BY E. r. :iAMSAY, F.L.S. 35 



Sex S o 



Tail 3"i SG varies from 3'1 to 1 in. 



Tarsus 0*5 O'.j 



Bill from nostril O'G 3'.j3 



The culmen ...0-G5 OGl 



JIah. Malviri Harbour, St. Cliristoval, {Richards, Ste_pliens). 



CD. Xasiterxa Fiyscini, Bc.msa)/. 



Froc. Linn. Soc, X.S.W., VI., ]). 180. 



The adult males have a line of blue feathers round the loner 

 mandible and an orange-red stripe down the abdomen ; the 

 young, or what I believe to be the young of this species have a 

 rosy tint round the lower mandible, each of the feathers havinf^ a 

 rose spot on either side of the shaft. In the adults of both 

 sexes, the blue round the lower mandible does not extend to the 

 cheeks, but is confined to two or three rows of feathers only, but 

 is more defined on the eliin ; the males alone as far as is at 

 present known have the orange-red stripe on the abdomen. 



It is not unlikely that the birds with the rose tint on the 



feathers round tlie lower mandihle may belong to indistinct specie;^ ^ 



specimens lately received tend to prove this, in which case I 



propose to distinguish these birds under the name of Xasiterr.a 



mortoni. 



COLUMB.E. 



70. CaRPOPIIAGA EREXCHLEVr, Grajf. 



Xumerous at times, *• found feeding in flocks on the fruit of a 

 species of I'icus," {Morton). 



The iris of a young one in confinement is of a rich red, almost 

 blood red in certain lights ; legs and feet j^ed. 



Rah. Ugi, {2IortonJ, St. Christoval {Stephens). 



71. CARPt^PUAClA PRIST IXAIUA, Bp. 



JRainsaij, 1. c, pp. 72, 73. 



