296 Canon II. B. Tristram on Birds froia 



' Voy. Pole Sud/ sent to Mr. W. A. Forbes {cf. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 265), is exactly borne out by my specimen. 



9. Calornis metallica (Temm.). 

 Native name GotJte. Several specimens. 



10. PoDARGUs oCELLATUs, Quoy & Gaim. 



Native name Bauroo. One male specimen. This species, 

 originally described in the ' Voy. de PAstrolabe ' from Dorey, 

 has since been found in all parts of New Guinea, in Aru, and 

 in Waigiou. But this is the first time it has been recorded 

 so far to the east. 



11. COLLOCALIA ESCULENTA (L.). 



Native name Pupuri. Two specimens, male and female. 

 1 name these on the authority of Herr Hartert, who has 

 recently studied the group. 



12. Halcyon saurophaga, Gld, 



Native name Gio-gio. (J & pull. The nestling has none 

 of the feathers yet out of the sheath ; all show white only. 



13. Geoffroyus HETEROCLiTus (Hombr. & Jacq.). 

 Native name Kiekigne. One female adult. The type was 



from the island of Ysabel. 



If. Nasiterna nanina, Tristr. 



Native name GuujulHauna. One female, which I described. 

 Ibis, 1891, p. 608. The only other species of Nasiterna re- 

 ported from the Solomon Isles are : — (1) N. pusto, Sclat. 

 (P. Z. S. 1865, p. 620), sent by Dr. Krefft, but without stating 

 from which island it was procured. It has, however, since been 

 frequently received from New Britain and Duke of York 

 Island ; and both Dr. Sclater and Count Salvadori are satisfied 

 that these islands, and not the Solomons, are its true habitat 

 (Salvad. Aggiunte alia Orn. Papuas. p. 29; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 347). (2) N.finschi, Rams. (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 

 vi. p. 180), described, like the present, from a female, nor does 

 it satisfactorily appear from Mr. Ramsay^s remarks {op. cit. 

 p. 720) that he has subsequently obtained the male, which is 

 still unknown to Count Salvadori. Five specimens of N. 

 fiascJii have passed through my hands, but all were females. 



