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the rump : wiugs black, the median coverts white with bhick bases, 

 as also the inner greater coverts, forming a patch on the wing, the 

 secondaries almost imperceptibly edged with white near the base ; 

 tail black, the two outer feathers white, with blackish bases and a 

 blackish mark at the tip ; forehead white, a narrow line across the 

 base of the forehead, lores, sides of face, and throat black ; remainder 

 of under surface of body scarlet, the vent and under tail-coverta 

 white ; thighs black ; under wing-coverts white, the edge of the wing 

 black ; quills ashy brown below, whitish along the base of the 

 secondaries ; " bill black ; tarsi lighter ; iris brown " (Peak). Total 

 length 3-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-4, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult femaJe. Differs from the male in being browner, the wing- 

 coverts tipped with rusty brown ; secondaries white at base, the pri- 

 maries externally marked with white near the base ; across the rump 

 a white bar ; upper tail-coverts black ; tail-feathers black, slightly 

 tipped with white, the penultimate feather blackish at base and at 

 tip of outer web, the outermost eutirely whit«, black at base of inner 

 web ; ear-coverts blackish brown ; base of forehead whitish, the fore 

 part of the crown mottled with white edges to the feathers ; below 

 the eye a line of whitish feathers ; throat brown, the chin whitish ; 

 breast pale scarlet ; abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white, the 

 sides of the body, flank, and under wing-coverts ashy white, the 

 axillaries washed with pale scarlet : thighs black. Total length 

 3-S inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-4, tarsus O'T. 



Hah. Samoa or Navigators' Islands. Fiji group. 



a. (S ad. sk. Samoa. Purchased. 



b,c. (S 2 ad. sk. Upolu, Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



5. Petrceca similis. 



Petroica similis, Grcii/, Vat. B. Tropical Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. lo ; (V^. 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 228, no. 3295. 



Adult male. General colour above sooty black ; the wings a little 

 browner, the inner median aiad greater wing-coverts white with 

 brown bases to the ijiner webs ; tail sooty brown, slightly tipped 

 with white, the penultimate feather edged with white on the outer 

 web, the outer feather white, light brown at base of inner web and 

 tip of outer ; a narrow frontal mark of white ; sides of face sooty 

 black like the head, the chin and sides of throat blackish ; rest of 

 under surface scarlet, the lower abdomen, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts white ; thighs black ; sides of body white with greyish 

 bases to the feathers ; under wing-coverts white ; quills ashy brown 

 below, edged with brown along the inner web, and inclining to white 

 at the base of the secondaries. Total length 4'2 inches, culmeu 

 0-55, wing 2-0, tail l-7o, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. New Hebrides. 



a. cJad.sk. Aneiteuni, Now Hebrides. .T. Macgihivray, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tyi'P of species.) 

 b,c. c? $ ad. sk. Aneiteiini, .-Vug. 18Go. Juliu.'!Breuchl«y,Ksq.[P.], 



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