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Petrceca similis Gray; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 

 p. 169 ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 24'. 



No. 40. c? j'^v. Polenia Bay, Erromanga, May 26, 1899.— 

 Bill and feet dark brown. 



Artamides caledonicus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iv. p. 10 (1879) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 24. 

 No. 6. ? ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 13, 1899.— 

 Bill and feet black ; iris light yellow, with black centre. 



Common. Very inquisitive, and sure to appear at once 

 on hearing the alarm-note of any other bird. 



DiAPHOROPTERus N/Evius (Forst.) ; Oberh. Proc. Philad. 

 Acad. 1899, p. 214. 



Symmorphus navius (Gm ) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 

 p. 110 (1879) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 26. 



No. 12. Juv. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 13, 1899.— 

 Bill dark horn-colour, lighter at base of under mandible ; 

 feet dark plumbeous ; iris dark. 

 Nos. 70, 71. 6 ad. 72. ? . Dillon's Bay, Erromanga, 



July 24, 1899.— Bill and legs black. 

 No. 78. Ad. Efate[Vate]. 



Lalage flavotincfa, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxviii 

 (Dec. 1899). 

 No. 17. ? ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo.— Bill dark 



slate-colour ; feet plumbeous ; ins dark. 

 No. 61. ? ad. Tangoa, Espiritu Santo, June 21, 1899. 

 No. 62. S ad. S. of Espiritu Santo, June 22, 1899. 

 No. 85. c? ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 4, 1899. — 

 Bill black; feet dark plumbeous. 



The four specimens from the above-mentioned islands all 

 agree together, and differ from the type specimens of Lalage 

 banksiana, in having the under surface of the body and the 

 light pattern of the wings and tail of a beautiful yellow 

 instead of white. My first idea was that the colour of the 

 Vanua Lava types had faded, but the figure drawn from the 

 fresh specimens by Smit in the "Cruise of the 'Curayoa' " 

 depicts L. banksiana as white below with a slight tinge of 

 fawn-colour, which is the tint of the specimens at the 



