186 MR. \V. R. OGILVIE-GRANT ON THE [Mar. G, 



Of these 66 species no less than 1 1 are new to science. Six of these 

 have been described in a separate paper by my colleague Mr. Bowdler 

 Shiirpe, to whom I am much indebted for kind help and advice, 

 while full descriptions of the remaining 5 will be found below. 



Besides the new birds, a number of specimens represent rare and 

 little-known forms, such as Carpophagn brenchleyi of Gray. 



Mr. Woodford has taken every care in giving notes on the life- 

 colours of the " soft parts " of each bird, and all particulars regard- 

 ing its sex, locality, and the date when it was obtained : also a list 

 of the native names in use on the various islands he visited, wheuever 

 these could be obtained. 



There is a fine series of specimens of the new Crow {Macrocorax 

 woodfordi) previously described, which differ little from one another, 

 and all show the striking pecuharities of this species. 



The Flycatcher {Monarcha cnstuneiventris), from Guadalcanar, is 

 an interesting form to which two specimens from Fauro were erro- 

 neously referred in my previous paper. These now prove to belong 

 to a species very distinct, both from the former and from the smaller 

 M. rufo-casfanea of Ramsay, from San Christoval. The fact of 

 these three neighbouring islands each possessing a distinct species of 

 their own clearly shows that these birds do not migrate. 



The first new species is a Pigmy Parrot {Nasiterna aola), and 

 probably the smallest representative of that genus. The nearest ally 

 is the larger N. finschi, found in San Christoval, from which it msiy 

 be at once distinguished by having the top of the head in both sexes 

 washed with azure-blue, and by the adult male having no orange- 

 red stripe down the centre of the abdomen. 



The second is a dull olive-yellow Honey-sucker, which I have 

 named Myzomela sharpei, in honour of my colleague Mr. Sharpe. 

 Only one adult male was obtained, but this is entirely unlike any- 

 thing hitherto described. 



The third is a Ground- Pigeon, which I have called Phlogoe.nas 

 solomonensis. This bird is perhaps hardly entitled to specific rank, 

 and might perhaps be more correctly regarded as another insular 

 race of Mr. Sclater's species P. Johannes, from New Britain. But it 

 is altogether darker than the latter species, and has the upper surface 

 washed willi purple instead of olive. 



The fourth is a very fine Heron, which I have named Ardeiralla 

 woodfordi, after the collector. It appears to stand remote from any- 

 thing hitiierto known, being only distantly related to A jlavicollis. 



The last new species is a Night-Heron {Nycticorax mandibularis), 

 which was obtained by Mr. Kainsay from the same locality, but con- 

 founded by him with A'^. maniUensis, Vigors. It holds a somewhat 

 intermediate position between tiiis species and N. caledonictis, but is 

 considerably smaller tlian either, as thecomparative table of measure- 

 ments given below will clearly show. Of the two it is most closely 

 allied to the latter, but is easily recognized by its dark rufous breast 

 and the absence of the white superciliary streak so strongly marked 

 in N. ccdedonicus. 



