132 STUKNIDiE. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 6'5 inches, 

 ciilmen 0-7, wing 3*8, tail 2-15, tarsus 1. 

 Hah. Fiji Islands ; llotumah. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Rev. S. J. Whitmee. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



«. Ad. sk. Fiji Islands. Gould Coll. 



b. cJ ad. sk. Ovalau, Aug. 185G {Dr. F. M. Voy.H.M.S. 'Herald.' 



Rayner). 



c, d. (S 2 ad. sk. Ovalau, Nov. and May {E. L. 



Laijurd). 



e. 2 ad. sk. N'Ui-eketti (C. L. Sicayne). 



f. Ad. sk. Rewa, Oct. 10, 1874 {E. L. 



Layavd). 

 (J. d ad. sk. Levuka, July 3, 1874 {E. L. 



Ldyard). 

 h, i. (S ad.sk. Lonia Loma, Dec. 3, 1875 (i?. X. Tweeddale Coll. 



Eayard). 

 k. $ ad. sk. Moala, Sept. G, 1854 {J. Mc- Gould Coll. 



Gillivray). 

 I, 711. d ad. St. Island of" Totoya (Dr. F. M. Voy. of II.M.S. 



Rayner). ' Herald.' 



H. d ad. sk. Island of Totoya, Aug. 1855 Voy. of II.M.S. 



{Dr. F. M. Rayner). ' ' Herald.' 



(Type of A. cassini.) 



o. (S ad. sk. Interior of Viti Levu. 



]}, q- d 2 ad. sk. Matuka. 



Ad. 



Taviuni. 



Dr. Kleiuscliraidt[C.]. 

 Voy. of II.M.S. 'Chal- 

 lenger.' 

 W. A. Bailward, Esq. 



[P.]. 



8. Aplonis fortunse. 

 Aplonis fortunaj, Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 147. 



" I have two birds from the island of Fortuna, similar in every 

 measurement to the Fiji species, except that the bill is stouter every 

 way, but not longer ; and the whole bird is imbued with a black 

 shade. The sheen of the Fijian bird is coppery, especially about 

 the head. That of the other is of iron." {E. L. Laymxl, I. c.) 



Hah. Fortuna Island. 



9. Aplonis brunnescens. (Plate VI.) 



Aplonis tabueusis 

 nee Gm.). 



pt., Bidler, B. N. Zeal. 2ud ed. i. p. 25 (1887, 



Adult. Similar to A. tahuensis, but browner, with scarcely any 

 metallic gloss on the head ; ear-coverts and sides of face brown ; 

 under surface of body dark ashy brown, everywhere streaked with 

 white, including the under tail-coverts ; outer secondaries very 

 broadly edged with white. Total length 6"5 inches, culmen 0'85, 

 wing 4-1, tail 2-35, tarsus 1"25. 



Hah. Savage Island. 



b. Ad. sk. 

 Ad. sk. 



Savage Island, June 1865. 

 Savage Island. 



J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 

 Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



