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Show 1876.] DR. O. tTNSCH ON SOME FIJIAN BIRDS. 19 63. GALLINAGO ANDINA, Tacz. Gallinago frenata, Scl. and Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 156. G. andina, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 561. Having compared one of Mr. Whitely's skins with M . Taczanowski's typical specimens, we find them to be identical, and, moreover, that the bird we attributed in a former paper to the common G. frenata of Eastern South America really belongs to a distinct species, as shown by M . Taczanowski. Without placing much stress upon differences of coloration (a variable and unsatisfactory character in the Snipes), the shortness of the tarsi in G. andina at once shows its distinctness from G. frenata. The other dimensions are nearly the same in the two species: the bills appear to be shorter in G. andina ; but upon this character no value can be placed. Mr. Whitely (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 156) says that "the legs and toes are brownish flesh-colour," i. e. in life. In the skin they are much paler than those of G. frenata ; so that possibly a distinction here exists between the two birds. 6. Notes on some Fijian Birds, including Description of a new Genus and Species. By O T T O FINSCH, Ph.D., C.M.Z.S., &c. [Received December 8, 1875.] The Museum Godeffroy at Hamburg has received a small collection of birds from Mr. Theodor Kleinschmidt, of Ovalau, upon which I beg leave to make a few remarks. I have also the pleasure of describing a curious new Malurine form, which offers a very interesting addition to the avifauna of the Fijis and Central Polynesia. HALCYON SACRA, Gm. One specimen with the blue of the head surrounded by a band of bright buff; the nuchal collar, sides of vent and flanks, the under wing- and tail-coverts also strongly tinged with buff. Apparently a young bird, agreeing with our descriptions (Finsch & Hartl. 'Orn. Centr.-Polyn.' p. 34, "jiingerer Vogel von Viti") and that of the "young" by Sharpe (Kingf. pl. 85). COLLOCALIA SPODIOPYGIA, Peale. Two specimens, agreeing in every respect with specimens from the Navigators' (Upolu). MYZOMELA JUGULARIS, Peale. An old male in full plumage ; rump and upper tail-coverts scarlet; throat and crop pale orange, remainder of underparts yellowish. DRYMOCH^ERA, gen. nov. (e)pvpds, sylva ; xuipu), gaudeoi) The systematic position of this new and curious Malurine form is between Camaroptera and Orthotomus. The former has a much 2* |
