268 JIELirH.i.GIDJ5. 



3. Leptornis viridis. 



Tatare ? viridis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 150, 432. 

 Leptornis viridis, Salvad. Ibis, 1876, p. 507. 



General colour of the upper and under parts uniform olive-green ; 

 inner web of remiges dark brown, with pale isabelline edges ; sub- 

 ocular region yellow ; shafts of wing- and tail-feathers black above, 

 yellow below ; " bill and feet light orange, claws dark horn-colour " 

 {Lai/ard). Culmen l--i inch, wing 5-2, tail 4-8, tarsus 1-45. 



Hah. Fiji Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Taviuni, Fiji {Layard). F. D. Godman and O. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. (Type of species.) 



12. ENTOMYZA. „ 



Type. _ 



Entomyzon, Stvainson, Classif. B. ii. p. 328 (1837) E. cyanotis. 



Entomiza, Swains. Classif. Birds, ii. p. 328 (1837) E. cyanotis. 



Bill equal to rest of head in length, curved. Nostrils quite bare, 

 pervious, formed by a round opening in front of the membranous 

 part. First primary longer than half the second. Tip of wing formed 

 by primaries 3-6. Tail rounded, seven eighths, secondaries three 

 fourths of the length of the wing. Tarsus scutellated, compara- 

 tively short. Sides of head quite bare and dark coloured. Pattern 

 of plumage bright, but still following the same general principle as 

 in Philemo7i, to which this genus is most closely allied. Length of 

 wing 5-6 inches. 



Range. Australia. 



1. Entomyza cyanotis. 



Gracula cyanotis. Lath. Ind. Orn. Stippl. p. xxix (1801) ; Shaiv, Gen. 



Zool. vii. p. 474. 

 Meliphaga cyanops, Lewin, B. Neiv Holl. pi. 4. 

 Tardus cyaneus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xlii (1801). 

 Merops cyanops, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxxiv (juv.). 

 Tropidorhynchus cyanotis, Vic/. 8f Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 325. 

 Entomyza" cyanotis, Sivains. Classif. B. ii. p. 328 (1837) ; Gi-ay, List 



Gen. B. p. 16; Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 68 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 391 ; 



Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 121 ; Reichenb. Vog. Nenholl. no. 72 ; id. 



Handb. Meropinm, i. p. 138, pi. 502. figs. 3508-09 ; Gotdd, Handb. 



B. Avstr. i. p. 560 ; Diggles, Orn. Austr. pi. ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Sue. N. S. TV. ii. p. 190. 

 Philemon cyanotis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2092. 



Adult male. Crown of head, hind neck, ear-coverts, lores, and 

 subocular region black ; greater part of the sides of the head, in- 

 cluding the ocular region, bare of feathers and rich greenish blue ; 

 mantle and all the rest of the upper parts rich golden olive ; inner 

 webs of quills and terminal half of the primaries dark brown ; basal 

 half of inner web pale fulvous ; tail like the back, but with whitish 

 tips ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts blackish brown : chin, 

 throat, fore neck, and centre of chest blackish; all the rest of the 



