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red" (CM. Woodford). Totallength 12-5 inches, culmen 0-95, 

 wing 8, tail 5'7, tarsus 2"25. 



Hab. Aola, Guadalcanar. 



This might possibly be a melanotic form of Astur woodfordi de- 

 scribed below, but I cannot imagine that melanism would remove all 

 trace of the vinous halt-collar which is seen on the last-named species. 

 It can in no case be a melanism of Astiir albigidrtris, of which Mr. 

 Woodford procured a male specimen with the wing 11 "5 inches, 



Astur woodfordi, sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above dark slate-colour, slightly 

 darker on the mantle and lesser wing-coverts ; quills and tail-feathers 

 blackish, externally dark slate-colour, the latter with numerous 

 indistinct dusky bai'S on the inner web ; crown of head, ear-coverts, 

 and cheeks blacker than the back, with a wash of slaty-grey, lighter 

 on tiie latter ; sides of cheek deep vinous chestnut, extending back- 

 wards round the hind neck, which is strongly washed with dark 

 slaty grey, so that only a half-collar of chestnut is formed : entire 

 under surface of body pure white, the sides of the fore neck 

 washed with vinous chestnut ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 pure white ; quills slaty grey below, blacker towards the ends, white 

 at the base freckled with grey : " bill black ; cere and legs yellow ; 

 iris red" (C M. Woodford). Total length 14 inches, culmen 0'95, 

 wing 8*5, tail 5'8, tarsus 2"4. 



Ilab. Aola, Guadalcanar. 



It will be noticed that the specimen of ^. woodfordi is of about 

 the same size as the type of A. holomelas, and if the latter should 

 ultimately be jiroved to be only a melanism of the white-breasted 

 Goshawk, I wish the species to be known by the name of its dis- 

 coverer. 



Astur sheb.e, sp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to Astur dampieri of New Britain, and of 

 the same pale pearly-grey colour, but easily distinguished by its 

 white under wing-coverts, very pale reddish-white thighs, and white 

 under tail-coverts : " bill black : cere and legs yellow ; iris brown " 

 {Woodford). Total length 12-5 inches, culmen 1, wing 7*3, tail 

 5"4, tarsus 2'2. 



Mr. Woodford also sends a female, which is rather larger than the 

 male (wing 8"5 inches), but the specimen is not fully adult. 



Fam. BuBONiD^. 



NiNox GRANTi, sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above uniform chocolate-brown on 

 the mantle and upper back, the upper tail-coverts slightly mottled 

 with dull white or rufous-white bars, and again on the upper mantle 

 and scapulars ; lesser wing-coverts uniform chocolate-brown ; median 

 and greater coverts dusky brown, with a large rounded spot of white 

 on the outer web ; bastard-wing like the wing-coverts ; primary- 

 coverts uniform chocolate-brown ; quills dark brown, externally 



