396 Ant. Reichenow und Herman Schalow: 



Total length 5,5 to 6 in.; mmg 2,65; tail 2,7; tarsus 0,7. 

 Hab.: San Cliristoval, Solomon Islands. 



293. P iezorJiynchus Richardsi. 



E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. Vol. 6. p. 177. 



All the Upper surface of ttie body, wings and tail black, wings 

 and tail below blackish-brown, the breast and all the under sur- 

 face cinnamon rufous ; the throat, chin, ehest, lores, the forehead, 

 and earcoverts black ; eyelashes black ; the occiput, nape, and hind- 

 neck, and a ring round the eye white, the white from the hind- 

 neck extending on to the sides of the neck, but not meeting on 

 the throat. Bill blue ; legs and feet black. 



Total length 5,7; wing 2,95; tail 2,55; tarsus 0,7; bill from 

 forehead 0,7. 



Hab, : Island of Ugi. 



294. PiezorJiynchus squamulatus. 



H. B. Tristrara, Ibis. Vol. 6. No. 21. 1882. p. 136. 



$. P. capite nigro resplendente, fascia alba circum Collum a 

 latere thoracis; dorso nigro; uropygio late albo; cauda nigra; 

 rectricibus tribus externis albo terminatis; tectricibus superioribus 

 medialiter uigris, macula alba ad apicem nigro marginata instructis ; 

 tectricibus majoribus albis, nigro marginatis in pogonio externo, 

 duas fascias albas ostendentibus ; remigibus nigris, duabus maculis 

 albis ad extremum secundariorum; mento et thorace nigris, fascia 

 pectorali quasi squamosa, plumis ad basin nigris macula alba tetra- 

 gona nigro marginata; pectore, abdomine, subalaribus et crisso 

 albis; tarsis et pedibus plumbeis, rostro nigro. 



Lg. tot. 6,45 ; alae 3,12 ; caudae 2,9 ; tarsi 0,8 ; rostri a rictu 0,75. 



Hab.: Ugi Island, Solomons. 



295. Poecilodrij as albifacies. 



R. B. Sharp e, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. Vol. 16. 1882. p. 318. 

 Similis P. leucopi, sed regione periophthalmica tota alba 

 distinguenda. 



Long, tot, 4,5; alae 2,85; tarsi 0,8. 

 Hab.: S. E. New Guinea. 



296. Pomarea (Monarcha) ugiensis, 



E. P. Ramsay, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. 16. p. 128. 



The whole of the plumage shining bluish black; the underside 

 of the tail brownish black ; the underside of the quills brownish black, 

 of a lighter tint towards the base of the inner webs ; the outer 

 series of the under wing-coverts of the primaries brown tipped 

 with black. Legs and feet black; bill blue-black, whitish on the 

 tip and margins of the mandibles. 



Tot. lg. about 7 inches; wings 3,5; tail 3,5; tarsus 0,8; bill 

 from forehead 0,95; from angle of the mouth 1,05; from nostril 0,6. 



Hab. : Island of Ugi, Solomon Islands. 



297. Ehipidura Astrolahi. 



M. E. Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris. Seanee du 

 12. mars 1881. 



