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from the New Hebrides . 
No. 91. (J ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 7, 1899.— 
Bill black; feet dirty yellow; iris red. 
Nos. 120,121. <£ ? ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Sept. 18, 
1899.—Stomach contained beetles. 
The Cacomantis from the New Hebrides is distinct from 
the New Caledonian bird and also from that of the Fiji 
Islands. Capt. Shelley found only a slight difference in the 
size of the bill to separate Cacomantis simus of Fiji from 
C. bronzinus of New Caledonia. C. bronzinus and C. schis- 
taceigularis have very similarly coloured tails, the outer 
rectrices having narrow white bars on the inner web ; but in 
the former bird the rufous of the under surface is continued 
right up to the chin, whereas in the New-Hebridean examples 
the entire throat is dark slaty grey. In C. simus , from the 
Fiji Islands, the throat is pale grey to a certain extent, but 
the tail-markings are very different, for the white tips and 
tail-bands are very broad and often extend right across the 
feathers. 
Halcyon farquhari Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, x. 
p. xxix (Dec. 1899). (Plate VII.) 
No. 9. ? ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 7, 1899.— 
Culmen black; genvs whity flesh, tip black; legs bluish 
black; iris dark. 
No. 29. S ad. Tangkunen, Mallicollo.—Iris dark brown, 
with black centre ; legs black. 
No. 112. $ ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Sept. 16, 1899. 
This is a remarkable new species of Halcyon of the Cyan - 
alcyon section, and apparently quite distinct from any of those 
described. From H. leucopygius, which seems to be its 
most direct ally, it is at once recognizable by its blue lower 
back and cinnamon-orange breast and abdomen. It cannot 
be confounded with H. winchelli or H. quadricolor or any 
other species of the red-breasted group, as the cinnamon- 
orange colour of the underparts is quite peculiar. 
Halcyon juli,e (Heine); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 264( 1892); Wiglesw. t. c. p. 14. 
No. 21. ? ? juv. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo.—Upper man¬ 
dible black; lower mandible white, black at tip; iris dark. 
