1887.] ON THE HERPETOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 333 



31. PORPHYRIO MELA.NOPTERTJS. 



Porphyria melanopterus, Temm. ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 280. 

 a. c? arl. Fauro. Iris reddisli brown ; bill and shield red ; legs 

 dirty pink ; joints of legs and toes grey. 



32. Demiegretta sacra. 



Bemiegretfa sacra (Grinel.) ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 345. 



a. cS ad. Fauro. Iris yellow ; legs yellow ; bill yellowish black. 



33. Butorides javanica. 



Butorides javanica (Horsf.); Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 359. 

 a. (S ad. Fauro. Upper mandible black, lower one pale yellow ; 

 iris yellow ; feet yellow ; legs grey. 



34. Nycticorax caledonicus. 



Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmel.) ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 3/2. 

 a. c? juv. Fauro. Iris yellow; legs yellow; bill black, yellow 

 below. 



35. Angus leucocapillus. 



Anous leucocapillus, Gould ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 457. 

 a. Shot at sea. Bill, eyes, and legs black. 



3. Secoud Contribution to the Herpetology of the Solomon 

 Islands \ By G. A. Boulenger, E.Z.S. 



(Plate XXVIII.) 

 [Eeceived February 15, 1887.] 



Eich as has been the herpetological booty of Mr. H. B. Guppy's 

 exploration of the islands of Bougainville Straits, the knowledge of 

 that fauna is so far from being exhausted that a recent visit to the 

 same islands by a second collector, Mr. C. M. Woodford, has yielded 

 examples of as many as nine more species of Keptiles and Batrachians, 

 seven of which are altogether new to science. The collection now 

 reported upon was made at two localities, viz.. Faro Island, and Alu, 

 Shortland Islands. It contains specimens of the following species 

 already known from the Solomon Group : — 



Faro : — Gymnodactylus pelagicus, Gir., Gehyra oceanica. Less., 

 Lepidodactylus guppyi, Blgr.^ Geclco vittatus, Houtt., Varanus 

 indicus, Daud., Lygosoma smaragdinum, Less., L. cyanurum. Less., 

 L. cyanogaster. Less, (carteretii, D. & B.), L. nigrum, Hombr. & 

 Jacq., Dipsas irregularis, Merr., Hoplocephalus par, Blgr., Rana 



1 Cf. Tr. Zool. Soc. xii. pp. 35-62, pis. vii.-xiii. (1886). 



^ Male with a long, uninterrupted series of femoral and prreanal pores, 

 angular mesially ; 44 pores altogetlner. 



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