330 My. G. R. Gray on neiv Species of Binh. 



Length 6", wings 3 " 3'", bill 10'", tarsi 10'". 

 " Eyes black. Contents of stomach insects. ]\rale and 

 young male." 



7?// ij) idu ra sj) iJodera. 



Fuscous black ; eyebrows white ; throat and breast white, 

 each feather marked in the middle with black ; abdomen pale 

 fulvous white ; quills dark fuscous black ; tail fuscous black, 

 with the tips and inner margins white. 



Lengtli 7", wings 3", bill 7'", tarsi 12'". 



" Eyes black. Contents of stomach insects. Female." 



This bird, of which there is only one example, is like Rhi- 

 pidiira pectoralis, Homb. & Jacq., of the island of Yanikoro ; 

 but the spots on the breast extend up to the mentum. 



AVith the two preceding species the following were also 

 obtained : — 



Myiagra melanura. 



" Eyes dark brown. Contents of stomach insects. Young 

 male." 



Trichoghssus Massence. 

 " Eyes red. Contents of stomach honey. Young male." 



Mr. Sclater has recorded that an Q^g of a Megapode which 

 he has described, under the name of Megapodius Brazieri, in 

 the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 528, had been found and brought 

 from the Banks's group. Mr. Brenchley's collection contains 

 three specimens of eggs of a Megapode that were obtained at 

 Vanua Levu, two of which are similar in colour and size to 

 that described by Mr. Sclater; but the third example is a dirty 

 white. Mr. Brenchley has a note in reference to them, that 

 they were found in the vicinity of the hot springs on the 

 mountains during the month of August 1865. 



The neighbouring gi-oup of islands, the New Hebrides, 

 is also the abode of a species of Megapode ; and we are 

 told by Capt. M'Leod that they are found abundantly, espe- 

 cially on Tanna and San<Iwich Islands. Both these islands 

 are also referred to by ^Ir. Brenchley, who remarks that on 

 the first-mentioned island a large bird is spoken of as living 

 in the vicinity of the Vulcanos ; while in the second island 

 eggs of a Megapode had been offered for sale. 



It may be remarked that the mature state of the bird of 

 both these groups of islands is at present unknown to ornitho- 

 logists. 



Another new species from the New-Hebrides group is also 



