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Halcyon albicilla, Cuv. 
This remarkable species lias a wide range all over the Solomon 
Group, South-East of New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, 
and the Duke of York Islands. 
Edoliisoma salomonensis, Ramsay. 
Graucalus salomonensis , Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., (1) iv p. 314 ; 
id. (1) vii. p. 22 (1882), sp. 20. 
Graucalus pusillus ) Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., (1) iv. p. 71. 
(1879). 
An interesting species allied to Graucalus swainsoni , var. 
lineatus. 
Sauloprocta tricolor, Vieill. ; Ramsay , P. L. S., N.S.W., (1) 
iv. p. 82 (1879). 
This is a large form of the well known Australian species, 
S. motacilloides ; the young just from the nest resemble the 
adults, but have the feathers of the shoulders, upper wing-coverts 
and scapulars tipped with dull brown. 
POMAREA LEUCOPIITIIALMUS, Sp. UOV. 
The present species of Pomarca I believe to be undescribed, as 
I have not been able to find any description with which it agrees. 
It comes near Pomarea castaneiventris (Verr.), but is a slightly 
lirger bird. 
Head, neck, throat, chest, and all the upper surface shiny 
black, the feathers of the throat in the female (?) elongated, under 
surface of the wings and tail feathers dark brown, the inner 
margins of the primaries below dull ashy-white, abdomen, under 
wing- and tail-coverts dark chestnut, a conspicuous crescent- 
shaped spot of white in front of the eye of the female ( ?) ; in 
the male (?) this spot, is light rufous , but may have been stained 
by the spirits in which the specimens were preserved ; bill black, 
margins of the mandibles horn-white, legs and feet black. Total 
length G* 6 - 6*8 inches, wings 5*25 -5*5 inches, tail 3 inches, 
tarsus 0*7 - 0*81 inch, bill from forehead 0*7 — 0*75 inch, fronr 
nostril 0*5 inch, height at nostril 025 - 0‘ 3 inch, width at nostrii 
0*25-0*3 inch. 
This species differs from Pomarea castaneiventris (Verr.) in 
having a crescent-shaped white mark on the lores in front of the 
eye, the tail and wings above shining blue-black, the under surface 
blackish-brown, with the margins of the quills shading into ashy 
white on their inner webs, there is also a greater extent of black 
on the sides of the chest. In one specimen ? there is just the 
slightest tip of white on some of the outer tail feathers, and the 
chestnut or chocolate tint of the under surface is darker and of a 
