21. CALOENIS. 139 



Iland-l. B. ii. p. 26, no. 6376 (1870) ; Walden, Trans. Z. S. viii. 



p. 80 (1874) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 593 ; Sakacl. ^- D' Albert. 



Ann. Mus. Civic. Genor. vii. p. 827 (1875) ; Sharpe, Ibis^ 1876, 



p. 47; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. viii. p. 402 (1876), ix. 



p. 38 (1870) ; Brugg. Ahhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 78 (1876) ; 



Masters, Pruc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 54 (1877) ; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civic. Genov. x. p. 148 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 88, 97 ; 



liamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 107 (1878), p. 279 (1879) 



iv. pj). 77, 99 (1879); Eose^ib. Malay. Arch. pp. 322, 370 (1879) ; 



U' Albert. ^- Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 190 (1879) ; 



Salvad. t. c. p. 656 (1879) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 442 ; L. C. Lay- 



ard. Ibis, 1880, p. 295; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. 



p. 193 (1881) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 447 (1881) ; Blasitts, J. f. O. 



1883, p. 160; Meyer, Sitz. nat. Gesellsch. Isis, 1884, Abth. i. 



p. 48; Finsck, Viig. der Sildsee, p. 13 (1884) ; id. t. c. p. 30. 

 Caloniis nitida, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 181 ; id. Cat. Mamm. etc. 



Neiu Guinea, p. 38 (1859) ; id. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, 



p. 26 (1859) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 27, no. 6383 (1870) ; Walden, 



Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 80 (1872) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 48 ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1877, p. 104, 1878, p. 289 ; Fi^isch, P.Z. S. 1879, p. 11 ; 



Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 295; Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 537; Tristr. Ibis, 



1882, p. 137. 

 Calornis viridescens, Grat/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 181; id P. Z. S. 1861, 



p. 436 ; id. Ha7id-l. B. ii. p. 26, no. 6378 (1870) ; Waldcji, Trans. 



Z. S. viii. p. 80 (1874) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 47 ; id. Journ. Linn. 



Soc, Zool. xiii. pp. 318, 501 (1877). 

 Calomis amboinensi.<!, G7-ai/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 182 ; id. Cat. Mamm. 



etc. Nnc Guinea, p. 38 (1859); id. P.Z.S. 1860, p. Z?>b ; Bernst. 



Nederl. Tijdschr. ii. p. 350 (1865) ; Grai), Hand-l. B. ii. p. 27, 



no. 6382 (1870) ; Walden, Trans. Z. S. vi'ii. p. 80 (1874) ; Sharpe, 



Ibis, 1876, p. 48; Rosenb. Malay. Arch. p. 322 (1879). 

 Calornis virescens, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 158 ; id. Cat. Mamm. etc. 



Netv Guinea, p. 59 (1859). 

 Lamprotornis virescens, Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxv. 



p. 248 (1863) ; id. J.f. O. 1864, p. 1.31. 

 Calornis purpurascens, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 26, no. 6377 (1870) ; 



Walden, Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 80 (1874) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, 



p. 47. 

 Lamprotornis purpurascens, Giehel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 430 (1875). 

 Lamprotornis metallica, var. nitida, North, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



(2) ii. p. 443 (1887). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy oil-green on the 

 scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, with a faint 

 shade of purple hero and there; lesser Aving-covcrts and mantle 

 glossy purplish violet ; median coverts like the scapulars ; greater 

 coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, externally 

 purplish black, the inner secondaries with glossy green edges ; tail- 

 leathers l)lack, glossed with dull steel-blue on the margins ; crown 

 of head jnirplish violet as far as the nape ; hind neck brilliant glossy 

 green, as also the sides of the neck ; lores, feathers round eye, sides 

 of face, and car-coverts glossy purplish violet ; checks, chin, and 

 throat glossy steel-green : fore neck purplish violet ; chest and 

 remainder of under surface of body glossy stccl-green, inclining to 

 oily green, with a faint purplish gloss on the breast, slightly 

 developed on the sides of body and flanks ; thighs and under tail- 



