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d. (S ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 1. 5. 87. Bill pale blue ; legs 

 grey ; iris nearly black. 



Sir. Woodford was of opinion that the red-eyed birds might prove 

 different from the black-eyed, but I cannot find any difference what- 

 ever. 



10. Nasiterna aol^j sp. n. (Plate X. figs. 1, 2.) 



a. $ ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 14. 4. 87. Bill black ; legs grey ; 

 iris red. 



h. S ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 1.6.87. Bill black ; legs grey ; 

 iris orange. 



c. <S ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 5. 6.87. Bill black ; legs grey ; 

 iris orange. 



This bird is at once distinguishable from the larger N, finschi, 

 Ramsay, which it otherwise resembles, by having the top of the 

 head in both sexes washed with azure-blue, and by having the whole 

 under surface yellowish green, without any stripe of orange-red down 

 the centre of the abdomen in the male. As shown by the above 

 specimens, the blue feathers round the lower mandible are a cha- 

 racter of the male, while the reddish-orange distinguish the female. 

 The only specimen of N. finschi in the Natural-History Museum is 

 a female : — "Iris dark hazel. Bill and feet ash. San Christoval, 

 August 10th, 1880.— G. E. R." And this has the feathers round 

 the mandible reddish orange, and the head uniform green, like the 

 back. 



Short 

 Total 1st toe hind toe 



length. Ciilmeu. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, (s. u.). (s. u.). 

 in. in. in. in. in. in. in. 



c? 0-3 2-25 1-05 0-32 0-.5 0-27 



2 0-3 2-3 1-01 0-33 0-5 0-25 



11. Geoffroyius heteroclitus. 



Geoffroyius heteroclitus (Hombr. & Jacq.) ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 194 ; 

 Sharpe, in Gould's Birds of New Guinea, pt. viii. pi. 



a. (S ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 22.4.87. Bill above grey, below 

 black ; legs grey ; iris pale yellow. 



b. 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 4. 7. 87. Bill black; legs grey; 

 iris pale yellow. 



c. cJ ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 4. 7. S7. Bill yellow above, black 

 below ; legs grey ; iris pale yellow. 



d. $ ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 11. 8. 87. Bill yellow above, 

 black below ; legs grey ; iris straw. 



12. ECLECTUS polychlorus. 



Eclectus pectoralis (2.'L.^.M:S\[.); Salvad, <. c. i. p. 197. 

 Eclectus polychlorus (Scop.) ; Sharpe, t. c. pt. viii. pi. 

 a. c? ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 9. 4. 87. Bill above yellow, 

 below black ; legs black ; iris red. Food, fruit. 



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