from the New Hebrides. 349 



No. 37, ? imm. Polenia Bay, Erromanga, May 25, 1899. — 



Bill dull lead ; legs dirty purplish ; iris dark. 

 No. 38. S ad. Poleuia Bay, Erromanga, May 25, 1899. — 



Bill slate-blue ; iris mauve, large dark pupil. 

 No. 76. ^ ad. Tangoa, S. of Espiritu Santo, June 21, 

 1899. 

 It should be noticed that both these specimens are lighter 

 and more oi/y-green, and not so grass-green as the other 

 birds in the British Museum, where the Vate specimen alone 

 corresponds with them. The adults from Erromanga and 

 Espiritu Santo show curious blackish bands across the lower 

 surface of the primaries, whereas the quill-lining in the 

 Museum series is uniform pearly grey. There are traces 

 of these obscure bars in the Vate bird. 



Globicera farquhari sp. nov. 



Similis G. pacifica;, sed ubique saturatior ; subalaribus et 

 remigibus intus saturate plumbeis; linea lorali mento- 

 que albis ; pileo, collo undique et praepectore saturate 

 schistaceis, pectore sordide vinaceo. Long. tot. 15*5 

 poll., culm. 095, alse 9"1, caudse 5*5, tarsi 1*3. 



No. 39. ? . Polenia Bay, Erromanga, May 28, 1899. 



This species seems to be quite distinct from G. pacifica, 



being a very much darker bird, with a slaty-grey head, neck, 



and chest. It belongs to the section with dark leaden-grey 



under- wing-coverts. 



Globicera pacifica (Gm.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxi. p. 173 (1893) ; Sharpe, Haud-1. B. i. p. 63 (1899). 



Carpophaga pacifica Wiglesw. t. c. p. 51. 

 No. 4. ? ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 15, 1898.— 

 Feet crimson-pink ; iris with a dark centre and an 

 orange circle. Breeding on high fruit-trees; crop full 

 of palm -seeds. 

 No. 103. ? . Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, Sept. 4, 1899. 



It seems to me that at least two species are included in 

 the series of specimens determined as G. pacifica by Count 

 Salvadori. The Samoan and Friendly Islands bird has dark 

 plumbeous under-wing-coverts and quill-linings, and has 

 the vinous colour of the under surface extending up to the 



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