278 TUKD1DJ2. 



brown, shading into brown on the chin, upper throat, axillarios, 

 under wing-covcrts, thighs, centre of bellj', and under tail-coverts. 

 Bill yellow. Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary intermediate in length 

 between the fifth and sixth or sixth and seventh, bastard primary 

 0-S inch. Legs, feet, and claws pale yellow. ' Length of wing 4*22 

 to 3-85 inches, tail 3-30 to 2-8, culmen 0-9 to 0'86, tarsus 1-2. 



The female differs from the male in being slightly paler in colour 

 both above and below. Birds of the year and ijounrj in first plumage 

 are unknown. 



Lord Howe's Ouzel is apparently confined to Lord Howe's Island. 

 Its nearest ally is probably Turd as .I'eatfhojrus, from New Caledonia; 

 but the latter is a decidedly larger and darker-coloured species. 



a,i- d 2 ^^- sk. Lord Howe's Island Geological Museum [P.]. 



(J. Macgillivray). 



51. Merula vitiensis. 



Merula vitiensis, Lai/ard, Ann. Xat. Hist. 187G, xvii. p. .30.5 ; id. Ibis, 

 1876, pp. .390, 392; K P. Ramsay, P. L. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii. 

 p. 3.37 (1879). 



Turdus vitiensis (Lai/ard), Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 188. 



In the adidt male the forehead, lores, and crown of the head are 

 dark brown; no trace of eye-stripe; ear-coverts and sides of the neck 

 grey, shading on the nape into dark olive-brown, which is the 

 general colour of the upper parts; wings and tail brown; the outer 

 web of the wing-coverts, innermost secondaries, and quills dark 

 olive-brown. Cliin and throat creamy grey, shading into brownish 

 grey on the breast; the rest of the underparts rich deep chestnut, 

 shading into nearly white on the centre of the belly ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts brownish grey, with obscure chestnut edges ; 

 under tail-coverts brown, with pale chestnut-brown tips and shafts. 

 Bill yellow. Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth primaries 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary intermediate in length 

 between the sixth and seventh, bastard primary 0-85 to 0*7 inch. 

 Legs, feet, and claws pale yellow. Length of wing 46 to 4-25 

 inches, tail 3-3 to 2-85, culmen 0-92 to 0-S8, tarsus 1-5 to 1-41. 



The female differs from the male in having the rich deep chest- 

 nut of the belly replaced by dull chestnut. The seasonal changes 

 are probably very slight. The plumage of birds of the year is un- 

 known. Tunny in first 2:)lamaye have ochraceous shaft-lines and 

 obscure black terminal bars to the feathers of the back, and fan- 

 shaped ochraceous tips to the wing-coverts; the underparts are 

 ochraceous, most feathers having a very conspicuous black terminal 

 bar. 



The Viti-Levu Ouzel is confined to the island from which it 

 takes its name, one of the Fiji Islands. 



a,b. (^ 2 ad. sk. Interior of Viti Levu Godeffroy Museum. 



{Kleinsch m idt) . 



