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feathers dull dark brown ; the wings and tail above, and the 

 back, rump, and upper tail-, and wing-coverts dark olive brown ; 

 bill light-horn colour, yellowish at the tip ; legs and feet purplish 

 blackish-brown. 



Loc. Savo. 



29. Sturnoides fulvipennis, Homl. et Jacq. 

 Numerous specimens. This is evidently a common species. 



Loc. Lango, Gaudalcanar. 



30. — Oaloenis cantoeoides, Lesson. 



C. cantoroicles (Less. J, Sharpe Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. XIII. , 

 p. 318. 



Adult male. — The whole of the upper and under surface black, 

 with metallic greenish reflections uniform throughout ; under 

 surface of the wings and tail black ; bill, black ; the sides much 

 compressed, the culmen sharp and keel-like, rather straight to 

 the nostrils, and from thence to the tip much arched, on the 

 whole the bill is strong and thick ; the tail short, rather even. 

 Total length to tip of bill, 6*5 ; wing, 3-8 ; tail, 2*7 ; tarsus, 0*9. 

 The feathers of the throat, ear-coverts, back of the head and 

 neck are pointed; there are no purple or violet reflections 

 anywhere to be seen. 



This is a small species allied to C. cantor, and perhaps identical 

 with C. cantoroicles of Lesson. It is evidently the same as those 

 received from New Guinea, which I have referred to this species. 



The female is of a dull brown above, glossed with a greenish 

 tinge, except on the quills, and all but the two centre tail 

 feathers, which are blackish with the same greenish gloss ; 

 all the under surface from the chin, dull white ; feathers of the 

 throat pointed, and with a narrow blackish shaft-line, on the 

 chest these shaft-lines become triangular, and lanceolate on the 



