9. LAMPROLIA. 61 



Ad. sk. Sikhim. Lieut. Chas. V. Eccles [P.]. 



Ad. sk. Sikhim (Uccles). Gould Collection. (Tj'pe 



of species.) 



9. LAMPROLIA. 



Type. 

 Laiuprolia, Finsch, P. Z. 8. 187o, p. 73.3 L. victoriEe. 



Range. Confined to the Fiji Islands, 



1. Lamprolia victoriae. 



Lamprolia victorias, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 733, pi. 62 ; Lai/ard, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 432 ; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 435 ; id. Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 149; Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. p. 8 (1876); 

 nawson Roicley, Orn. Misc. ii. p. 34, pi. 62 (1876') ; Cab. &• Reichen. 

 J.f. 0.1876, p. 319. 



Adult tnale. General colour above velvety black ; wings also 

 velvety black, the lesser and median series tipped with metallic 

 steel-blue ; rump-feathers black, ending in silky white, like the ad- 

 joining upper tail-coverts ; tail-feathers velvety black, washed with 

 steel-blue, all but the outer feather with a good deal of silky white 

 towards the base of the outer web, increasing in extent towards the 

 centre of the tail, where the middle tail-feathers are white on both 

 webs for nearly their whole length ; crown of head somewhat scaly 

 in appearance, the feathers being tipped with steel-blue ; sides of 

 face, throat, and breast also spangled with steel-blue, but not so 

 brightly as on the crown ; remainder of under surface of body blue- 

 black, the under tail-coverts slightly washed with blue ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries blue-black ; quills black below, more ashy 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill and legs black ; iris dark 

 brown" {E. L. Laijard). Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 0-7, 

 wing 3-3, tail 1-9, 'tarsus 0-95. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male, but not so brilliantly spangled. 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 3-15, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-9. 



Younrj. Much duller than the adult, less velvety above, and far 

 less spangled ; the under surface with scarcely any steel-blue spots 

 on the feathers. 



Hah. Island of Taviuni, Fiji archipelago. 



a. S ad. sk. Taviuni, Fiji, E. L. Lavard, Esq. fC.l 



April 21, 1875. 



b. 9 ad. sk. Ngila, Taviuni, E. L. Lavard, Esq. \C.\ 



July 29, 1875. 



c. d. Ad. ; (',f. Juv. sk. Taviuni (Liurdot). F. Godman and 0. Sal- 



via, Esqrs. [P.]. 



2. Lamprolia minor. 



Lampi-olia minor, Lai/ard. Ibis, 1876, pp. 155, .S92 (e.v K/eiiischmidf, 

 MSS.) ; Sidvad. Ibis, 1877, p. 143 ; Lai/ard, Ibis, 1878, p. 199. 



