300 PPJONOl'IDJi. 



late-browu edgings, the quills externally chocolate-brown ; tail 

 dark brown, washed with chocolate near the bases of the feathers, 

 which are also undulated with dusky bars under certain lights ; all 

 the tail-feathers obscurely tipped with white at the tips of the inner 

 webs, increasing in extent on the four outermost ones ; ear-coverts 

 chocolate-brown like the head ; cheeks more ashy brown ; throat 

 grey ; rest of under surface of body light greyish brown, somewhat 

 washed with olivaceous on the brea.st, the abdomen rather clearer 

 grey ; sides of the body and flanks rufous-chocolate, duller on the 

 under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts ashy grey slightly washed 

 with rufous ; lower surface of quills ashy, paler and more grey on 

 the inner webs ; " bill blackish brown ; legs blue ; iris brown " (E. 

 L. Layard). Total length 6-7 inches, culracn '85, wing 3-35, tail 

 3'1, tarsus 'So {Coll. Marquis of Tweeddale). 



Ohs. Five other specimens lent to me by Lord Tweeddale measure 

 as follows : — • 



Total 



1. 2 . Wakaia {E. L. Layard). 



2.(5. Oy&Vam {E. L. Laijard). 



3. $. Ovalau (E. L. Layard). 



4. 5 . Levuka (E. L. Layard). 



5. 5 ? Rewa {E. L. Layard). 



As in the Papuan species, the female appears to be a little smaller 

 than the male ; but there is very little difference in the plumage. 

 Some have a tendency to a greyish eyebrow, and have also the lores 

 grey ; and the Rewa bird is clear greyish on the under surface, the 

 sides of the body and under tail-coverts being rufous chocolate. 



Subsp. a. Pinarolestes buensis. 



Myiolestes buensis, Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 145. 

 Myiolestes buaensis, Layard, t. c. p. 392. 



Adult male. Similar to P. vitiensis, but having the stout bill of 

 P. macrorhynchus ; bill black ; legs ashen grey ; iris dark brown. 

 Total length 6-7 inches, culmen -SS, wing 3-55, tail 3"1, tarsus -85. 

 {Mus. Marquis of Tweeddale.) 



Adidt female. Similar to the male. Total length 7"3 iuches, cul- 

 men "85, wing 3"55, tail 3-2, tarsus "9. {Mus. Marquis of Tweeddale). 



Hah. Bua, island of Vanua Levu, Fiji. 



Subsp. /3. Pinarolestes fortunae. 

 Myiolestes fortunae, Layard, Ibis, 187G, p. 145. 



Smaller than 31. buensis, more like M. vitiensis ; but the throat, 

 chin, and breast are gi'ey ; the tails, though damaged, are evidently 

 broadly tipped with white. Total length 6" 6'", bill 9'", wing 3" 1'", 

 tail 3" 3'", tarsus 11'" (E. L. Layard). 



Hah. Fortuna Island, 350 miles N.E. of the Fiji group. 



