Mr. R. B. Sharpe’s Catalogue of Accipitres. 469 
an occasional variation, and is absent from the majority of 
New-Guinea specimens. Mr. Ramsay, in his notes on the 
zoology of the Solomon Islands, to which I have already 
referred, has the following entry under the head of Baza 
reinwardti :—“ One specimen, exactly agreeing with the Port- 
Moresby birds, from New Guinea, Loc. Cape Pitt.” 
Mr. Sharpe includes amongst the synonyms of Baza rein- 
wardti “ Lophastur jerdoni, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. pt. 1, p. 464, 
and xv. p. 4;” but I cannot think that Blyth’s description 
warrants this identification. The description seems to me to 
accord better with Baza erythrothorax than with any other 
species, but perhaps differs in the greater extension of the 
mesial throat-line, which is said to have existed in Blyth’s 
adult specimen on the “ throat, fore neck, and breast,” whilst 
in the younger bird it is described as traceable ‘‘ almost to 
the vent.” . 
I have carefully examined the throat-mark in the speci- 
mens of B. erythrothorax, four in number, in the Norwich 
Museum, and find that in three of them the mesial line does 
not descend lower than the throat, but in the fourth (a male 
from the Sula Islands) an imperfect trace of it exists as low 
as the centre of the upper breast. 
I know not whether Mr. Blyth’s type specimens of his 
“* Lophastur jerdoni’’ are still in existence, and fear that such 
may not be the case; but if they are still to be found, a re- 
examination of them would be extremely desirable. 
As specimens of B. erythrothorax are rare in collections, it 
may be worth while to subjoin some measurements taken 
from those in the Norwich Museum. 
Middle 
Wing. Tarsus. toe s. w, 
inches, inches. inches, 
No.1. From the Sula Islands, 
marked ¢ by Mr. Wallace .... TAI: 1-2 14 
No. 2. From the Sula Islands, 
also marked ¢ by Mr. Wallace, 
but perhaps incorrectly ........ 12:0 1:2 1-45 
No. 3. From Macassar, marked 92 
[yy Ub ANEMEKS) 5 OG pocboooobor 12:0 12 13 
No. 4. Exact locality and sex un- 
LINO > socaudod ope ondcDNOOoK 12:0 1:2 15 
