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Another Pigeon from the same locaUty was named 



TURACCENA CRASSIROSTRIS. 



Head, all the upper surface, wings and tail dark slaty black, 

 the feathers of the back margined with a deeper black ; a broad 

 band of grey aci'oss the lateral tail-feathers near the base, and the 

 outer feather on each side tipped with darker grey ; throat greyish 

 white ; under surface sooty, washed with grey on the sides of the 

 neck, the breast and centre of the abdomen. 



Total length, \A\ inches ; bill, \\ ; wing, 7^ ; tail, 7\ ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. Guadalcanar Island. 



Remark. — This is a smaller bird than the Australian Macropygia 

 phasianella, has a much thicker bill, and a shorter tail, which organ 

 is moreover of a graduated form. 



A fine Lory from San Cristoval was named 



LORIUS CHLOROCERCUS. 



Head, nape, and a patch on each side the neck black ; plumage 

 of the whole of the body fine scarlet, with a broad crescentic mark 

 of rich yellow across the breast ; tip of the shovdder silvery blue ; 

 wing-coverts yellowish green ; outer webs of the primaries and se- 

 condaries dark grass-green ; inner webs dull black, with a broad 

 oblong mark of scarlet along their basal portions ; basal half of the 

 tail scarlet, the remainder grass-green ; under wing-coverts and 

 thighs fine blue ; bill orange ; feet dark brown. 



Total length, 10 inches ; bill, | ; wing, 6| ; tail, 4^ ; tarsi, f . 



Hab. San Cristoval. 



Remark. — This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus, and 

 differs from all its congeners in having the apical half of the tail green. 



A new Uirundo from Moala, one of the Feejee Islands, was cha- 

 racterized as 



HiRUNDO SUBFUSCA. 



Forehead, chin and throat rufous ; crown of the head, all the 

 upper surface, wing- and tail-coverts steel-black ; wings and tail dark 

 brown ; under surface of the body and under wing-coverts dark fus- 

 cous ; under tail-coverts steel-black, margined with light brown. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill, \ ; wing, 4^ ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, ^. 



Remark. — This is a very remarkable Swallow, resembling m the 

 colouring of its back, throat and forehead the common Swallow of 

 Europe ; it is also very similar in size, while it has a much larger 

 bill and a very diminutive and but slightly forked tail, the outer 

 feathers not being produced as in the European bird. 



The five birds above described are now deposited in the collection 

 at the British Museum. 



Mr. Gould also described a new and very beautiful Pigeon from 

 the Solomon Islands as 

 loTRERON Eugenia. 

 Crown of the head, cheeks, upper part of the throat and ear- 



