11. LEPTORNIS. 2G7 



1. Leptornis samoensis. 



Merops samoensis, Homhr. et Jacq. Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 1841 



p. ;J14. ' 



Eutomiza ? oliracea, Peak', U. S. Expl. Expecl, Mamm. &■ Ornifh. 



p. 14.5 (1848). r r , y 



Leptornis sylvestris, Homhr. et Jacq. Voy. Pule Slid, Ois. pi. 17. fio-. 1 

 (185.3) ; Jacq. et Puch. Vut/. P6le Sud, iii. p. 8G (18o3). ° 



Philedon leptornis, Reichenb. ILiiidb. spec. Ornith. i. p 141 pi .504 

 fig. 3-517 (18-52). ^ ■ 



Leptornis samoensis, Cassin, U. S. Expl. Eip. p. 172, AHai Ornith 

 pi. xi. tig. 2 (1858). 



Anthoclisera samoensis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 1-59, no. 2068. 



Adult. Ground-colour of the upper and under parts olive-brown, 

 inclining to sooty brown on the breast and fore neck ; all the upper 

 and under parts strongly washed with dull olive : outer webs of wings 

 and tail more inclining to olive-yellow ; head and neck all round 

 darker than the rest of the body, being almost black with only a 

 slight olive tinge, except the car-coverts and stripe beneath the eye, 

 which are olive ; under wing-coverts, under surface of quills, thighs,' 

 and under tail-coverts brown; " iris pale lead-colour " (PeaU) "dark 

 reddish brown " {Graff e) ■ bill, feet, and claws black T soles yeUow. 

 Ciilmen 1--1-1-6 inch, wing .5-o-9, tail 5-6, tarsus l-.3o-l-7. 



The smaller measurements refer to the female, which otherwise 

 resembles the male. 



Hah. Samoa Islands. 



a. [ c? 1 ad. sk. Samoa Islands. Eev. S. J. Whitmee fC 1 



6. fcJlad. sk. Samoa Islands. J. Gould, Esq. 



c. [ 9 J ad. sk. Samoa Islands. 



2. Leptornis aubryaniis. 



Leptornis aubryanus, Verr. et Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. Zool 1860 

 p. 432; Jouan, Mem. Cherbourg, 186.3, xx. p. 221; Graii in 

 Brenchleys Cruise, p. 364, pi. iv. ; Layard, P. A. S. 1876 p 49-:> • 

 Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 438 ; Layard, Ibis, 1877, p. 362, 1878.' 

 p. 2.57, 188],p. 13.3, 1882, p. 506. ^ ' ' 



Anthocbaera aubryanus, Gray, Hand-l. ff. i. p. 159^ no. 2069. 



Adult. Region round the eye and the space above and in front of 

 the ear-opening bare of feathers ; the skin of the anterior margin of 

 the ear-opening drawn out into a broad and Hat pouch, on the mside 

 of which arise the ear-coverts ; all the upper and under parts dull 

 black, inclining to brownish black on the wings. " Bill black above, 

 whitish below ; feet yellow-brown ; iris vellow." Culmen 1-9 inch' 

 wing 7-1, tail 7-1, tarsus 2. " ' 



Obs. One of the specimens in the collection of the British Museum 

 has a few pale yellow feathers on the lower and posterior mar^ajj of 

 the ear-opening. " 



Hub. New Caledonia. 



a. ^ nd. St. New Caledonia. Purchased. 



b. (S juv. sk. Dombea, New Caledonia. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



