328 Mr. G. li. Gray on iieio Species of Birds 



parison, tliis error, which was entirely occasioned by the 

 wretched state of the specimen he had under examination. 



Ptihnopus solomonensis. 



Female, young. Bright golden emerald-green ; quills 

 bluisli black, with the tips dark shining green ; tertials eme- 

 rald-green, all narrowly margined with yellow ; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts bright king's-yellow. 



Length 8", wings 5", bill 9'", tarsi 6'". 



" Eyes yellow. Contents of stomach large seeds and fruits." 



The single specimen of this bird was also procured at 

 AVanga, 8an-Christoval. It is probable that the mature male 

 of this species, when obtained, may prove to possess a showy 

 plumage, as is the case with most of the species. 



Carpopliaga Brenchleyi. 



Front of head greyish white, with the hind head grey ; 

 cheeks and throat pale castaneous ; upper surface ])lumbeous 

 black, tinged with grey ; tail above, when closed, black, with 

 the outer feathers, Avhen expanded, and beneath all the feathers 

 rufous castaneous ; beneath the body of a very dark rufous 

 castaneous, shading into a lighter colour on the lower abdo- 

 men and under tail-coverts. 



Length 16", wings 8" 9'", bill 1" 2'", tarsi 1". 



" Eyes yellow. Contents of stomach large seeds and fruits. 

 Male." 



This fine bird, of which there is only a single specimen, 

 was collected at Wanga, San-Christoval, where it feeds on 

 various kinds of seeds, amongst which are those of a species 

 of Canarium. The soft pulp that surrounds the hard shell 

 wherein the seed is placed must be the portion that nourishes 

 the bird during the period they can be obtained. 



Megapodius Brenchleyi. 



Young. Castaneous brown, with transverse narrow bands 

 of yellowish brown on the back and wings ; throat and checks 

 fulvous white ; beneath the body more rufous than on the 

 upper surface, but without any markings. 



Length 5" 6'". 



" Eyes dark hazel." 



A single specimen of the young bird, and two eggs (unfor- 

 tunately in a broken state) were obtained at Gulf Island, 

 where they were discovered in the month of September 1865. 

 These eggs are, both in size and colour, very similar to that of 

 Megapodius Brazieri, described by Mr. Sclater in Proc. Zool. 



