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the same tint as the under surface of the body ; lores (all below a 

 straight well-defined line from the eye to the nostril), cheeks, and 

 throat blight vivid crimson, bounded below by a crescent-shaped 

 band across the chest of bright yellow, which reaches to the sides 

 of the lower neck ; legs bright vivid crimson, with a few feathers 

 of bright yellow, and of violet at the thighs ; under tail-coverts 

 green, tinted with yellow near the base ; round the vent a small 

 patch of crimson feathers, and a few tinged with violet ; ear- 

 coverts, sides of the neck, lower part of the chest, and the 

 remainder of the under surface bright green ; two or three yellow 

 feathers on the sides of the chest under the wings in some speci- 

 mens, and a few of crimson and of yellow scattered over the 

 abdomen ; the central portion of most of the feathers on the 

 abdomen tinged with yellow ; tail above dark green, below blackish 

 brown ; the terminal third portion of all the feathers yellow ; on 

 the inner webs, near the base of the three external quills, on either 

 side is a large oblong blotch of bright crimson, margined below 

 with pale yellow. Bill and cere, orange red ; tip of upper and 

 lower mandibles dark horn colour ; orbits orange yellow ; tarsus 

 and feet flesh red. Total length G'7 inches; wing 3 - 6 ; tarsus, 

 046 ; tail 3-25 ; bill 0-5 ; culmen 0-35. 



Adult Female. — Similar in size and markings to the male, but 

 less highly coloured ; the tail not so extensively tipped with 

 yellow, and only an indication of the yellow band across the chest ; ♦ 

 the four exterior tail feathei's on either side are blotched with 

 crimson, as in the male, the crimson being more distinctly mar- 

 gined near the base and sides with yellow, but, as in the male, 

 confined to the inner webs of the feathers. The abdomen and less 

 are less ornamented with crimson and yellow, no yellow spot a.t 

 the base of the secondaries as described in the male. Total length 

 6-5 ; tail 3-05 ; wing 3-6. 



Habitat, Ovalau, Fiji Group, S. S. Islands. 



Remarks. — This very beautiful species was found at Ovalau by 

 Mr. Charles Pearce, who was fortunate enough to procure both 

 sexes from a large tree bearing bunches of yellow blooms, from 

 which they extracted a honey-like fluid ; they had not previously 

 made their appearance, and only remained while the tree was in 



