670 NOTES ox "BIRDS PKOM THE S0L0M0:N' ISLANDS, 



the under surface of the body tinged with a rosy metallic lustre, 

 not very distinct on the abdomen and flanks, the wings and tail 

 blackish ashy brown, a little lighter below, under tail coverts 

 narrowly margined with a metallic green lustre, under wing 

 coverts and axillaries like the under surface of the quills, the 

 upper wing coverts and scapular narrowly margined with green ; 

 bill purple, red in dried specimen, and yellow at the tip, legs 

 and feet of the same tint. In the adult male (?) there is a bronze 

 reflection on the chest, and the rich rosy violet tints so strikingly 

 S9en in /. pMUipance are scarcel}' visible in these .specimens, but 

 when seen in the sunlight are of a deeper rose colour; the 

 tints also have a decided subterminal blue shade not seen in 

 the other species, the metallic margins to the scapulars and 

 wing coverts are much narrower, the measurements on the 

 whole are much the same except in the bill, which is smaller, 

 the feathers on the legs extend a little lower past the knee joint, 

 and the concealed portions of the feathers on the body are darker, 

 than in /. philli'pance . On comparing the two birds the difference 

 in the tints of the metallic lustre is very easily seen. The sexes 

 are alike in plumage. 



The following are the measurements of four specimens, two 

 males and two females sent by Mr. J. Stephens, a pair of each 

 from the islands of Uji and San Christoval : — 



Measurements of lantlienas — t gi specimen 1, 2, and 4 ; San 



