372 iirsciCAPiD^. 



b". Back glossy greeu ; lores and ear-coverts 

 blacker. 

 c'". Larger ; wiug 3'55 inches : upper sur- 

 face of body and throat bright steel- 

 green nitida (S , p. 375. 



d'". Smaller ; wing 2"85 inches : back dull 

 greenish, with somewhat of an oily- 

 green cast. 

 a^. Inner webs of tail-feathers whitish 



at tip caledonica cS , p. 378. 



b^. Inner webs of tail-feathers entirely 



black melanura (S , p. 379. 



b'. Abdomen chestnut rvjiventris (S , p. 376. 



c'. Abdomen leaden gi-ey or blue-black. 



c". Larger; wing 3-25 inches: back leaden 



grey, the head glossy greenish pluto cS , p. 380. 



d". Smaller ; -ftang 2"8o inches : back glossy 

 blue-black, the head imiform with the 



back atra c? , p. 380. 



h. Throat light or dark rufous. 



d'. Head more or less darker than the back, 

 but not forming an azui-e-blue cap. 

 c". Head perceptibly glossy, dark gi'eenish 

 or lead-colour, contrasting more or less 

 with the back, which has very Uttle 

 gloss, 

 e'". Lores and base of forehead blackish 

 or glossy greenish, like the crown, 

 not grey. 

 c". Cheeks and throat deep chestnut ; 

 breast and under surface pure white, 

 sharply defined ; imder wmg-co verts 



and axillaries pure white albiventris J , p. 377. 



d*'. Cheeks and throat deep orange- 

 rufous, rest of imder surface whi- 

 tish, slightly shaded with orange- 



bufl": imder wing-coverts and axil- • i ■, ■ n q'-o 

 1 . ' , S- \ caledonica 9, p. 3/9. 



lanes orange-buii -^ ■ ,+ ' v,qo 



'^ I oceanica c? , p. 383. 



f". Lores and base of forehead greyish, 

 e*. Abdomen rufous, like the breast and 



throat rujiventris 5 , p. 376, 



f*. Abdomen more or less pure white. 

 «'. Throat deep orange-rufous or 

 chestnut. 

 «^. Red colour of throat not ex- 

 tending to fore neck albiccntris J , p. 377. 



6". Red colour of throat occupj-ing 



also the fore neck and chest. . ritjiytda J , p. 382. 

 6\ Throat light orange-buff or rufous. 

 c°. Larger ; wing 2'85 inches : 

 throat orange-rufous right up 

 to base of bill ; tail uniform . . latirostri& S , p. 38L 

 f/°. Smaller ; wing 2-75 inches : 

 chin white; throat orange- 

 ruibus ; tail-feathers tipped 

 with white viudcita, p. 378. 



