6. CIXNYRIS. 



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in the hue of the metallic gloss are hardly sufficient to separate 

 C. morotensis from C. auriceps. 



Ohs. 2. Some specimens from Mafoor Island in Geelviuk Bay 

 are like typical C. aspasue, but have the entire crown golden, with 

 only a faint tint of green. Wing 2'5 inches. (C. maforensis.) 



Ohs. 3. Specimens from d'Urville Island have the throat as purple 

 as typical C. aspasice, but by their dimensions they approach O. 

 aspasioides. These birds, intermediate between two forms which are 

 hardly subspecies themselves, have been called C. cornelice. 



(J. cm rice ps. 



a, b, c. (S ad. ; 



d, e. 2 ad. sk. 

 f,g,h.6;i. ? 



ad. sk. 

 k. c3' ad. sk. 

 I. S ad. sk. 



m. (S ad. sk. 

 n. (S ad. sk. 



a. S ad. sk. 



b. S ad. sk. 



c. 5 ad. sk. 



a,b. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 r ^. r? 2 ad. sk. 



a. (S ad. sk. 



b. S ad. sk. 



c. 2 juv. sk. 



d. 6 ad.; €,f. 2 

 ad. sk. 



tj, h. cS 2 ad. sk. 

 i. (S juv. sk. 

 A;. S inim. sk. 

 /. cS ad. sk. 



a. cJ ad. sk. 



b, c. cJ ad. sk. 



d. cJ ad. sk. 



e. 2 ad.sk. 



(breeding). 

 /. 2 ad. sk. 

 g. 2 ad. sk. 

 A, i. cJ ad. sk. 



Batchian. 



Tei-nate. 



Teruate. 

 Morty Island. 



Sula Islands. 

 Kaioa Island. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



Vov. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 

 (Tvpe of C. morotensis,') 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



C. porpliijrolcBma. 



Makassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of C. porphi/rolcema.) 

 Celebes. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



Makassar {Wallace). Gould Collection. 



C. proserpina. 

 Bouru. 



Bouru. 



C. aspasicB. 



Amboyna. 

 Mysol. 

 Mysol. 

 Aru Islands. 



Dorey. 



Waigiou. 



East Cape, New Guinea. 



Astrolabe Mountains. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tvpe of C. proserpina.) 



A, R. WaUace, Esq. [C.]. 



Vov. H.M.S. 'ChaUenger.' 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C."i. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [Cj. 

 A, R. WaUace, Esq. [C.]. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 Mr. Huustein [C.]. 

 Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



C. aspasioides. 



Port Moresby. 



[Somerset, Cape York 

 {Cockerell).] 



Blanche Bav, New Bri- 

 tain, June U), 1879. 



Duke of York Island, 

 Aug. 30, 1879. 



Goram. 



Ambo_\Tia. 



Anibovna. 



Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 ' Challenger ' Expedition. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 (Types of C. aspasioides, Gray.) 



