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Show 2. MESSRS. HARTLAUB AND FINSCH [Jan. 3, Jong, al. 2" 6"' 2 3 2 4 caud. 13'" 12 13 rostr. 5'" c. 5 5i alt. a bas. Aim H42 4A H2 tars. 81'" 8 8 The other specimen, more advanced in age, has the vertex and cheeks already red as in the old bird, but the upper and under surfaces are still dark green, except a blue tinge on the chin and occiput; bill black, basal half of the lower mandible yellow ; feet dark. dig. med. 6'" (jun., Savai.) 5| (jun., Savai.) 6 (ad., Upolu.) 7. LOBIOSPIZA NOTABILIS, Hartl. et Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 817, pl. xlix. W e are much pleased to find a second specimen of this interesting new form in the collection of Mr. Kubary, from Savai. This specimen, forwarded in spirits, agrees with the type as described /. c, but convinces us also that that, as we had suspected, was only a young bird. The specimen from Savai is apparently in a more advanced state, showing the whole surface of head, the upper tail-coverts, and the outer edges of the rectrices of a dirty pale reddish brown, which colour, having lost its intensity by the influence of the spirit, has been formerly of a vivid red. W e are assured of this point by having before us an old specimen of Amblynura cyanovirens, in which the red of the head has also changed into a dirty reddish brown. W e have reason to suspect that the very old bird of Lobiospiza will show a far more brilliant and beautiful plumage. 8. STURNOIDES ATRIFUSCA (Peale) ; Finsch et Hartl. I. c. p. 107. Three specimens, in every respect agreeing with specimens from Upolu. There exists some difference in size. Long. al. caud. rostr. tars. dig. med. 5"4"'-5"8"' 3" 9"'-4" 13'" 16-17'" 11|-12'" " Native name, Fuia." (Kubary.) 9. CARPOPHAGA PACIFICA (Gmel.) ; Finsch et Hartl. 1. c. p. 142, et Journ. f. Orn. 1870, p. 134. Three specimens, agreeing with specimens from Upolu and Tongatabu, and varying in the same way. One, an old male, with a well-marked protuberance on the base of the bill, resembles a specimen from Upolu, except that the cheeks are also tinged with a delicate vinaceous hue. Two other specimens, labelled " young males," without a knob, show the head and neck darker grey than in the adult bird. In one the grey of the underparts is tinged very faintly with vinaceous ; in the other this colour already exists, but much less vivid than in the adult. The feet are dark brown in the young bird. Long. al. caud. culm. tars. dig. med. 9" 2'" 5" 8'" 10|'" 14'" 15'" (dad., Savai.) 8 8 5 4 10 14 16 (o* jun., Savai.) 8 4 5 5 10 14 16 (d jun., Savai.) 8 7 4 8 10 14 15 (jun., Barotonga.) |