252 AEDEID^. 



34. ERYTHROPHOYX. ,,, 



Type. 



Erythrophoyx, Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. Club, iii. no. xvii. 



p. xxxviii (1894) E. woodfordi. 



Range. Solomon Islands and the Moluccas. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Above dark chestnut; abdomen sandy bufi; 



under tail-coverts also sandy buff looodfordi, p. 252. 



b. Above dark brown ; abdomen ashy fidvous ; 



under tail-covcrts dark grey proitermissa, p. 253. 



1. Erythrophoyx woodfordi. (Plate IV.) 



ArdeiraUa woodfordi, Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 202 (Guadalcanar) ; 



Salvad. Agg. Orn. Pajmasia, iii. p. 207 (1891). 

 Erytlirophoyx woodfordi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iii. no. xvii. 



p. xxxviii (1894) ; id. op. cit. v. no. xxxi. p. xiii (1895). 



Adult female (type of species). General colour above uniform dark 

 chestnut ; the wing-coverts like the back, but slightlj' washed with 

 straw-colour, the greater coverts blackish on their inner webs ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills slaty black, the inner- 

 most chestnut at the tips and along the outer webs ; tail-feathers 

 black ; crown of head slaty black ; the hind-neck chestnut, as also 

 the sides of the crown and ear-coverts ; the cheeks, sides of face, 

 and neck-frill deep tawny ; the throat and breast also tawny rufous, 

 a little whiter towards the chin ; the throat with a few longitudinal 

 spots of blackish ; sides of the breast deep chestnut ; the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts sandy buff with a slight vinous tinge, especially 

 on the flanks ; the under tail-coverts slightly freckled with blackish 

 markings ; under wing-coverts tawny rufous mixed with chestnut, 

 the lower greater coverts slaty grey like the quill-lining : " bill 

 brown, yellow on the lower mandible ; feet greyish brown ; iris 

 yellow" {CM. Woodford). Total length 18 inches, culmen 2'9, 

 wing 7'6, tail 2-.5, tarsus 2-9, middle toe and claw 2-0. 



Young. Blackish brown, broadly edged with sandy buff, less 

 distinct ou the crown, but very broad and inclining to orange-buff 

 on the wing-coverts ; throat white, with a narrow mesial line of 

 small black streaks, more scattered on the lower throat and fore- 

 neck, where the spots are more distinct ; abdomen white ; sides of 

 upper breast sandy buff, mottled with blackish bars : " bill black, 

 the lower mandible grey; feet light brown; iris yellow" (C. ilf. 

 Woodford). 



Hah. Solomon Islands. 



a. 5ad.sk. Aola, Guadalcanar, C. M.Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 



Aug. 30. (Type of species.) 



b. c? juv. sk. Aola, July 15. 0. M.Woodford, Esq. [P.]. 



