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Show 1888.] BIRDS OF THE SOLOMON ARCHIPELAGO. 189 d. d ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 1.5.87. Bill pale blue; legs grey; iris nearly black. Mr. Woodford was of opinion that the red-eyed birds might prove different from the black-eyed, but I cannot find any difference whatever. 10. NASITERNA AOI.JE, sp. n. (Plate X. figs. 1, 2.) _ a. 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 14. 4. 87- Bill black ; legs grey ; iris red. b. S ad. Aola, Guadalcanar ; 1. 6. 87. Bill black ; legs grey ; iris orange. c. d ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 5. 6. 87. Bill black ; legs grey ; iris orange. This bird is at once distinguishable from the larger N. finschi, Ramsay, which it otherwise resembles, by having the top of the head in both sexes washed with azure-blue, and by having the whole under surface yellowish green, without any stripe of orange-red down the centre of the abdomen in the male. As shown by the above specimens, the blue feathers round the lower mandible are a character of the male, while the reddish-orange distinguish the female. The only specimen of N. finschi in the Natural-History Museum is a female:-"Iris dark hazel. Bill and feet ash. San Christoval, August 10th, 1880.-G. E. R." And this has the feathers round the mandible reddish orange, and the head uniform green, like the back. Short Total 1st toe hind toe length. in. o* 2 11. GEOFFROYIUS HETEROCLITUS. Geoffroyius heteroclilus (Hombr. & Jacq.) ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 194 Sharpe, in Gould's Birds of N e w Guinea, pt. viii. pi. «. o* ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 22.4.87. Bill above grey, below black; legs grey ; iris pale yellow. b. 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 4. 7. 87. Bill black; legs grey; iris pale yellow. c. d ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 4.7.87. Bill yellow above, black below ; legs grey; iris pale yellow. d. 2 ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 11. 8. 87- Bill yellow above, black below; legs grey; iris straw. 12. ECLECTUS POLYCHLORUS. Eclectus pectoralis (P. L. S. Miill.); Salvad, t.c.i. p. 197. Eclectus polychlorus (Scop.) ; Sharpe, t. c. pt. viii. pi. a. d ad. Aola, Guadalcanar; 9. 4. 87. Bill above yellow, below black ; legs black ; iris red. Food, fruit. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1888, No. XIV. 14 Culmen. in. 0-3 0-3 Wing. in. 2-25 2-3 Tail. in. 1-05 1-01 Tarsus. in. 0-32 0-33 (S.U.). in. 0-5 05 (S.U.) in. 0-27 0-25 |
