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The measurements of these specimens bear out the findings of INIayr 

 (Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 504, 1931, p. 21). The character, used by 

 Mayr, of the feathers of the throat being broader and shorter in 

 A. g. inacrurus as compared with A. g. grandis is discernible but not 

 conspicuous. Specimens were in molt when collected. 



APLONIS METALLICUS NITIDUS (G. R. Gray) 



Calornls nitida G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, p. 181. (New 

 Ireland.) 



Bougainville Island: Jaba River — i male, i juvenile female, 

 August 31. Guadalcanal Island: Lunga Point— 2 males, 3 juvenile 

 males, November 14, 16, 20, 22 ; Doma Cove — i juvenile female, 

 I unsexed, January 5. 



The adult male from Bougainville has a deep coppery sheen on the 

 head, mantle, throat, and upper breast. Short, fine feathers cover 

 the nostril. The juvenile from this same island had a copper sheen on 

 the head and, to a slight extent, on the mantle. Below, the throat is 

 finely streaked and the breast, belly, and sides more heavily streaked. 

 The midportion of the belly is yellowish white. These two birds have 

 a gloss different from that on birds taken at Guadalcanal, but in com- 

 parison with a large series at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, it is evident that there is considerable variation in the colora- 

 tion of these birds. 



Two birds taken in January were in molt. 



MINO DUMONTII KREFFTI (Sclater) 



Gracula kreffti Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869, p. 120, pi. 9. (Solomon 

 Islands.) 



Bougainville Island : Cape Torokina — 3 males, 3 females, July 29, 

 August 8, September 8, October 25, 26. 



Specimens collected in July, August, and September were in molt. 



MINO DUMONTII SANFORDI Hartert 



Mitto dumontii sanfordii Hartert, Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 364, 1929, p. 18. 

 (Guadalcanar Island.) 



Guadalcanal Island : Lunga Point — -i male, i female, November 

 17; Doma Cove — i juvenile unsexed, December 17. 



Birds taken in November were molting wing and body feathers. 



