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Petrgbca similis Gray; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 
p. 169 ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 24. 
No. 40. £ juv. Polenia Bay, Erromanga, May 26, 1899.— 
Bill and feet dark brown. 
Artamides caledonicus (Gm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. iv. p. 10 (1879) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 24. 
No. 6. $ ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 13, 1899.— 
Bill and feet black ; iris light yellow, with black centre. 
Common. Very inquisitive, and sure to appear at once 
on hearing the alarm-note of any other bird. 
Diaphoropterits n/evius (Forst.) ; Oberh. Proc. Philad. 
Acad. 1899, p. 214. 
Symmoi'phus ncevius (Gm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 
p. 110 (1879) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 26. 
No. 12. Juv. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 13, 1899.— 
Bill dark horn-colour, lighter at base of under mandible; 
feet dark plumbeous ; iris dark. 
Nos. 70, 71. 6 ad. 72. $ . Dillon's Bay, Erromanga, 
July 24, 1899.—Bill and legs black. 
No. 78. Ad. Efate [ Vate]. 
Lalage flavotincta, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxviii 
(Dec. 1899). 
No. 17. $ ad. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo.— Bill dark 
slate-colour ; feet plumbeous ; iris dark. 
No. 61. $ ad. Tangoa, Espiritu Santo, June 21, 1899. 
No. 62. ad. S. of Espiritu Santo, June 22, 1899. 
No. 85. c? ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 4, 1899.— 
Bill black ; feet dark plumbeous. 
The four specimens from the above-mentioned islands all 
agree together, and differ from the type specimens of Lalage 
banksiana, in having the under surface of the body and the 
light pattern of the wings and tail of a beautiful yellow 
instead of white. My first idea was that the colour of the 
Vanua Lava types had faded, but the figure drawn from the 
fresh specimens by Smit in the “ Cruise of the ‘Cura 9 oa 5 ” 
depicts L. banksiana as white below with a slight tinge of 
fawn-colour, which is the tint of the specimens at the 
