130 STUENID^. 



surface of bod}- sooty black, with scarcely any indication of a 

 greenish gloss. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 4-45, tail 

 2-4, tarsus l-Oo. (Mus. Austr.) 

 Hah. Pead Island. 



5. Aplonis tabuensis. 



Tabuau Shrike, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 164 (1781). 



Laoius tabuensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 306 (1788). 



Aplonis marginata, Gonid, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 73 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 328 (1846) : Cass. U. S. Kvpl. Expecl, Birds, p. 125, pi. vii. 



tig. 1 (1858). 

 Lamprotornis f usea, Feale, U. S. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. 110 (1848). 

 Aplonis marginalis, Hartl. Arch. Naturg. 1852, pp. 103, 132. 

 Aplouis tabuensis, Gi-ay, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 163, note ; id. Cat. B. 



Tropical Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 26 (1859) ; Finsch ^' Hartl. P. Z. S. 



1869, p. 549 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 26, no. 6363 (1870) ; Cab. S^ 



Beichen.J.f. O. 1876, p. 322: Layard, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 499; 



Fi?isch, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 725, 774 ; id. t. c. p. 783 ; id. Rep. 



Voy. ' Challenger; p. 37 (1881) : Buller, B. K Zeal. 2nd ed. i. 



p. 25 (1887). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, the feathers indistinctly 

 glossed on the margins with oily green ; wing-coverts like the back ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, washed with 

 glossy steel-green on the outer webs ; the secondaries browner, the 

 outer ones rather broadly edged with whity brown ; tail-feathers 

 brown, with a sUght green gloss on the outer web; head, nape and 

 hind neck, sides of neck, sides of face, and ear-coverts glossy oil- 

 green with a slight purplish shade ; cheeks, throat, and under surface 

 of body ashy brown, rather more ochreous brown on the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts ; the fore neck and breast mesially streaked 

 with white ; flanks and thighs brown ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaiies yellowish white ; quills dusky below, ashy brown along 

 the inner web : " iris dark red " (J. Murray). Total length 8 iuclies, 

 culmen 0-85, wing 4-5, tail 2-7, tarsus I'lo. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen 0-85, wing 4-4, tail 2-6, tarsus 1-15. 



Hah. Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean. 



a. cJ ad. st. Vavau, Tonga Islands. J. Brenchley, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 d. Ad. sk. Vavau, Tonga Islands. J. Brenchley, Esq. 



[P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Tonga Islands. Zoological Society. 



d. c? ad. sk. Vavaii, Tonga Islands, Feb. 24, Tweeddale Coll. 



1870 (E. L. Layard). 



c. c? ad. sk. Tougataboo, Nov. 1880. Dr. Coppinger FP.]. 



/, g. S ad. ; h. Tongataboo. Toy. of H.M.S. 



$ ad. sk. ♦ Challenger.' 



6. Aplonis brevirostris. 



Lamprotoruis brevirostris, Peale, U. S. ExjjI. E.vped. p. Ill (1848) ; 

 Hartl. Arch. Naturg. 1852, p. 103. 



