20. APLONIS. 129 



(1879) ; Batnsay, Proc. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. iii. p. 279 (1879), iv. 

 pp. 7(3, 99 (1879) ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civic. Genoa, xvi. p. 194 



(1880) ; id. Ibis, 1880, p. 126 ; id. Orn. Piqmasia etc. ii. p. 456 

 (1881) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 137 ; Meyer, Sitz. Abhandl. Gesellsch. 

 ' Isis,' 1884, Abtli. i. p. 48 ; Finsch, Vog. der Siid-See, p. 14 (1884) ; 

 Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 331. 



Lamprotoinis cantoroides, Finsch, Neu- Guinea, p. 174 (1865). 

 Calorois cantor, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 393 (1876) ; 



L. C. Layurd, Ibis, 1880, p. 295. 

 Calornis, sp. incog., Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 554. 

 Calornis solomonensis, Ranuay, Nature, xx. p. 125 (1879) ; Salvid. 



Ibis, 1880, p. 126. 



Adult male (tj'pe of species). General colour dull glossy steel- 

 green, the wing- coverts like the back ; greater coverts, bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers black, externally 

 duU steel-green ; sides of face and entire under surface of body dull 

 steel-green, slightly more oil-green on the throat and somewhat 

 ashy on the sides of body and flanks : " bill and feet black ; iris 

 scarlet " {G. E. Richards). Total length 7'8 inches, culmen 0*8, 

 wing 4, tail 2-6, tarsus 0'9. 



Hah. K^ew Guinea, Salawati, Mysol, Batanta, Louisiade and 

 Admiralty groups of islands, New Britain, Duke of York Island, 

 Solomon Islands. 



4. Aplonis feadensis. 



Calornis (Aplonis) feadensis, Ramsay, Journ, Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. 



p. 129 (1881) ; Reichen. S)- Schaloio, Journ. flir Orn. 1882, p. 227. 

 Caloniis feadensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xviii. p. 426 



(1882) ; id. Orn. Papuasia e delk Molucche, iii. App. p. 550 (1882) ; 



Sharpe, in Gould's Birds of Neio Guinea, iv. pi. 14 (1886). 



Adult (type of species). Entirely sooty, with here and there a 



shade of steel-green : wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers dusky 



black, externally washed with steel-green ; entire head and under 



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