1887.] ON THE HERPETOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 333 



31. PORPHYRIO MELANOPTERUS. 



Porphtjrio melanopterus, Temm. ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 280. 

 a. cS arl. Fauro. Iris reJdish brown ; bill and shield red ; legs 

 dirty pink ; joints of legs and toes grey. 



32. Demiegretta sacra. 



Demiegretfa sacra (Grmel.) ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 345. 



a. (S ad. Fauro. Iris yellow ; legs yellow ; bill yellowish black. 



33. BUTORIDES JAVANICA. 



Butorides javanica (Horsf.); Salrad. f. c. iii. p. 359. 

 a. tS ad. Fauro. Upper mandible black, lower one pale yellow ; 

 iris yellow ; feet yellow ; legs grey. 



34. Nycticorax caledonicus. 



Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmel.); Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 3/2. 



a. (S juT. Fauro. Iris yellow ; legs yellow ; bill black, yellow 

 below. 



35. Angus leucocapillus. 



Anous leucocapillus, Gould ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 457. 

 a. Shot at sea. Bill, eyes, and legs black. 



3. Second Contribution to the Herpetology of the Solomon 

 Islands*. By G. A. Boulenger, F.Z.S. 



(Plate XXVIJI.) 



[Eeceived February 15, 1887.] 



Eicli as has been the berpetological booty of Mr. H. B. Guppy's 

 exploration of the islands of Bougainville Straits, the knowledge of 

 that fauna is so far from being exhausted that a recent visit to the 

 same islands by a second collector, Mr. C. M. Woodford, has yielded 

 examples of as many as nine more species of Reptiles and Batrachians, 

 seven of which are altogether new to science. The collection now 

 reported upon was made at two localities, viz.. Faro Island, and Alu, 

 Shortland Islands. It contains specimens of the following species 

 already known from the Solomon Group : — 



Faro: — Gymnodactijlus pelagicus, Gir., Gehyra oceanica. Less., 

 Lepidodactylus guppyi, Blgr.^ Geclco vittatus, Houtt., Varaiius 

 indicus, Daud., Lygosoma smaragdinum. Less., L. cyaiiurum. Less., 

 L. cyanogaster, Less, {carteretii, D. & B.), L. nigrum, Hombr. & 

 Jacq., Dipsas irregularis, Merr., Hoplocephalus j^ar, BIgr., Rana 



» Cf. Tr. Zool. Soc. xii. pp. 35-62, pis. vii.-xiii. (1886). 



^ Male with a long, uuinterrupted series of femoral and pra\inal pores, 

 angulur mesially ; 44 pores aUogftlier. 



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