136 STURN1D.E. 



15. Aplonis pelzelni. 



Aplonis pelzelni, Fhisefi, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 044; id. Journ. Mus. 

 Gochffr. Heft xii. p. 32, pi. ii. fig-. 3 ( 1876) ; id P. Z. S. 1877, 

 p. 779; id. Ibis, 1881, p. 110. 



Adult. Obscure sooty brown ; head above somewhat darker ; 

 lores and front changing into sooty black ; wings, tail, upper and 

 lower tail-coverts umber-brown, a good deal lighter on the remain- 

 ing plumage. Bill and feet black. Total length 6^", wing 8" K »'", 

 tail 2" 4'", culmen S|"', tarsus Hi'". (FInsch, l.c~) 



Hah. Interior mountains of Ponapc. 



16. Aplonis kittlitzi. 



? Pacific Shrike, Lath. Gen. Si/ti. i. pt. i. p. 164 (1781). 



? Lanius pacificus, Gtn. Si/sf. Nat. i. p. 306 (1788, e.v Lath.). 



Turdiis colunibiua (wee Gm.), Kittl. Ki'ipf. Viig. p. 11, Taf. 15. fig. 2 



(1833). 

 Lamprotoinis columbiuus (wee Gm.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 417 (1850) ; 



Hartl. J.f. O. 1854, p. 168. 

 Lamprotoruis opaca, Licht. in Mus. Berol. ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. 



p. 1^01 (1850) ; Liclit. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 53 (1854). 

 ? Calomis pacifica. Gray, Cat. B. Trojncal Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 25 



(1859) ; id. Ha7id-l. B. ii. p. 27, no. 6390 (1870). 

 Calornis opaca. Gray. Cat. B. Tropical Isl. p. 26 (1859) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 27, no. 6891 (1870). 

 Calornis columbina {nee Gm.), Pclz. Beis. Novara, Vog. p. 88 (1865). 

 Calornis kittlitzi, Finsch ^- Hartl. Faun. Ce7itralpolyn. p. 109 



(1867); Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 380; id. ^- Finsch, P. Z. S. 



1868, pp. 7, 117 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 100 ; Finsch, Journ. Mus. 



Gndeffr. Heft viii. p. 23 (1875); Shariw, Ibis, 1876, p. 47; 



Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 779. 

 Calornis pacificus, Fifisch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. p. 31 



(1876); id. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 575 ; id. Ibis, 1881, p. 194 ; id. Vog. 



der Siidsee, p. 49 (1884). 



Adult. Dusky blackish, with a slight steel-green shade on the 

 edges of the feathers ; below rather duller black than the upper 

 surface, iron-grey on the lower breast and abdomen : " iris bright 

 suli)hur-yeUow " (0. Finsch). Total length 8*8 inches, culmen 0'9, 

 wing 4'95, tail 3'35, tarsus 1*1. 



Sexes alike, when adult (Finsch). 



Youncj. More dingy than the adults, the feathers of the undcr- 

 parts edged with white, producing a streaked appearance : " iris 

 whitish or yellowish "' (0. Finsch). 



Hah. Islands of Ponape, Ivuschai, lluk, and Lugunor. 



a. Ad. ; b. Juv. sk. Ponap6. Mr. Cohen [C.]. 



c. Juv. sk. Ponape (Cohen). Tweeddale Coll. 



and could one but be certain that the specimen in question is the type of 

 2'urdas ulieteiisis, then the name will be Aplonis ulidensis, and Mr. Seebohm's 

 synonymy (vol. v. of this Catalogue, p. 27C, pi. xvi.) may be added. I have 

 for the present retained the name of inornata for this species, as it was on 

 the stand of the specimen, and it may h.ave been described under this name in 

 some obscure reference, which perhaps has escaped me. 



