1887.] FROM THE SOLOMON ARCHIPELAGO. 329 



Young male. Greneral colour above warm brown, with rufous 

 edges to the feathers. Upper wing- and tail-coverts brown, with 

 rufous edges. Quills above brown, with narrow light-red edges, 

 indistinctly barred with dark brown, except on the outer web of the 

 primaries, the distal half of the inner web pale buffy red, showing 

 the dark bars very strongly. Tail-feathers brown, with 9 or more 

 narrow dark brown cross bars, the outer pair on each side inclining 

 to reddish. Crown of head, occiput, and sides of neck dull brown. 

 Nape and hind neck reddish brown, the former showing traces of 

 grey. Lores, eyebrows, ear-coverts, and cheeks grey. Throat 

 whitish grey. Neck, breast, and under tail-coverts buffy white, with 

 broad reddish-brown bars on some of the feathers. Abdomen 

 whitish buff and almost immaculate. Sides of body, flanks, and 

 thighs reddish bufp with faint bars of darker. Under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries the same. Under surface of quills ashy white, shading 

 into pale buffy red, with marked brown cross bars, indistinct on the 

 outer web of the primaries. 



Measurements the same as above. 



This young male is evidently just entering its first moult, and has 

 already got one of the adult grey feathers in the secondaries. 



2. Haliastur girrenera. 



Haliastur girrenera (V.) ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 15. 



a, b. 2 ad. Alu. Iris brown ; bill and legs yellow. 



c. c? juv. Fauro. Bill black ; iris brown ; legs yellow. 



3. Pandion leucocephalus. 



Pandion leucocephalus, Gould; Salvad. t.c. i. p. 11. 



a, b. <S Alu. Iris pale or dull yellow ; bill black ; legs dirty 



grey. 



c. c? juv. Alu. Iris reddish yellow. 



4. Cacatua ducorpsi. 



Caeatua ducorpsii, Jacq. & Pucher. ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 104. 

 a. d ad. Alu. Iiis brown ; skin round eye blue ; bill and feet 

 grey. 



5. Geoffroyius heteroclitus. 

 Geoffroyius heteroclitus (Hombr. & Jacq.) ; Salvad. t. c. i. 



Iris pale yellow ; bill black ; feet and legs 

 grey. 



6. Eclectus polychlorus. 



Edectus pectoralis (P. L. S. Miill.) ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 197- 



a. (S ad. Alu. Upper mandible yellow ; legs black ; iris yellow. 



b, c. d ad. Alu. Upper mandible orange, lower black; legs 

 dirty grey; iris yellow. Nom. vernac. " Karo." 



