20. APLONIS. 127 



e'. Brown ; darker on the head and neck, 

 _ which have a brouzy-greenish gloss *. 



e\ Larger : wing 5-3 inches atrifusca, p. 134. 



r / o, i''^^'''" '■ ^'"8' -i-^ inches inornata, p. 135. 



/ . i.lackish, with a slight green gloss, 

 especially on the head and neck; greyer 



b. Qmlls e-xternally bright rufous 7-nJipennis, p. 137. 



1. Aplonis striata. 



Blue-striped Roller, Lath. Gen. Si/n. i. p. 414, pi. xvi (1781) t 

 Coracias striata, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 381 (1788) ; Waoler, Smt. Av., 



Coracias, Ohs. sp. 3 (1827). ^ > j i 



Lanius striatus, Wagler, I. c. (1827). 

 Lamprotornis obscurus, Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Brm: 1839, pt i 



p. 97; td. Bsq. Orn. livr. 3, pi. 12 (1847). ' t • • 



Lamprotornis nigroviridis, Less. Eeho du Monde Savant, 1844, p 81 

 Coracias pacifica, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 261 (1844) ' i- • 



Aplouis obscurus, Gray, Voy. 'Erebus' ^- ' Terror,' Zool. p. 8 (1846) • 



7 l.rf- "■ l^^'^^'P'J'^- ^•^- '^- 1859 p. 163, nite; id. 

 io-h^^il?- tF' Fmseh,J.f. a 1867, p. 322, 1870, p. 325, 

 18/2, p. 2/fe; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 26, no. 6372 (1870) 

 Aplonis nigroviridis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 417 ; Gray, P. Z.'s 1859 

 p. 163, note ; Buller, B. Neiv Zealand, 2nd ed. i p 25 (1887) ' 



^yf i%'!^^°"'''''?'.<?^- /;'^' ^'■''■'■- '^ ^'' ^^^>-'' ^'^>'- et Mag. de 

 ^""kJ^^^^U"^'- '^f-' ^""-'"^ ^'-i^s Linn. Soc. Bordeaux; xxvii 

 ?>« nlV f'\'% -^""'^'^- ^- "• P- 26, no. 6309 (1870); 

 ^^onCat. KZealB pp. 17 75 (1871) ; B. L. ^- L. C. Layard, 

 Ibis, 18b2, p. 519 ; Buller, B. Neio Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p "5 (1887^ 



Aploms stiiatus Gray, P. Z. & 1859, p. 163; Ven: et L)es Murs, 

 Bev. et May. de Zool. 1860, p. 433; Marie, Actes Soc. Linn. Bor- 

 dec„u-,xxyu.ip.327 (1870); Gray, Hand-l. R ii. p. 26, no. 6365 

 (l^/0) ; E. L. s- L. C. Layard, Ibis, 1878, p 257 



Aplonis 7idigrisea (?my,P Z. S 1859, p. 164 ; Verr. et Des 3Inrs, 

 Bei, et May. de Zool I860, p. 433; Marie, Actes Soc. Linn. Bor- 

 fte xxvn. p. 32/ (1870); Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 26, no. 6366 



Caloruis striata, Finsch, Journ. 3Ius. Godeffr. Heft xii. p. 33 (1876). 

 Adult male Black, with a purplish or steel-blue gloss : wing- 

 coverts like tlio back : quills and tail-feathers black, with a green 

 gloss externally ; head aU round more bronzy green than the back, 

 with a slight purplish gloss ; remainder of under surface of body 



yet*untnoS^L^ m? ' '^ ''^^ "^"°"' ""^^ '^"'^^ "^'^^'^^ ^^'-''-' ^ «P-- - 



to I'tin ^^•"^^?/.^^^ ^""''^ properly noticed, Latham does not give any hint as 

 to the ongm of h.s figures. As a matter of fact they are copies of Forster's 

 ongmal sketches, and the striped appearance is merely from the drrughtsman's 

 rough efforts to nuhcate metaUic gloss. The name Striata is so S Wvn 

 that It seems wrong to substitute calcclonica for it esneciallv as There «^n 

 doubt that it belongs to the New Caledonian bird, b ,t i SuLSrap,r 

 cable to the species, and caledonioa would be much the best name ^ ^^ 



