182 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON NKW [Mar. 6, 



Plate IX. 



23. Bufo calamifa, young specimen, 18 mm. in length. Left hind foot. 



X 12. 



24. Ccrafophrys ornata, young J, 140 mm. in length. Left hind foot. 



X l.i. 



25. Lcptodacfyhis pcnfadactylus, large (J specimen, 140 mm. iu length. 



Left fore foot. Drawn as an opaque object. Nat. size. 



26. Psciidis 'paradocca, tadpole, length of tail 110 mm. Left fore foot. 



Ossification has not yet begun'. X (>. 



27. Pscudis, tadpole. Left hind foot. X 3J. 



28. LimnodT/nastes tasmaniensis, young (^ , 38 mm. long. Left fore foot. 



X r.. 



29. Limnodynasfes tasmaniensis, yoimg (^ , 38 mm. in length. Left hind 



loot. X 6. 



30. Fhri/niscus lavis, 2i 45 mm. in length. Left fore foot. X 5. 



31. rhrynisciis Imvis, 2> 45 mm. in length. Left hind foot. X 5. 



32. Ehomhophryne testudo, ^, 38 mm. in length. Left fore foot. X 5. 



33. Ehomhophryne testudo, (5' , 38 mm. in length. Left hind foot. X 4§. 



Eeference Letters. 

 Eeferences marked * all apply to special allusions in the text. 



Fore foot.—;/'. ?., foramen intercarpi. k, postaxial centrale. I., lunatum 

 (radiale). w., naviculare (preaxial centrale). p., ulnare (pyramidale). po. i., 

 carpal of pollex. ^;o. ii., metacarpal of pollex. po. iii., po. ir., phalanges of 

 poUex. po. II., unsegmented element probably representing po. ii., po. iii., 

 & po. iv. r., radius, u., ulna. 2, 3, 4, 5, carpals of second, third, fourth, and 

 fifth digits. 2', 3', 4', 5', metacarpals. 4 k, element {capiitatum) formed by the 

 fusion of the carpal of the fourth digit with our postaxial centrale. 3, 

 4 k, element formed by the fusion of the third and fourth carpals with our 

 postaxial centrale {capitafo-hamatum of Ecker). nk. 1 to 4, element {carpo- 

 centrale) formed by the fusion of the distal and central carpal elements, pk, 

 element formed by the fusion of the ulnare with the postaxial centrale. 



Hind foot. — «., astragalus (tibiale?). c, calcaneus (fibulare?). n'., naviculare 

 (centrale). ph. i., first segment (tarsal) of pre-hallux. j'^- i'-i second segment 

 (metatarsal) of pre-hallux. /)/*. iii., ^j^. iv., third and fourth segments (phalan- 

 ges) of pre-hallux. 1, 2, 3, tarsals of the first, second, and third digits. 2, 3, 

 cuboideum, formed by fusion of second and third tarsalia. 1', 2', 3', 4', 5', 

 metatarsals of the first, second, third fourth, and fifth digits. 



2. Descriptions o£ some new Species of Birds from the Island 

 of Guadalcanar in the Solomon Archipelago, discovered 

 by Mr. C. M. Woodford. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 F.L.S. &c. 



[Eeceived January 18, 1888.] 



The Accipitres brought by Mr. Woodford from Gruadalcanar are 

 extremely interesting, and no less than three new species of Astiir 

 are represented in his collection. 



I propose to call them : — 



ASTUR HOLOMELAS, Sp. H. 



Adult male. Entirely black, with a slaty-grey gloss on the back, 

 rump, wings, and tail, and decidedly more slaty on the under surface 

 of the body : " bill slaty black ; cere and orbital skin yellow ; iris 



