362 TEE CRUISE OF THE ' CVBAQOA: 



PLATE V. 

 PHILEMON SOLATEBL 



(Philemon Sclateri, G. S. Gr. Ann. and Mag. of N. H. 1870, p. 327.) 



Female. Above brown, with an olive tinge ; rump and tail dull 

 rufous brown, each feather of the latter margined with yellowish 

 olive ; wings fuscous black, with the outer margins of quills 

 yellowish olive, especially of the tertials ; top and sides of head 

 fuscous black, each feather broadly margined on its sides with 

 yellowish white ; throat white, tinged with grey, with a broad 

 line of black on each side, proceeding from the ears ; breast 

 white, with black dashes down the middle of each feather, the 

 black fading into brown on the upper part of the abdomen. Bill 

 yellowish white ; feet plumbeous. 



Length 11", wings 5" 6'", bill 1" 6'", tarsi I" 4f". 

 ' Eyes dark brown. Contents of stomach, honey.' 

 A single specimen only is in the collection, which was obtained 

 at Wanga, San-Christoval. This bird was recorded by Mr. Sclater, 

 in his list of Solomon Islands' birds, under the name of Philemon 

 vulturinus, Homb. & J. Through the kindness of that gentle- 

 man, I am enabled to rectify, by comparison, this error, which was 

 entirely occasioned by the wretched state of the specimen he had 

 xinder examination. 



