from the New Hebrides. 347 
brown; eyelash yellow. Alarm-note like a Blackbird's 
' siss, siss/ The only one seen on Mallicollo. 
Nos. 87-89, 116, 117. $ . Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 
and Sept. 1899. 
Captain Farquhar, in his notes, refers to the fact that the 
Mallicollo bird is not so dark as that from Espiritu Santo 
and is a little smaller. He writes “ Very wild, but not 
uncommon near Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo. I obtained 
three clutches of eggs, two incubated, two fresh, one just 
laid; also a nest with two young birds. The nest was of 
fine roots, lined with dead blades of grass and dead leaves. 
Dimensions 5 x 3J X 2 in. The eggs like those of Turdus 
iliacus : 2’5 x 1*6. This Thrush breeds in August and 
September.” 
It is unfortunate that Captain Farquhar obtained only 
hen birds ( vide anted , p. 337), and all Mr. Layard's specimens 
from Mare seem to have been preserved in spirits, so that an 
exact comparison between the specimens from the two 
localities has been difficult. I have, however, been unable 
to find any tangible point of difference between them, and 
I think that it is extremely probable that M. mareensis is the 
M. vanicorensis of Quoy and Gaimard, as Mr. Wigles worth 
has suggested, especially as the white-streaked under tail- 
coverts are mentioned in the description, though omitted in 
the plate, of M. vanicorensis. A comparison of New Hebrides 
birds with specimens from Yanikoro will be necessary. 
Erythrura cyaneifrons Layard; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 42; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 386 (1890). 
No. 66. S ad. Fila, Efate, July 1, 1899.—Bill black; legs 
yellowish flesh-colour; iris dark. Feeding in flocks on 
grass-seeds. 
Nos. 67, 69. $ ad. 68. $ ad. Fila, Efate, July 1, 1899. 
No. 101. ad. Dip Point, Ambryn, August 15, 1899. 
Aplonis rufipennis Layard; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 137 (1890). 
No. 55. $ ad. Errakate B., Espiritu Santo, June 18, 
1899.—Bill and legs black; iris dark brown. 
