340 Dr. 11. B. Sharpe on Birds 



No, 53. $ ad. Errakate R., Espiritu Santo, June 18, 

 1899. — Feet dirty flesh-colour; iris dark. 



Ko. 20. J iram. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 15,1899.— 

 Bill, upper mandible black, lower mandible white, black 

 at tip ; feet horn-colour, toes darker ; iris dark. 



No. 73. (^ ad. Dillou^s Bay, Erroraanga, July 24, 1899. 



CoLLOCALiA uROPYGiALis Gray ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvi. p. 507 (1892) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 17. 

 No. 28. (^ ad. Sandwich Bay, MallicoUo, May 17, 1899.— 



Bill black ; feet horn-colour; iris black. Common. 

 No. GO. (^ ad. Tangoa, S. of Espiritu Santo, June 21, 



1899. — Feet brownish black, claws black. 



CoLLocAMA FUciPHAGA (Thuub.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiv. p. 498 (1892) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 17. 

 No. 57. c? ad. Errakate, S. of Espiritu Santo, June 18, 



1899. — Bill and feet black ; iris dark. Common. 

 No 77. ?ad. Havannah Harbour, Efate [Vate], July 27, 1899. 



HiRUNDo TAHiTiCA Gm. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 141 (1885) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 18. 

 No. 54. Ad. Errakate R., Espiritu Santo, June 18, 1899. 



Bhipiduka sancta. 



Rhipidura sancta Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxix (Dec. 

 1899). 



Nos. 113, 111. J ? . Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Sept. 17, 

 1899. — Bill black, li^ht horn-colour at base ; feet brown ; 

 iris dark. Generally in pairs. 



Compared with eight specimens of R. i^erreauxi, the two 

 birds from Espiritu Santo are distinguished b}^ the dingy- 

 whitecolouron the outer tail-feathers and by the greyish-white 

 throat and chest, the latter being not nearly so thickly 

 mottled with blackish centres to the feathers. 



Rhipidura erromance, sp. nov. 



R. similis R. brenchleyi, sed macula gulari nigricante et 

 gastraeo Itete ochraceo-flavo distinguenda. Long. tot. 5*9 

 poll.; cuhn. 0-55; al8e2'7; caudse 30; tarsi 07. 



Nos. 36, 44. c? ad. Polenia Bay, Erromaiiga, May 25, 

 1899. — Feet dark brown : iris dark. 



