froTii the Solomon and Banks^s Groujjs of Islands. 329 



Soc. 1869, p. 528. In 1864, I observed, in the Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. p. 42, that ^n egg (very similar in every respect to 

 those above referred to) had been brought from Sau-Christoval 

 Ishmd. As Gulf Island lies close to this last-mentioned 

 island, it is therefore very probable that the birds of these two 

 islands may eventually prove to be of one and the same species. 

 I have named these two species after Julius Brenchley, Esq., 

 as a small acknowledgment for the opportunity lie has given 

 me of describing the new species contained in his highly 

 interesting collection. 



Mr. Sclater, in his paper (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869) previously 

 referred to, has given (p. 124) a list of the species then 

 known to inhabit the Solomon Islands ; to which list I have 

 also the means of adding, through this collection, the following 

 additional species : — 



Cuncuma leucogaster. St.-Isabel and Cocatoo Islands. 

 " Eyes brown. Contents of stomach pigeon." Young. 



Ualiastur leucosternon. Ugi or Gulf Island. 



" Eyes dark brown. Contents of stomach Crustacea." 



Collocalia hypoleuca. Ugi or Gulf Island. 

 "Eyes black. Contents of stomach very small insects." 



Halcyon alhicilla. San-Christoval Island. 



" Eyes black. Contents of stomach small Crustacea. Male." 



Electus Linnoii. St.-Isabel Island. 



" Eyes red. Contents of stomach small fig-seeds." 



Electus intermedius. St.-Isabel Island. 

 " Eyes dark brown. Young female." 



Mr. Sclater seems to have overlooked his species Cacatua 

 ophthalmica^ which he has stated is from this group of islands. 



This collection also contains four species of birds tluit had 

 been obtained at Vanua Levu, which forms one of the islands 

 of Banks's group. I am thus able to record two new species 

 and two other previously known species as inhabitants of this 

 group of islands, 



Lalage Banksiana. 



Top of the head, back, part of wings, and a transverse pec- 

 toral band black ; lore, eyebrows, sides of head, and throat 

 pure white ; beneath the body, ])art of great wing-coverts, 

 tertials, rump, and tail bufty white ; the latter lias the middle 

 feathers mostlv, and outer margins of the otlicrs more or less 

 black. 



