve to be undescribed, as 

 I have not been able to lind any description with which it agrees. 

 It comes near Fomarea castaneiveniris (Verr.), but is a slightly 

 1 irger bird. 



Head, neck, tliroat, chest, and all the upper surface shiny 

 black, the featliers of the throat in tlie female (?) elongated, under 

 surface of the wings and tail feathers dark brown, the inner 

 margins of the primaries below dull ashy-white, al)domen, under 

 wing- and tail-coverts dark chestnut, a conspicuous crescent- 

 shaped spot of white in front of the eye of the female ( ? ?) ; in 

 the male (?) this spot is light rufous, but may have been stained 

 by the spirits in which the specimens were preserved ; bill l)lack, 

 margins of the mandibles horn-wliite, legs and feet black. Total 

 leng^th G-6 - 6-8 inches, wings .5-25 -5-5 inches, tail 3 inches, 

 tarsus 0-7 - 0-81 inch, bill from forehead Ow - 075 inch, fron 

 nostril 0-5 inch, height at nostril 025 -0-3 inch, widtli at nostri. 

 0-25 - 0-3 inch. 



This species diiiers from Fomarea castaneiveniris (Verr.) in 

 having a crescent-shaped white mark on the lores in front of the 

 eye, the tail and wings above shining blue-black, the under sui'face 

 blackish-bfown, witli the margins of the quills shading into ashy 

 wliitc^ on their inner webs, there is also a greater extent of black 

 on the sides of tiie chest. In one specimen ? there is just the 

 slightest tip of white on .some of the outer tail feathers, and the 

 chestnut or chocolate tint of the under surface is darker and of a 



