1883.] MR. p. L. SCLATER ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS. 347 



Living specimens of the so-called West-Indian Fire-fly {Pyro- 

 phorus noctilucus), lately presented by Mrs. Hall, were exhibited to 

 the meeting. 



Mr. Sclater laid before the meeting a selection from a collection 

 of birds from New Britain, New Ireland, and the Solomon Islands 

 that had been sent to him for examination by the Rev. George 

 Brown, and called attention to some of the specimens, on which he 

 made the following observations : — 



Nasiterna push, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 127; Salvad. O. P. ii. 

 p. 127. 



Ten examples from Duke-of-York group and New Britain. 



There is no donbt now of the true patria of this species, which is 

 not from the Solomons, but from New Britain and the Duke-of-York 

 group. The Solomon Islands representative is N.Jinschi, Ramsay, 

 P. L. S. N. S. W. vi. p. 180, which, according to Canon Tristram 

 (Ibis, 1882, p. 138), is very distinct. 



Coriphilus subplacens (Scl.); Salvad. O. P. i. p. 310. 



Examples of both sexes of this pretty species from the Fead group, 

 east of New Ireland, a new locality for it. 



Monarcha verticalis, Scl. ; Salvad. O. P. ii. p. 25. 



Examples of this fine species from Topaia, New Ireland, and the 

 Duke-of-York grouj). The sexes are coloured alike. 



Monarcha richardsi (Rams.) ; Salvad. O. P. iii. p. 529. 

 One example of this remarkable species from Rubiaua, S. I. 



Monarcha ugiensis (Rams.) ; Salvad. O. P. iii. \i. 531. 



Five examples from Ugi, S. I., all coloured alike. I quite agree 

 with Count Salvador!, that Monarcha is the proper genus for this 

 species. 



Monarcha inornatus (Garn.) ; Salvad. O. P. ii. ji. 14. 



A single skin, apparently of this widely distributed species ; from 

 Fead Island, north of the Solomon grouiJ, due west of New Ireland. 

 (Cf. Ramsay, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 129.) 



Graucalus monotonus, Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 441. 



A skin apparently referable to this species ; but in such case the 

 describer has omitted to notice the conspicuous white edgings of 

 the inner webs of the primaries. 



Myzomela pulcherrima, Ramsay ; Salvad. O. P. iii. p. 542. 

 Fourteen skins of this fine new species, from Ugi, S. I. 



Calornis feadensis, Ramsay, Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 129. 



A single skin of this newly described species, from Fead Island. 



