1888.] ON THE BIRDS OF THE SOLOMON ARCHIPELVGO. 185 



Adult female. Similar to the female of E. remotum, but distin- 

 guished by its entirely chestnut tail, the whole of the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts being light rufous : " bill, legs, and 

 iris black" (C. J/. Woodford). Total length 8 inches, cuhnen O'Sj, 

 wing 4'4, tail 3, tarsus 0"9. 



The specific name is founded on the characters of the female, 

 which in this genus of Campophayidcs possesses the most strongly 

 marked distinctions. 



Fam. MusciCAPiDiE. 



POMAREA ERYTHROSTICTA, Sp. U. 



Pomarea castaneiventris (uec Verr.), Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 331. 



Adult female. General colour purplish black ; lesser and median 

 wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts, primary-coverts, quills, 

 and tail-feathers black, with a slight purplish gloss on the edges of 

 the feathers ; sides of head, throat, and chest glossy purplish black 

 like the back ; in front of the eye a spot of bright cinnamon ; breast, 

 abdomen, sides of body, flanks, and under tail-coverts deep chestnut ; 

 thighs chestnut with black bases ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 chestnut, the former with black bases ; edge of wing black ; lower 

 primary-coverts ashy ; quills dusky below, ashy along the edge of 

 wing towards the base : " bill grey ; legs black ; iris brown " (C M. 

 Woodford). Total length 5'6 inciies, culmen 0"7, wing 3-15, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus Ov5. 



Hab. Fauro. 



There is no doubt that this species is distinct from P. castanei- 

 ventris, the rufous spot in front of the eye distinguishing it at a 

 glance. 



3. Second List of the Birds collected by Mr. C. M. Wood- 

 ford ia the Solomon Archipelago. By W. R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant\ 



[Eeceived February 21, 1888.] 

 (Plate X.) 



In the Proceedings of this Society, 1887, pp. 328-333, I had the 

 pleasure of giving a list, with some notes on the first collection, of 

 Birds made by Mr. C. M. Woodford at Fauro, Alu, Shortland Island, 

 and other locahties in the Solomon Archipelago, which contained 

 examples of 35 species, two {Macrocorax woodfordi and Monarcha 

 erythrosticta) being new to science. 



The second collection made by the same gentleman, and described 

 in the present paper, is much more extensive, and contains represen- 

 tatives of 66 species, of which the majority were obtained at Aola and 

 Rovatu, in the Island of Guadalcanar, between the months of April 

 and July 1887 ; while a few were got at the Uttle island of llubiana 

 in March of the same year. 



1 SeeP.Z.S. 1887, p. 328. 



