collected or observed in the New Hebrides, 275 
28. Eudynamis tahitius (Gm.). 
This Cuckoo was shot by a native on the banks of a river 
which we were descending, in Vate. Neither Mr. Young, 
with whom I was staying, nor the native seemed to know it. 
On Ambrym I saw a native with some tail-feathers of this 
species stuck in his wool as a decoration. Iris dark brown; 
bill dark brown; legs and feet green.—L. L. 
29. Ptilopus greyi, G. R. Gray. 
These lovely Doves were more abundant near Havanna 
Harbour (Vate) than elsewhere; on the other side of the island 
they were unknown to the resident missionary. There the 
Yellow-headed Dove (no. 30) was found; and it did not 
extend, in its turn, to the Havanna-Harbour side. The Red¬ 
headed Doves were generally scattered through the bush; 
the Yellow-headed frequented the banian trees, then in 
fruit, coming in flocks, but most wary in their habits and dif- 
, ficult to get at. Both species were in prime condition, covered 
with fat, rendering them doubly difficult to skin. Iris light 
orange; bill green; legs and feet maroon.—L. L. 
30. Chryscenas, sp. inc. 
Erromango, Vate, and Ambrym were the islands where I 
procured this fine Dove. Its yellow head reminded me of 
that of the glorious Orange Dove of Fiji, or more so of 
the new species described by my father from Kandavu, C. 
viridiSj Layard. I was especially pleased to get this bird, as, 
if I mistake not, Mr. Ramsay, the curator of the Australian 
Museum, showed me a specimen from Mallicolo, brought in 
alcohol by the surgeon of H.M.S. ^ Pearl,^ and which, he said, 
was a new and undescribed species. Iris buff"; bill green; 
legs maroon.—L. L. 
I cannot help thinking this bird comes very near the genus 
ChrysoenaSi being intermediate between it and Ptilopus ; but 
I have no diagnosis of its characters to which to refer. The 
apical termination of the first primary is more cut away than 
in Chryscenasj but not so much as in Ptilopus. —E. L. L. 
\_Note. —No specimen of this bird has been sent by Mr. 
Layard.—H. B. T.] 
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