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full plumage by the end of April; but when I left New Britain, 
on the 11th September, some were still in full moult, covered 
with pin-feathers, though breeding. This, of course, had a 
bad effect on collecting. We arrived in Hayannah Harbour, 
Sandwich Island, New Hebrides, after a bad passage of eight 
days, and stayed there nine. I at once left the ‘ Renard,’ and 
went to the house of an old friend, Mr. Glisson, on the other 
side of the island, to hunt the “ Malou” (Megapodius layardi), 
where I had procured it before, nearly three years ago. For 
five days I searched the forest im vain; it rained the whole 
time, and I only succeeded in catching a very bad attack of 
fever and ague and getting one Malou egg (since broken). 
This fever weakened me very much during the whole cruise, 
and prevented me skinning any thing during the day and a 
half we lay in Mahira Harbour, San Christoval Island, Solo- 
mons, where I had my severe attack; and though my last 
actual fever fit was on the 24th May, I am still suffering from 
the effects. 
The birds I got in Havannah Harbour were :— 
Hatcyon cutoris (Bodd.). 
Female, moulting, in bush along shore. 
GLYCYPHILA FLAVoTINCTA, G. R. Gr. 
As usual, among the blossoms of a species of Hibiscus, all 
along the sea-beach. 
CLYTORHYNCHUS PACHYCEPHALOIDES, Elliot. 
I obtained one specimen only of this extremely rare bird, 
and the only one I have yet seen in the New Hebrides, in a 
deep dark ravine, while hunting for Megapodius. It is 
exactly the same as the New-Caledonian bird, apparently with 
the same habits. I whistled the bird to me from almost a 
quarter of a mile distance. [I suspect that a Myiolestes 
which Mr. Ramsay informed me some months since he had 
described from the New Hebrides is this species. I have 
not his description to refer to.—H. L. L.] 
PriLoPus corREI, Ramsay. 
I again found this green Dove in the place frequented by 
it during my last visit. 
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