10. riN'AROLESTES. 301 



Subsp. y. Pinarolestes compressirostris. 

 Myiolestes compressirostris, Layard, Ihit, 1876, pp. 163, 392. 



" This apparently new species is intermediate between my 31. ma- 

 cro rliynchus and M. vitiensis, Hartl. ; but the remarkably thin com- 

 pressed bill, with its very white base, at once distinguishes it. In 

 size it is nearest to M. vitiensis, Hartl., being — length 6" 6'", wing 

 3" 4'", tail .'V, tarse 10'", bill 12'". In coloration it closely resem- 

 bles M. mncvui-hynchus, but is rather redder in general tint, and has 

 the broad wliitish tips to the tail-feathers found in M. vitiensis." 

 {E. L. Layard.) 



Hub. Island of Kandavu, Fiji group. 



10. Pinarolestes macrorhynchus. 



Myiolestes macrorhynchus, Layard, Lbis, 1876, pp. 145, 392. 



Adult male. Very like P. vitiensis, but with a larger bill, and not 

 having the white spot at the tips of the outer tail-feathers, which 

 are only slightly paler at their ends ; rufous edgings to the wings 

 also rather darker than in the foregoing bird ; " bill black ; legs 

 blue ; iris brown " {E. L. Layard). Total length 7*4 inches, cul- 

 men -9.5, wing 3-7, tail 3-35, tarsus 'So. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 6-7 inches, cul- 

 men -9, wing 3-5, tail 3-0, tarsus '85. 



Hab. Island of Taviuni, Piji. 



«, b. d $ <id. sk. N'Gila, Taviuui, August E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 

 1875. 



Subsp. a. Pinarolestas maximus. 



Myiolestes, sp., Layard, Ibis, 1876, pp. 153, 392. 

 Myiolestes ma.ximus, Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 498. 



Adidt male. General colour throughout warm brown, clearer and 

 pale]' below, lightest on the upper throat and vent ; flanks slightly 

 rufous ; no grey tinge about the lower parts as in M. vitiensis, 

 Hartl., nor is there the slightest trace of the whitish tips to the tail- 

 feathers, which are very indistinctly edged and tipped with rufous; 

 inner and outer webs of wing-primaries the same, but more distinct; 

 bill very large and strongly hooked, black, with the edges of both 

 mandibles and the tip whitish horn-colour ; legs bluish. Length 

 8", wing 4", tail 3" G'", bill 1" 2"' (breadth 5"'), tarsus 1" V". Iris 

 brown. (Layard.) 



Bab. Island of Kandavu, Fiji group. 



11. Pinarolestes nigrogularis. 



Lalage nigrogularis, Layard, P. Z. S. lS7o, p. 149. 



Myiolestes nipTop-ularis, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 20; id. Jouni. Mas. 



'Godeffr. Heft viii. p. 9. _ 

 Pachycephala ? nigrogularis, Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. .392. 



General co'our above brown, below cinereous ; top of head qine- 



