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194 MR. W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT ON THE [Mar. 6, 28. EURYSTOMUS CRASSIROSTRIS. Eurystomus crassirostris, Sclater, Salvad. t. c. i. p. 510. A. 8 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 4. 4. 87. Bill red; legs red iris brown. Food, beetles. b. 8 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 7.4.87. Bill red; legs red iris brown. Food, beetles. c. 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 15.4.87. Bill red; legs red iris brown. Food, beetles. d. 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 30. 5. 87. Bill red ; legs red iris red-brown. e. 8 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 1.6.87. Bill red; legs red iris red-brown. 29. MACROPTERYX MYSTACEA. Macropteryx mystacea (Less.), Salvad. t. c. i. p. 537. a. 8 ad. Rovatu, Guadalcanar; 20. 5. 87. Bill black; legs black ; iris black. b, c. 8 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 24.6.87. Bill black ; legs black ; iris black. 30. COLLOCALIA SPODOPYGIA. Collocalia spodopygia (Peale), Salvad. t. c. i. p. 546. a. 8 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 2. 5. 87. Bill black ; legs black ; iris black. 31. HIRUNDO TAHITICA. Hirundo tahitica, Gm., Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 5. A. 2 ad. Rovatu River, Guadalcanar; 14. 5. 87. Bill black ; legs black ; iris black. 32. MONARCHA CASTANEIVENTRIS. Pomarea castaneiventris (Verr.), Salvad. t.c. ii. p. 11 ; Sharpe, t. c. part xviii. pi. «. 8 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 12.4.87. Bill blue; legs blue; iris black. b. 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 22. 4. 87. Bill blue ; legs blue; iris black. c. 2 ad- Aola, Guadalcanar ; 2. 5. 87. Bill slate-blue ; legs slate-blue ; iris black. d. 8 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 20. 5. 87. Bill slate ; legs slate ; iris black. e. 2 ad- Aola, Guadalcanar; 7. 7. 87. Bill slate; legs slate; iris black. There is no doubt about the correctness of the above identification, as I have Verreaux's type before me. The Monarcha rufo-castanea of Ramsay (see Sharpe, in Gould's Birds of N e w Guinea, part xviii. pi.) is stated to come from Lango, Guadalcanar ; but the three speci­mens in the Natural-History Museum were obtained by M r . G. E. Richards in San Christoval, and I think it almost certain that Mr. Ramsay's type specimens must also have come from that island.