Subsp. a. Calornis inornata. 



Calornis inornata, Salvad. Ann. Mub. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 194 (18SUJ ; 

 id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 453 (1881). 



Adult. Similar to C. metallica, but smaller, duller, and without 

 any green cervical collar ; head, neck, and interscapulary region 

 somewhat tinged with purple, this purple colour perceptibly vanish- 

 ing towards the middle of the back ; the purple colour of the throat 

 and breast scarcely visible. {Salvador'i, I. c.) 



Hub. Misori Island, in the Bay of Geelvink. 



Subsp. /3. Calornis fuscovirescens. 



Calornis mvsolensis {nee Gray), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. 



p. 149 (r«77). 

 Calornis fuscovirescens, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 194 



(1880) ; id. Orn. Fapuusia etc. ii. p. 454 (1881). 



Dusky blackish, with a green shine; head with scarcely any 

 purple; bill and feet black. (Salvculori.) 

 Hah. Sorong, New Guinea {U AJbertis) *. 



2. Calornis gularis. 



Calornis gularis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1801, pp. 431, 430; id. 

 Hand-list of Birds, ii. p. 27, no. 0385 (1870) ; Walden, Trans. Zool. 

 Sac. viii. p. 80 (1872) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 47; Rosenh. Malay 

 Arch. p. ;]9o (1879) ; Fwbes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 433 ; id. Nat. 

 Wand. East. Arch.y. 305 (1885); Salvad. P. Z.S. 1884, p. 579; 

 Sharpe in Gould's Birds of New Guinea, iv. pi. 13 (1885). 



* Count Sahadori says that tliere is a specimen in the British Museum from 

 Salawati, but I cannot dnd one, and I think he must have intended to refer to 

 some other Museum. 



