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24. — DOMICELLA SOLITARIUS, Latham. 



This is perhaps one of the most beautiful birds of the South Sea 

 Islands, and appears to be very plentiful in the Fiji group, several 

 specimens of both sexes in the collection. 



25. — Triciioglossus amabilis, Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc, JS/.S. W. 



See ante page 36. 



A beautiful little species obtained for the first time I believe, 

 at Fiji, by Charles Pearce, 17th June last, 1875, and described at 

 one ofour previous meetings (July 26th), after which, the descrip- 

 tion was published in the Herald's report of the meeting on the 

 2Sth of the month ; having lately heard that the same species has 

 been since described, I take the present opportunity of giving the 

 exact date of my description of it. 



26. — Cuculus (Cacomantis) SIMUS, Peale. 

 C. infuscatus (Juv.), Hartl, Ibis. 1866, p. 172. 



The collection contains both the young and adult of this species, 

 from which it appears to me that G infuscatus of Hartl. is merely 

 the young ; after loosing the fuscous hue of the under surface, the 

 young birds become barred with bracket-shape and broad wavy 

 lines of dull white, which are tinged with rufous on the throat, • 

 chest, and sides of the neck ; there are also remains of pale rufous 

 margins to the feathers on the interscapular region ; on the rum}) 

 and upper tail-coverts faint margins of dull white are visible. In 

 the adult the tail becomes strongly barred, and the under surface 

 of the body of a rufous tint. G. simus (Peale), is represented in 

 Australia by G. castaneiventris of Gould, which is about the same 

 in size. 



27. — Ptilinopus marine, Homb. and Jacq. Voy. Pole, Sud. t. 29, 2. 



P. perousei ; of Hartlaub. 

 This species does not appear to be rare and is known as the 

 nutmeg dove by the letters in Fiji, the native name is Saukula. 



28. — Chrys^ena luteovirens, Homb. and Jacq. Voy. Pole, Sud. t. 



12-1, 2. 

 Gouldii, Birch ; flava, G. R. Gray. 

 Felicias, Homb. and Jacq. (female). 



