from the Solomon Islands. 141 



solomonis, from these Islands, which^ however, Mr. Sclater 

 subsequently showed (P. Z. S. 1878, p. 290) to be the same 

 as Athene variegata, Q. & G. 



From this date I cannot find any additional contribution 

 to our ornithological knowledge of the Solomons till, in 1879, 

 Mr. E. P. Ramsay (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 65) re- 

 corded from CockerelFs collection 45 species, of which he 

 described eight as new. 



In the same year I reported in ' The Ibis ' (p. 437) on a 

 collection made by Lieut. Richards, R.N., of 33 species, of 

 which I described 12 as new. One of these, Carpophaga 

 richai'dsi, had already been described by Count Salvadori as 

 C. rufigula. 



In 'The Ibis,' 1880, pp. 126, et seq. Prof. Salvadori criti- 

 cised the papers of Mr. Ramsay and myself, and made some 

 valuable suggestions, to which I replied (Ibis, 1880, p. 246), 

 supporting several of the new species. 



In the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales, Feb. 1881, Mr. E. P. Ramsay described six new species 

 from Lieut. Richards^s collection ; and at the Linnean Society's 

 Meeting, Nov. 3, 1881, he has described five more, two of 

 which I have not seen. 



In the present paper I have added six species to the list. 

 After erasing those species which have been confounded with 

 others or subsequently withdrawn, the following table gives a 

 resume of our present knowledge of the avifauna of the So- 

 lomon Islands : — 



ACCIPITRES. 



1. Urospizias albigularis. San Christoval. 



2. Astur pulchellus, E. P. Ramsey; olim A. soloensis, sed 

 fide Salvadori = Urospizias etorques. Cape Pitt. 



3. Baza reinwardti, fide E. P. Ramsay = 5. gurneyi, sp. 

 nov. 



4. Haliastur girrenera. San Christoval. 



5. Athene taniata. St. George. 



6. A. variegata. 



7. N. punciulata (fide E. P. Ramsay ; sed qu. Salvadori?). 

 Guadalcanar. 



