EURYSTOMUS S A L O M O N E N SI S. 
SOLOMON ISLAND BEOAD-BILLED EOLLEE. 
Eurystomus crassirosiris (nec Sclater), Gray in Brenchley^s ^Cruise of the Cura 9 oa/ p. 358 (1873) ; Tristram, Ibis, 
1882, p. 143 ; Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 330, 1888, p. 194. 
Eurystomus solomonensis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 552; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mns. xvii. p. 40, pi. iii. fig. 1. 
Eurystomus salomonensis, Sharpe, Dresser, Ibis, 1891, p. 102. 
FigurcB notahiles. 
Brenchley, *’ Cruise of the Cnra 9 oa,’ pi. iii.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mns. xvii. pi. iii. fig. 1. 
Hab. Solomon Islands. 
Ad. Eur. crassirostri similis, sed rostro omnino rnbro, culmine nec nigro apicato. 
AdtcU male (Guadalcanal', Solomon Islands).—Similar to Eurystomus crassirosiris, but has the 
entire bill red, without any black at the tip of the culmen. Total length about 12'5 inches, gape 1'6, 
wing 7*9, tail 5'I5, tarsus 0*75. 
The present species has recently been separated from Eurystorrius crassirosiris by Dr. Sharpe, the 
only difference being that the former has the bill entirely red, w’hereas in E. crassirosiris it is 
red with a blackish tip to the culmen. The difference is so slight that I have some doubts as to 
the propriety of recognizing it as a valid species; but all the specimens I have had an opportunity of 
examining from the Solomon group have the culmen entirely red, whereas those from other localities 
have it tipped with black, and I therefore have deemed it advisable to follow Dr. Sharpe’s example 
and separate the two forms. 
So far as is yet known, the present species is only found on the islands belonging to the Solomon 
group ; Canon Tristram records it as having been met with on San Cristoval, Ugi Island, Guadal- 
canar, and Savo ; Brenchley obtained it on Ugi Island in August; and there is a specimen in the 
British Museum from Alu obtained by Mr. C M. Woodford. 
Respecting the habits or nidification of the present species there is nothing on record. 
The specimen figured and described is in my own collection. 
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