302 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. HonsrrErp's Description of the 
Mr. Caléy met with these birds but sparingly, and after the 
interval of some years. He conjectured that the period of their 
migration into the colony was not regular, or that few arrived. 
The species was first discovered in New Zealand, whence they 
probably migrate into the adjoining continent. | 
7. Meratuicus. C. suprà viridi-cupreus, subtus albus viridi- 
brunneo fasciatus ; rectricibus externis maculis albis quinque 
utrinque notatis. 
Caput geneque saturatiores. Gula, corpus subtus, fectricesque 
inferiores albæ, viridi-brunneo fasciate. Remigum, tribus 
primis exceptis, pogonia interna in medio albo-notata, fas- 
ciam albam obliquam, alis clausis, subtus exhibentia. Rec- 
trices externæ maculis quinque albis, ferrugineo parce va- 
riegatis, utrinque notatæ : secundarum pogonia interna fas- 
ciis alternis fusco-nigris ferrugineisque instructe ; cæteræ, 
mediis exceptis, leviter eodem more notatæ ; mediæ fasciá 
fuscá vix conspicuá prope apicem notate. Rostrum pedes- 
que nigri. Longitudo corporis, 6-3, ; ale a carpo ad remi- 
gem tertiam, 3-3, ; caude, 213; rostri ad frontem, 3, ad 
rictum, 4; tarsi, 13. xe = 
The chief difference between this bird and the preceding 
species lies in the colours of the upper parts inclining more to . 
a metallic red than to green, in the head and adjacent parts 
being more saturated, and the fasciæ on the abdomen being less 
brilliant ; while the marks of the tail-feathers also are distinct. 
In C. lucidus the outer feathers have four white spots on each 
barb, while in the present species they have five white spots 
marked with ferruginous. "The other tail-feathers of the latter 
bird are also alternately fasciated with fuscous and ferruginous, 
while those of C. lucidus are free from spots, except a single 
fuscous 
