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ealedonicus. Chin, mesial line of chest, and rest of body 
pure white, not stained with yellow, as in the other. Under 
wing-coverts pure white, not stained with cimnamon. Bill 
shorter, but more robust in width and depth, making a very 
marked feature ; other measurements equal.—E. L. L.] 
RaALLus PECTORALIS. 
Eggs, said to be of this species, were brought to me by 
natives in Blanche Bay. They pointed to a bird running across 
the marsh in front of us, and said that that was the parent 
of the eggs. 
[The eggs brought by L. L. as of R. pectoralis (a specimen 
of which is in the collection) are precisely similar to some 
eges brought from the Bamptons or Chesterfield Islands as 
the eggs of this bird, which the sailors and others there call a 
“Quail.” I have little doubt from this that they are correctly 
identified. They are of a delicate salmon-coloured ground, 
blotched, chiefly at the obtuse end, with red-brown and faint 
purple spots, blotches, and splashes. Axis 1” 4"; diam. 13)", 
Besides these L. L. brings six eggs, decidedly those of a 
Gallinule, all brought in at the same time by a native, and 
evidently from one nest. They are probably those of Porzana 
moluccana, Wall., but no Gallinule was seen by any of the 
party. They are very pale salmon-colour, almost white, 
spotted and blotched throughout with red-brown and faint 
purple. Axis 1" 7", diam. 14’. These are from Mioko 
Island, Duke-of-York group.—E. L. L.] 
CHARADRIUS FULVUS (Gmel.). 
Common, but very difficult to get near. 
Actitis incANA (Gmel.). 
Found in small families of four or five individuals. 
TRINGOIDES HYPOLEUCUs (Temm.). 
Generally solitary. 
From New Britain I sailed in H.M. Corvette ‘Danae’ to 
New Hanover. None of us landed, as we had anchored off 
a mangrove-swamp, and Captain Ferguson, the “ King of the 
Solomon Islands,’ who was showing us round, had been 
SER, IV.— VOL. IV, Y¥ 
