ft. 



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554 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS [JuUC 19, 



the plumage is mixed with cinereous, the feet not so dark, and the 

 under surface of the wings more white. But the size alone is suffi- 

 cient to distinguish it from its Papuan representative. 



7. Calornis, sp. inc.^ 



'463, male; 464, male; 465, male; ^66, female; A^T, female. 



" Eyes orange : stomachs contained seeds and grubs. 



"This was, perhaps, the commonest bird at the Admiralty 

 Islands."—/. M. 



Lord Tweeddale, who has kindly examined these skins for me, 

 writes as follows : — " Nos. 463-466. The purple reflexions being re- 

 stricted to the head, chin, and throat distinguishes these examples 

 from all others known to me. They may belong to either C. viri- 

 descens, Gray, C. gularis, Gray, or C. amboinensis, Gray; for I do 

 not possess typical examples, but I believe that all these are little 

 more than stages of C. metallica. If they do not fall under either 

 of these three titles, I think they may be safely described and named ; 

 for their distinctive characters are well marked. 



"No. 467. This belongs to a distinct species, very close to C 

 cantoroides. Gray." 



The question of the different subspecies of Calornis, which has 

 been ably treated of by Lord Tweeddale and Mr. Sharpe, is one that, 

 in the absence of a large series for comparison, I should fear to venture 

 on. As regards specimen no. 467, there may perhaps have been an 

 error in the label, and the bird may have been obtained elsewhere. 



8. Halcyon saurophaga, Gould. 



Two examples (498, 499), agreeing with other specimens of this 

 species in every respect. " Shot on D'Entrecasteau Island, one by 

 Capt. Thomson. Eyes brown ; bill and feet dark ; base of lower 

 mandible flesh-coloured or white." — J. M. 



9. Trichoglossus cyanogrammus, Wagler; Finsch, Papag. ii. 

 p. 830. 



Ten skins of this fine species (449-456, males ; and 457,458, 

 females) are in the collection. The breast is of a brighter red than 

 in an example of the same bird from Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 

 and the purplish edgings of the breast-feathers are wider. There is 

 also more brown on the nape in some of the skins. 



" Eyes orange ; bill and feet black : seeds generally in stomachs." 



— j.ii. 



10. Haliaetus leucogaster, Gm. ; Sharpe, Cat. i. p. 307. 

 "Female (no. 478, from Maclear Island): eyes brown; cere 



black ; bill horn-colour ; claws black ; legs flesh-colour : in stomach 

 a Starling (Calornisl) and remains of a Tern." — J. M. 



11. Pandion haliaetus. 



"Male (no. 479) shot on D'Entrecasteau Island: stomach had 

 fish."— J. M. 



' Cf. Waltleii, Trans. Zool. Soe. viii. p. 79, ct Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 46. 



