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Show 1871.] ON BIRDS F R O M T H E PACIFIC ISLANDS. 23 difference between these and specimens from the neighbouring Samoa, and from the Wallis Island Uea. Long. al. caud. rostr. 3"ll'"-4"2'" 2"4'"-2"6'" 5-5!'" (c?) 4 1 2 4 5| (?) " Irides orange-yellow ; bill orange-red ; feet orange-yellow. Native name, Senga or Senga wao." (Kubary.) 3. HALCYON RECURVIROSTRIS (Lafresn.); Finsch et Hartl. I. c. p. 41. Three males and one female; both sexes alike and agreeing with specimens from Upolu, as described by us (I. ci). As usual in the members of the subgenus Todiramphus, there exists a considerable variation in the intensity of the colours of the underparts. In one male these are, as well as the neck-band, pale buff, as figured in the Atlas of the United States Exploring Expedition (pl. 17) ; in another male the neck-band and the sides of the body are dark buff, chin and middle of breast and vent nearly white ; whereas in a third male the whole underparts, except the chin, are uniform intense buff, darkest on the vent and under tail-coverts; the spot on the occiput also varies from white to dark buff. Long. al. caud. rostr. latit. a bas. 2"ll'"-3"0'" 2"-2"3'" 13-14'" 6'" (6) 3 1 2 1 14 6 (?) "Native name, Tistaro." (Kubary.) This species was hitherto known only from the Island of Upolu. 4. COLLOCALIA SPODIOPYGA (Peale) ; Finsch et Hartl. 1. c. p. 48. One specimen, similar to others from Upolu and the Vitis. Long. al. rectr. ext. rectr. interm. tars. 4" 5'" 23'" 18!'" 4'" 5. RHIPIDURA NEBULOSA, Peale; Finsch et Hartl. I. c. p. 86. One specimen in spirits, agreeing with the young bird from Upolu, as described by us, I. c. Long. al. rectr. med. rectr. ext. rostr. a front, tars. 2" 6'" 2" 10'" 2" 3'" 3P" 8'" 6. AMBLYNURA CYANOVIRENS (Peale). Erythrura cyanovirens, Finsch et Hartl. I. c. p. 100. Two specimens (in different plumages) of the young bird, but not different from Upolu specimens. One specimen resembles the young, as described by us (I. c.) ; but the whole head is dark green, like the back ; some of the feathers on the vertex show narrow edgings of a dull red; the tail-feathers and the upper tail-coverts are also dull red; the upper mandible is black, with a lateral yellow basal spot; the lower mandible is yellow, tipped with black ; feet dark. |