182 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON NEW [Mar. 6, 



Plate IX. 



23. Bi(fo calamita, young specimen, 18 mm. in length. Left hind foot. 



X 12. 



24. CeratopJirys ornata, young J, 140 mm. in length. Left hind foot. 



X l.i. 



25. Lcptodacfyliis pcntadacfylus, large (^ specimen, 140 mm. in length. 



Left fore foot. Drawn as an opaque object. Nat. size. 



26. Psciidis paradoxa, tadpole, length of tail 110 mm. Left fore foot. 



Ossifleation has not yet begun. X ^. 



27. Pscudis, tadpole. Left hind foot, x SJ. 



28. Limnodynastes tasmaniensis, young (J , 38 mm. long. Left fore foot. 



X 6. 



29. Limnodynasfes tasmaniensis, yoimg (^ , 38 mm. in length. Left hind 



foot. X G. 



30. Phryniscus Icsvis, §, 45 mm. in length. Left fore foot. X 5. 



31. Phryniscus Icsvis, j, 45 mm. in length. Left hind foot. X 5. 



32. Ehomhophryne testudo, jf, 38 mm. in length. Left fore foot. X 5. 



33. Bkombophryne testudo, (^, 38 mm. in length. Left hind foot. X 4 J, 



Reference Letters. 

 References marked * all apply to special allusions in the text. 



Fore foot. — ;/'. i., foramen intercarpi. k, postaxial centrale. I., lunatum 

 (radiale). »., naviculare (preaxial centrale). p., ulnare (pyramidale). po. i., 

 carpal of pollex. po. ii., metacarpal of pollex. po. iii., po. iv., phalanges of 

 poUex. po. II., unsegmented element probably representing po. ii., po. iii., 

 & po. iv. r., radius, u., ulna. 2, 3, 4, 5, carpals of second, third, fourth, and 

 fifth digits. 2', 3', 4', 5', metacarpals. 4/^:, element (capitat urn) t'orinedhj the 

 fusion of the carpal of the fourth digit with our postaxial centrale. 3, 

 4 k, element formed by the fusion of the third and fourth carpals with our 

 postaxial centrale {capiiato-hamatum of Ecker). itk. 1 to 4, element {carpo- 

 centrale) formed by the fusion of the distal and central carpal elements, pk, 

 element formed by the fusion of the idnare with the postaxial centrale. 



Hind foot. — a., astragalus (tibiale?). c, calcaneus (fibulare?). n'., naviculare 

 (centrale). ph. i., first segment (tarsal) of pre-hallux. p)^- i'v second segment 

 (metatarsal) of pre-hallux. ph. in., ph. iv., third and fourth segments (phalan- 

 ges) of pre-hallux. 1, 2, 3, tarsals of the first, second, and third digits. 2, 3, 

 cithoideuvi, formed by fusion of second and third tarsalia. 1', 2', 3', 4', 5', 

 metatarsals of the first, second, third fourth, and fifth digits. 



2. Descriptions of some new Species of Birds from the Island 

 of Guadalcanar in the Solomon Archipelago, discovered 

 by Mr. C. M. Woodford. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 F.L.S. &c. 



[Eeceived January 18, 1888.] 



The Accipitres brought by Mr. Woodford from GruaJalcanar are 

 extremely interesting, and no less than three new species oi Astur 

 are represented in his collection. 



I propose to call them : — 



ASTUR HOLOMELAS, Sp. tl. 



Adult male. Entirely black, with a slaty-grey gloss on the back, 

 rump, wings, and tail, and decidedly more slaty on the under surface 

 of the body : " bill slaty black ; cere and orbital skin yellow ; iris 



