BY E. P. KAMSAY, F.L.S., ETC. 721 



Total length (spirit specimen) in the flesh 4*3 ; wing- 2-6 ; tail 

 1*6 ; tarsus 0-35 ; bill from the angle of the mouth to tip 0*32, 

 from the same point to the notch of upper mandible 0-22, from 

 nostril to the tip 0*4, the culmen from anterior margin of cere 0-38. 



Young. — In the same collection are several specimens which 

 appear to me, to be the young, they differ in being of a less 

 bright green below, there is no blue tinge on the cheeks, but the 

 two or three rows of cheek feathers next to the lower mandible 

 are tipped with rose or have a spot of that colour on either side 

 of the shaft near the tips, this rosj hue round the lower mandible 

 is observable in four of the specimens collected, three of which 

 were obtained on the Island of St. Christoval, and the other on 

 the Island of Ugi. In size they are all exactly the same, 

 three males and one female ; and in measurements differ very 

 little from the types of N. Finschii. 



Length (spirit specimen) in the flesh, 4 inches ; wing 2 4 ; tail 

 1*35 ; tarsus - 3 ; bill from the gape to tip 0*3 ; from gape to 

 notch 0-26 ; from nostril to the tip 0*3 ; the culmen from the 

 anterior margin of cere 0*31. 



It is quite possible that these which I presume to be the young 

 of N. Finschii may be hereafter proved to belong to distinct species, 

 however, for the present, I prefer not to separate them. 



IaNTHEXAS PHILIPPA1N7E, sp. 110V. 



Adult male. — The head, nape, throat and upper part of the 

 neck french grey with an opaline rosy lustre ; the wings and 

 tail above and below blackish-slate blue, almost black, all the 

 rest of the plumage light bluish-slate colour, burnished with 

 metallic reflections of rich green and pale rose. The upper and 

 under wing and tail-coverts like the wings and tail, but margined 

 with the same metallic colours as the body ; in reflected light the 

 tint is rich rose, by transmitted light rich bright green. " Bill 

 coral red, feet bright deep yellow, iris rick yellow, skin round 

 the eye above reddish-yellow, below light bluish-grey." — f A.M.J 



