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Botli collections, though small, add to our previous know- 

 ledge of the avifauna of these islands ; and as there are some 

 birds among them which appear to be hitherto undescribed, 

 I venture to send a list of the species, with descriptions and 

 notes. 



I. Birds from Bugotu. 



There are a few specimens belonging to species included 

 in the list from Bugotu which I published last year (Ibis, 

 1892, p. 293). There are examples of my new species Grau- 

 calus nigrifrons, also of Gr. elegans, Rams., Pachycephala 

 astrolahi, Hombr. & Jacq., Monarcha castaneiventris, Verr., 

 Myiagra ferrocyanea, Rams., Myzomela lafargii, Hombr. & 

 Jacq., Calornis meiallica (Temm.) ; all these were also 

 included in last year's consignment. 



The following are additions to the Bugotu list : — 



1. Monarcha brodiei. Rams. 

 Native name " Biubirukoilo.'' 



2. Dictum .eneum, Jacq. & Puch. 

 Native name " Piu." 



3. Calornis cantoroibes, Gr. 

 Native name " Gotlie.'' 



4. ZosTEROPs METCALFii, sp. uov. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 

 Native name " Ngeu." 



Z. capite et corpore toto superiore Ifete olivaceis : remigibus 

 et rectricibus fuscis, pogoniis externis olivaceis : loris 

 nigris : annulo conspicuo sericeo oculos cingente : 

 mento, thorace, et summo pectore flavis : imo pectore 

 albo, cinereo ad umbrato: abdomine albo : subcaudalibus 

 flavis : rostro, tarsis, et pedibus brunneis. 

 Long. tot. 4*5 poll., alse 2*5, caudse 17, tarsi '7. 



This Zosterops belongs to the large group with the yellow 

 throat and white or whitish abdomen. Its nearest allies are 

 Z. griseiventer and Z. novce-guinea, from the former of which 

 it may easily be distinguished by its much larger size, and 

 by the flanks being white instead of dull ashy ; and from 

 the latter by its larger size, the purity of its white flanks, 

 and its paler yellow throat. 



