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the measurements except the tarsus, while the beak is more 

 massive than in any other species of the group. The nest- 

 ling is extremely interesting, the whole plumage being uni- 

 formly striated transversely with white and black from the 

 beak to the tail; the remiges black, with Avhite edgings and 

 tips ; and the black stripes on the breast and abdomen being 

 more sparse than on the back. 



4. Paciiycephala astrolabi, Hombr. & Jacq. 



Native name /Tmo/o. One male specimen. I have previously 

 received this species both from San Cristoval and from 

 Russell Island. 



5. Pom area castaneiventris, Yerr. 



Native name Sesese. Two specimens, male and female. 

 I have also received examples of this species from Guadalcanar. 

 It is represented by a nearly allied form in San Cristoval. 



6. Rhipidura rubro-frontata. Rams. 



Native name Pia pilau-na-gari. One female specimen. 

 Mr. Ramsay's type was from Guadalcanar. Mr. Ramsay 

 remarks (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.W. vi. p. 178) that it is 

 undoubtedly the same ai my R. ^ussata. In this he is in 

 error, not having seen R. russata. It is impossible to confound 

 the two birds when seen together. R. russata is from the 

 western island of San Cristoval. 



7. Myiagra ferrocyanea, Rams. 



Native name Biubirukdilo. One female specimen. The 

 type was from Guadalcanar. 



8. Myzomela lafargii, Hombr. & Jacq. 



Native name Bibiruniu. One male specimen. This is a 

 bird of extreme interest. It was originally described in the 

 'Voyage au Pole Sud/ published in 1853, and recorded as 

 having been obtained in the Solomon Islands, without any 

 further statement of the exact locality. The solitary type- 

 specimen in the Paris Museum has remained for nearly forty 

 years unique, until this second has at last been obtained in 

 Bugotu. The criticism by M. Oustalet of the plate in the 



