from the New Hebrides. 347 



brown; eyelasli yellow. Alarm-note like a Blackbird's 

 * siss, siss/ The only one seen on Mallicollo. 

 Nos. 8r-89, 116, 117. ? . Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 

 and Sept. 1899. 

 Captain Farquhar, in his notes, refers to the fact that the 

 Mallicollo bird is not so dark as that from Espiritu Santo 

 and is a little smaller. He writes : — " Very wild, but not 

 uncommon near Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo. I obtained 

 three clutches of eggs;, two incubated, two fresh, one just 

 laid; also a nest with two young birds. The nest was of 

 tine roots, lined with dead blades of grass and dead leaves. 

 Dimensions 5x3^x2 in. The eggs like thos^e of Turdus 

 tliacus : 2*5 x 1*6. This Thrush breeds in August and 

 September.'' 



It is unfortunate that Captain Farquhar obtained only 

 hen birds {vide antea, p. 337), and all Mr. Layard's specimens 

 from Mare seem to have been preserved in spirits, so that an 

 exact comparison betweeii the specimens from the two 

 localities has been difficult. I have, however, been unable 

 to find any tangible point of difference between them, and 

 I think that it is extremely probable that M. mareensis is the 

 M. vanicorensis of Quoy and Gaimard, as Mr. Wiglesworth 

 has suggested, especially as the white-streaked under tail- 

 coverts are mentioned in the description, tliough omitted in 

 the plate, of M. vanicorensis. A comparison of New Hebrides 

 birds with specimens from Vanikoro will be necessary. 



Erythrura cyaneifrons Layard ; AViglesw. t. c. p. 42; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 386 (1890). 

 No. 66. S ad. Fila, Efate, July 1, 1899.— Bill black; legs 



yellowish flesh-colour ; iris dark. Feeding in flocks on 



grass-seeds. 

 Nos. Q7, 69. ? ad. 68. <$ ad. Fila, Efate, July 1, 1899. 

 No. 101. ^ ad. Dip Point, Ambryn, August 15, 1899. 



Aploms RUfiPENNis Layard; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 137 (1890). 



No. 55. $ ad. Errakate R., Espiritu Santo, June 18, 

 1899. — Bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. 



