338 Dr. J{. B. Sliurpc on Birds 



south from New Caledonia, the first Albatross I saw was 

 about 200 miles south of that place, which seemed to be a 

 long way north ; it looked like Diomedea exulans in size.'' 



Circus wolfi Gurney ; Wiglesw. Aves Polyn. p. 3 (1891) ; 



Sbarpc, Hand-1. B. i. p. 216^(1899). 



No. 75. S imm. Fila, Efat^ [Vate], July 25, 1899.— Bill 

 plumbeous, darkest at tip ; base of culmen yellowish 

 green ; cere blue ; feet yellow ; iris golden yellow. 



Stiux lulu Peale; Sharpe, Hand-l. B. i. p. 301 (1899). 

 Strix flammea lulu Wiglesw. t. c. p. 3 (1891). 

 No. 96. S ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 7, 1899. — 

 Bill fleshy white, yellowish at base; feet dirty yellow ; 

 iris dark. 

 [I saw two Owls, apparently of this species, at Erromanga. 

 —A. M.F.J 



Trichoglossus massena Bp. ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 7 (1891). 



Nos. 3, 14. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo. — Bill red-orange; 



feet powdery black ; iris bright golden red with dark 



centre. Feeding on coco-nut palm. 



[Common in all the islands, going generally in pairs, and 



feeding in the flowering trees. — A. M. F.] 



Hypocharmosyna palmarum (Gra.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. XX. p. 78 (1891). 

 Nos. 92, 93. S ad- Elephant Island, Espiritu Santo, 



Aug. 6, 1899. — Bill red-orange; feet dull orange; iris 



bright yellow. 

 No. 97. S ad. No. 98. ? ? ad. Dip Point, Ambryn, 



Aug 15, 1899. 

 Seen several times on Ambryn ; also at Hoy Head, on 

 Espiritu Santo, and on Vanua Lava. Not very common 

 anywhere. Feeds in the flowering trees. 

 Nos. 106, 107. (^ ? ad. Vanna Lava, Banks Island, 



Sept. 11, 1899. 



CaCOMANTIS SCHISTACEIGULARIS, Sp. UOV. 



C similis C. simo, sed ubique saturatior, gutture toto sordide 

 schistaceo, et rectricibus externis hand albo trans- 

 fasciatis distinguenda. Long. tot. 10' 1 poll. ; culm. 09, 

 alae 51 ; caudse 5"1 ; tarsi 0"9. 



