from the Solomon and Banks's Groups of Islands. 329 



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

 Soc. p. 42, tliat an egg (very similar in eveiy respect to 

 those above referred to) had been brought from 8an-Christoval 

 Ishind. As Gulf Ishand 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 he 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 

 kno^Ti 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. 



Haliastur 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 albicilla. San-Christoval Island. 



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



Electiis Linncei. 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 Gacatua 

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



This collection also contains four species of birds that 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, part of great Aving-coverts, 

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

 feathers mostly, and outer margins of the others more or less 

 black. 



