356 THE OBUISE OF TEE ' OUBAQOA.' 



PLATE II. Fig. 1. 

 GOLLOGALIA HYPOLEUGA. 



(CoUociliii hypoleuca, G. If. Gr. Proc. Zool. fioc. 1858, p. 170.) 



The upper surface of a glossy green-black ; side of head, throat 

 and breast fuscous black, with each feather margined with white, 

 the lower part of breast and abdomen pure white ; the under tail- 

 coverts glossy greenish black ; the tail metallic black, the inner 

 web of each lateral feather with a prominent white space near the 

 base. 



Length 4", wings 4". 



Specimens were obtained at Uji or Griilf Island, which is one 

 of the Solomon group. 



' Eyes black. Contents of stomach, very small insects.' 



This species is also found in New Gruinea, Mysol and Aru 

 Islands. It is closely allied to Oollocalia Linchi, Horsf., but is 

 larger in all its measurements. 



PLATE II. Fig. 2. 

 GOLLOGALIA UBOPYGIALTS. 



(CoUociilia uropygialis. G. R. Gr. Ann. and Mag. of N. H. 1866, p. 123.) 



Upper surface metallic black, with a broad band of pure white 

 on the rump ; throat and breast greyish ; abdomen pure white ; 

 under tail-coverts metallic greenish black, with the smaller ones 

 margined with white ; quills and tail-feathers above metallic 

 greenLsh black, the latter with a white spot on the inner web of 

 each of tlie three lateral feathers, that on the first and third less 

 in size, sometimes only found on the second and third lateral 

 feathers ; under wing-coverts metallic greenish black, with the 

 larger ones margined with white. 



Length 4", wings 3" 9"', tail \" 9'". 



This bird has lutherto only been obtained at New Hebrides 

 (Anatom), where it is called by the natives ' Nahawpgag.' 



These two species belong to the genus Gollocalia, all the species 

 of which form the well-known edible bird-nest, so much sought 

 after by the Chinese for culinary piu-poses. 



