105 [\'()1. \.\i. 



BaTIS CHADEXSIS, sp. 11. 



Adult male. Similar to the male oi B. orient alis, Heusil. 

 Wing 55 mm.; ciilraeu 15; tail 39; tarsus 17. 



Adult ftm'ilc. Much like the female of B. orientalis, but 

 with an indistinct chestnut collar across the hind-neck ; 

 the crown is grey ; the back grey, washed with reddish ; and 

 the white on the wini^-coverts wider than in B. orientalis. 

 Wing 55 mm. ; culmen li; tail 38; tarsus 17. 



A specimen in the British Museum from Omschanga, 

 Dar-fur (Bohndorff collection), is referable to B. chadensis. 



Obs. This new s[)ecies may be regarded as an intermediate 

 form hetween B. senegalensis, Linn., and B. orientuUs. 



Hah. Lake Chad, ranging eastwards to Dar-fur. 



Types : $. 30. x. 04 ; % . 30. xi. 04. Arrigi, Lake Chad. 



Dr. Hartert exhibited and described examples of the 

 following new forms from the Solomon Islands : — 



Myzomela eichhorni atrata, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Upper surface black, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts deep scarlet-red. Quills dull black, inwardly 

 margined with smoky white, outwardly with dull olive; 

 chin and throat deep scarlet- red ; sides of the head and neck 

 black, the black of the chest faintly tinged with olive and 

 merging into the yellowish-olive of the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts. Rectrices dull black, narrowly edged with 

 olive. '^ Bill black, iris brown, feet dark slate." Wing 

 675-70 mm. ; tail 48-51 ; culmen 21-22. 



Adult female. Above dark olive ; head and neck darkest, 

 almost blackish ; feathers of the rump broadly tipped with 

 red ; throat scarlet ; and the rest of the under surface olive 

 with a yellow tinge. Wing 60-6 15 mm. ; tail 41*5-43 ; 

 culmen 20. 



Hah. Vella Lavella I., Central Group of the Solomon 

 Islands. 



Type in the Tring Museum : c? • No. 3884, 28. ii. 08. 



Obs, One male has scarlet tips to the feathers of the 

 occiput. The male dift'ers from that of M. e. eichhorni 

 in being black above, instead of dark olive, darker and 



