On Birds from the Solomon Islands. 133 



X. — Notes on a Collection of Birds from the Solomon Islands, 

 ivith Descriptions of new Species. By H. B. Tristram, 



(Plates III., IV., V.) 



I HAVE lately received a very interesting collection of birds 

 made by Lieut. Richards, R.N., when surveying last year in 

 the Solomon Archipelago. The collection contains examples 

 of 35 species, most of them collected in the hitherto unex- 

 plored islands of Rcndova, or Hammond Island, and Ugi. On 

 first examination of the skins I pronounced twelve of them 

 to belong to new species. But I soon afterwards received from 

 Mr. E. P. Ramsay a separate copy of his paper in the Journal 

 of the Linnean Society of New South Wales for February last, 

 in which that gentleman has described five of these species*, 

 collected, I believe, by the Rev. Gr. Brown ; and in a paper 

 read at a Meeting of the Linnean Society (of London) on the 

 3rd of November last, Mr. Ramsay has described from the 

 same source two more of these species f. Of the twelve 

 species, therefore, which have now reached England for the 

 first time, there remain five to be described. 



I now proceed to give the complete list of the collection, 

 which adds much to our knowledge of the avifauna of these 

 almost virgin islands. 



1. Baza reinwardti, Miill. 



Two adult specimens in the collection are thus determined 

 by Mr. Gurney. Mr. E. P. Ramsay, however, in his paper 

 read before the Linnean Society, discriminates the Solomon- 

 Island bird as a distinct species, to which he gives the name 

 of Baza gurneyi. 



Hah. Russell Island, Solomons. 



3. Urospizias albigtjlaris, G. R. Gr. 

 One immature male specimen taken at Makira Harbour, 

 San Christoval. The adult is figured in Brcnchley^s ' Voyage 

 of the Cura9oa.^ 



This is the same species as my Astur sp. ? (Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 437). 



[* See below, p. 172.— Edd.] 



t See Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. xvi. p. 128. 



