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29.— CHRT&ffiNA VICTOR, Gould, P.Z.S., 1871, p. G42. 



There seems to be considerable confusion in the minds of some, 

 respecting the females of this and the foregoing species, and indeed 

 also with respect to the males. 



Mr. E. L. Layard, H.B.M. Consul at Fiji remarks in the P. Z. 

 Soc, 1875, pt. I. p. 30, as follows :— " Professor Von Suhm, of the 

 Challenger and I, after going carefully into the subject, have come 

 to the conclusion that the ' Orange Dove' of Savinni (Taviuni), and 

 Lanthala ( Ghryscena victor, Gould), is a phase of plumage of the 

 ' Green Dove' (<?. luteovirens) ." ! ! All I can say is, that there is 

 not the slightest probability of such being the case, as anyone 

 looking a little deeper " into the subject" than the colouration of 

 the plumage, would at once perceive ; the peculiar form and texture 

 of the feathers of G luteovirens, and the long plume like upper tail- 

 coverts and extensive tail of G. Victor, could hardly be produced 

 by the same species at the same period of the year, the only way 

 I can account for Mr. Layard's strange remark is by presuming 

 that he mistook the male of G. viridis for G. luteovirens, both of 

 these birds having plumage of a similar texture. 



30.— CHRYSiENA viridis, E. L. Layard, P Z S., pt. II., 1875, 



p. 151. 



This fine and very distict specimen was discovered during the 

 cruise of the " Challenger" among the Fiji group, and subsequently 

 obtained by Mr. E. L. Layard, at Kaudavn, who describes the 

 male in the proceedings of the Zoological above quoted (1875, II. 

 p. 151). The female is not unlike the same sex of G. victor and 

 of G luteovirens, but is at once distinguished by its short tail, 

 and may thus be described. 



Adult female. — The whole of the upper and under surface deep 

 dark green, paler on the sides of the face and throat, with a 

 yellowish tinge on the latter ; the abdomen and flanks dull pale 

 green with greyish margins to the feathers ; central portion of the 

 abdomen and region round the vent, dull whitish grey ; legs brown 

 tinged with green ; under tail-coverts and a narrow line round the 

 inner rectrices, pale yellow ; under surface of the tail, dark brown ; 

 upper surface, deep bright green on the outer margins and tips, 



