1888.] BIRDS or THE SOLOMON ARCHIPELAGO. 197 



/, c? ad. Aola; 5. 6. 87. Bill black; legs grey; iris black. 



m. S ad. Aola ; 4. 7. 87. Bill black ; legs grey ; iris black. 



n. 2 ad. ? Aola ; 7. 7. 87. Bill black ; legs grey ; iris brown. 



0. S ad. Aola; 11. 7. 87. Bill black; legs light brown ; iris 

 black. 



The young male resembles the adult female, but has the yellow 

 of the outer axillaries indistinct or absent and the yellow of the 

 under tail-coverts and flanks much paler. 



As the young male becomes adult the whitish colour of the throat, 

 lower breast, and belly becomes yellow and the pectoral zone becomes 

 of a deeper brown and more defined. 



42. CiNNYRIS PRENATUS. 



Cyrstostomus frenatus (S. Miill.), Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 265. 



a. c? ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 20. 6. 87- Bill black ; legs 

 black ; iris black. 



43. Myzomela sharpei, sp. n. (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



a. cJ ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 4. 7- 87. Bill black ; legs olive ; 

 iris black. 



Forehead dull black ; occiput, neck, and back olive-yellow ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts rufous olive. Wing-coverts, quills, and tail- 

 feathers blackish edged with olive-yellow, primaries with the upper 

 half of the inner web edged with white. Cheeks and throat dull 

 black ; neck and upper breast same as back ; rest of the under 

 surface yellowish buff. Quills below grey edged with white, tail- 

 feathers grey. 



This species is quite unlike anything hitherto described, and I 

 have named it in honour of my colleague Mr. Bowdler Sharpe. 



Total length 5-1 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 2-5, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-9. 



44. Dictum ^neum. 



Dicaum ceneum, Jacq. & Pucher. ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 280 ; Sharpe, 

 t. c. pt. xvii. pi. 



a. S ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 5.7.87. Bill black ; legs black; 

 iris black. 



45. Erythrura trichroa. 



Erythrura trichroa (Kittl.), Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 442. 



a. S imm. Aola, Guadalcanar; 9. 6. 87. Bill black; legs 

 pale brown ; iris dark brown. 



b. $ ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 30.6.87. Bill black; legs 

 light brown ; iris dark brown. 



c-e. d' , 2 $ ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 5. 7. 87. Bill black ; 

 legs light brown ; iris black. 



/. $ ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 6.7.87. Bill black; legs light 

 brown ; iris black. 



The adult male differs from the young male and females in 

 having the forehead and cheeks brighter azure-blue and the whole 

 up|)er and under surface much brighter green. 



