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Show 1887.J ON THE HERPETOLOGY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 333 31. PORPHYRIO MELANOPTERUS. Porphyrio melanopterus, Temm.; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 280. a. d ad. Fauro. Iris reddish brown; bill and shield red; legs dirty pmk ; joints of legs and toes grey. 32. DEMIEGRETTA SACRA. Demiegretta sacra (Gmel.) ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 345. a. d ad. Fauro. Iris yellow ; legs yellow ; bill yellowish black. 33. BuTORIDES JAVANICA. Butorides javanica (Horsf.) ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 359. _ a. d ad. Fauro. Upper mandible black, lower one pale yellow ; ins yellow ; feet yellow ; legs grey. 34. NYCTICORAX CALEDONICUS. Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmel.); Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 372. a. d juv. Fauro. Iris yellow; legs yellow; bill black, yellow below. 35. ANOUS LEUCOCAPILLUS. Anous leucocapillus, Gould ; Salvad. t. c. iii. p. 457. a. Shot at sea. Bill, eyes, and legs black. 3. Second Contribution to the Herpetology of the Solomon Islands1. By G. A. B O U L E N G E R , F.Z.S. (Plate XXVIII.) [Eeceived February 15, 1887.] Rich as has been the herpetological booty of Mr. H. B. Guppy's exploration of the islands of Bougainville Straits, the knowledge of that fauna is so far from being exhausted that a recent visit to the same islands by a second collector, Mr. C. M . Woodford, has yielded examples of as many as nine more species of Reptiles and Batrachians, seven of which are altogether new to science. Tbe collection now reported upon was made at two localities, viz.j Faro Island, and Alu, Shortland Islands. It contains specimens of the following species already known from the Solomon Group :- Faro:-Gymnodactylus pelagicus, Gir., Gehyra oceanica, Less., Lepidodactylus guppyi, Blgr.2, Gecko vittatus, Houtt., Varanus indicus, Daud., Lygosoma smaragdinum, Less., L. cyanurum, Less., L. cyanogaster, Less, (carteretii, D. & B.), L. nigrum, Hombr. & Jacq., Dipsas irregularis, Merr., Hoplocephalus par, Blgr., Rana 1 Cf. Tr. Zool. Soc. xii. pp. 35-62, pis. vii.-xiii. (1886). 2 Male witb a long, uninterrupted series of femoral and prseanal pores, angular mesially ; 44 pores altogether. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1887, No. XXIII. 23 |
