NO. 15 EIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA BAKER 1 5 



HALCYON SANCTA subsp. (Probably SANCTA Vigors and Horsfield.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — i juvenile male, September 

 26; Jaba River — i male, i juvenile female, September 17, 26. 



These specimens apparently belong to the race Halcyon s. sancta, 

 which Mathews (Systema Avium Australasianarum, pt. i, 1927, 

 p. 379) lists as wintering in the Solomons. 



HALCYON LEUCOPYGIA (Verreaux) 



Cyanalcyon Icucopygius Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 10, 1858, 

 p. 305. (Solomon Islands.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — 2 males, 3 females, i juve- 

 nile female, July 28, September 11, October 12, 17, 20, 25. Guadal- 

 canal Island: Doma Cove — 2 females, i juvenile male, December 

 12, 26, 30. 



Measurements of adult females from the two islands are similar: 

 wing 87-89, tail 61-64, bill from nostril 34-35. An egg found in the 

 oviduct of a female taken on October 17 is white, oval, and measures 

 28.5x25.1. Birds taken in July and September were molting body 

 feathers. 



EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS SOLOMONENSIS Sharpe 



Eurystomus solomoncnsis Sharpe. Proc. Zool. See. London, 1890, p. 552. (Sol- 

 omon Islands.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — 3 males, 2 females, i juve- 

 nile female, i nestling (alcoholic), July 27, August 22, 28, September 

 5, October 8, November i. Guadalcanal Island: Lunga Point- — i 

 male, i female, November 17; Doma Cove — i female, i juvenile 

 female, December 30, January 5. 



Measurements of these specimens are within the range of those 

 listed by Ripley (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 55, 1942, p. 174). 

 The wing lengths of birds from Bougainville is slightly greater than 

 those of birds from Guadalcanal. The nestling was taken on August 

 31. A female collected July 27 contained 4 large eggs. Molting birds 

 were collected in July, August, and December. 



RHYTICEROS PLICATUS MENDANAE Hartert 



Rhyticcros pUcatus mei danae Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 45, 1924, 

 p. 46. (Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands.) 



Guadalcanal Island : Lunga Point — i male, 2 females, November 

 23 ; Doma Cove — i female, December 10. 



Hornbills appeared to be less common at Bougainville than at 

 Guadalcanal. The specimens were in molt when collected. 



