142 STXTRNIDiE. 



Lamprotornis gularis, Finsch, Neu-Gidnea, p. 174 (1865). 

 Calornis metallicca, Sclafer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 51 (nee Temm.). 

 Calornis circumscripta, Mei/er, Sitz. nat. Gesellsch. Isis, 1884, Abth. i. 

 p. 49 ; Salvad. Ibis, 1884, p. 355. 



Adult male. Similar to G. metallica, but with a very narrow green 

 collar round the hind neck, separating the purple head from the 

 purple mantle, and with the entire throat uniform purplish violet, 

 the cheeks and malar line being glossy green : " bill and feet black ; 

 iris bright red " (//. 0. Forbes). Total length 9 inches, culmen 

 0"75, wing 4'25, tail 4-5, tarsus 0'9. 



Hub. Mysol ; 'J^enimber Islands. 



a. 2 fiJ- sk. Mysol. Wallace Coll. 



(Tvpe of species). 

 b,c. d 2 ^^- sk. Larat, Timor Laut, Sept. 18, 1882 Twe'eddale Coll. 

 (JL O. Forbes). 



d. 9 ad. sk. Larat, Timor Laut, Sept. 7, 1882. II. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



[C.]. 



e. d ad. sk. Kirmoen Island, Tenimber Group, II. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



Sept. 1, 1882. [C.]. 



3. Calornis purpureiceps. 



Calornis sp. incoo:n., Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 554. 



Calornis purpureiceps, Salvad. AttiR. Accad. Sci. Torino, xiii. p. 535 ^ 



(1878) ; id. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 194 (1881) ; id. Orn. 



Papuasia etc. ii. p. 435 (1881); Sel. Rep. Voy. ^Challenger,' ii. 



Birds, p. 29 (1881). 



Adult male. Similar to C. metallica, and with a purple head, but 

 without any purple on the mantle, which is glossy oil-green like the 

 rest of the back ; under surface of body green with no purple gloss 

 on the flanks, the throat entirely purple, spangled with glossy green 

 centres to the feathers. Total length 7*5 inches, culmen 0'85, 

 wing 4-25, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-9. 



Hal). Admiralty Islands. 



a,b. S ad.; c 5 Admiralty Islands. Voy. of II.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



ad. sk. (Types of species.) 



4. Calornis minor. 



Lamprotornis minor, JBp. Consp. i. p. 417 (1850, e.v MiUl. Mus. 



Li((jd.) ; Finsch, Neti-Guinea, p. 174 (1875). 

 Calornis miniir. Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 26, no. 6375 (1870) ; Walden, Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 80 (1872) ; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 48 ; Meyer, Sitz. nat. Gesellsch. Isis, 1884, 



Abth. i. p. 48. 



Adidt male. Black, glossed with bright oil-green on the upper 

 surface, the lesser wing-coverts like the back ; greater and median 

 coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers 

 black, with a gloss of steel-blue externally ; head glossy oil-green, 

 separated from the mantle by a distinct purple hind neck ; sides 

 of face and ear-coverts dark glossy green ; entire throat purple, 



