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grey ; back and remainder of the upper surface of the body aad 

 wings dark golden green with coppery-red reflections in certain 

 lights ; quills black, the primaries margined with bluish metallic 

 green on the outer webs, the primary-coverts tipped with golden 

 green. The under surface, from the chest downwards, of a rich 

 cinnamon-chestnut, becoming darker on the under tail-coverts ; 

 the tail-feathers of a rich steel-blue banded broadly with a band 

 of ash-colour, the tips of the feathers being dark golden green. 

 Bill black ; cere reddish (dry skin); feet reddish purple ; " irides 

 red." 



The size is about equal to that of Garj^oj^liaga zoe and O. rufi- 

 gaster (Quoy et Graim.). 



5. Baza GfeKeti, sp. nov. 



Similar to Baza Beinwardti in many respects, but differs in 

 having a paler head and neck, in having an almost pure white 

 under surface, and in the bars being narrower, fewer, and of a 

 darker tint. The shoulders are of a rich slate-colour of the same 

 tint as the primaries ; the breast and abdomen white, with a few 

 very narrow cross bands of blackish slate ; the margins of the 

 shoulders and under wing-coverts white ; a faint tinge of buff on 

 the median under-coverts ; the lower part of the abdomen and of 

 the flanks and the under tail-coverts buff ; tail ashy white below, 

 ashy brown above, showing remains of two oblique blackish cross 

 bands on its basal half, the first about the centre of the tail and 

 extending over both webs, the apical third of the tail black. 

 Bill black ; legs and feet mealy brown ; iris yellow. 



Total length 15 to 16 inches ; wing 12, tail 8, tarsus 1'3 ; bill 

 (tip broken, but allowed for) 1"05, from gape 1"2. 



Kah. " Ugi " (Eev. George Brown), and " Cape Pitt " (Cocke- 

 rell), Solomon Islands. 



Ugi is a small island about ten miles off " Gaudalcanar." 



When I first notified Baza Reimoardti from the Solomon 

 Islands, I was under the impression I had a veritable Solomon- 

 Island bird before me. It now turns out that such was not the 

 case ; hence the mistake. There can be no doubt of the birds 

 now under consideration both being from the Solomons. Dr. 

 Finsch, who has examined my series, is of opinion that Baza 

 Gurneyi is a good species. We have before us now specimens 

 from New Britain, Port Moresby, Solomon Islands, and our own 

 Baza subcristata from Australia : they are all probably varieties 



