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extending on to the fore neck, and also shading the ckeeks ; sides of 

 neck purple ; remainder of under surface from the fore neck down- 

 wards dark glossy green, a little more dingy on the abodomen, thighs, 

 and under tail-covorts : " iris red " (A. B. Wcdkice). Total length 

 7'7 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3-9, tail 2-3, tarsus 0'8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but with a slight 

 purplish gloss on the head. Total length 7*3 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 3-9, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-75. 



Young. Browner than the adults with a slight green gloss ; below 

 dull white, with broad blackish streaks ; sides of body uniform dull 

 brown : " iris red " {A. R. Wallace). 



Hah. Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, Lombock. Probably in Southern 

 Celebes (cf. Meyer, I. c). 



a. 2 ad. sk. E. Timor. Wallace Coll. 



h, c. Ad. et juv. sk. Timor. Wallace Coll. 



d. Imm. sk. Timor (A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Lombock {A. R. Wallace). Goidd Coll. 

 /. S ad sk. Lombock. Wallace Coll. 

 g. Juv. sk. Flores. Wallace Coll. 



5. Calornis chalybea. 



Tardus chalybeus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sac. xiii. p. 148 (1820). 

 Tardus strigatus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 148 (1820). 

 Lanius insidiator, Rajjl. t. c. p. 337 (1820). 

 Lamprotornis cantor, Miill. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 174 (1839-44) ; 



Bj). Consp. i. p. 416 (18.50) ; Lic/d. Nomencl. p. 53 (1854). 

 Lamprotornis chalybeus, Eyton, P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 103. 

 Calornis cantor, JBIyth, J. A. S. Benq. xiii. p. 366 (1844), xix. 



p. 225 (1850) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. Ill (1849) ; Scl. 



P.Z.S. 1863, p. 218; Stoliczka, J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 326 



(1870) ; Walden, Ibis, 1871, p. 176. 

 Calornis affinis, A. Hat/, J. A. S. Benq. xv. p. 36 (1846) ; Blyth,t.c. 



p. 369 ; id. op. cit. xix. p. 225 (1850) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 



p. Ill (1849) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 27, no. 6381 (1879) ; Blyth 



Sf Wald. B. Biirm. p. 91 (1875) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 46; Hume, 



Sir. F. 1877, p. 38. 

 Calornis pauayensis, pt., Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 327 (1846); 3Iotley ^• 



Dillw. Ncd^ Hist. Labium, p. 56 (1856). 

 Lamprotornis affinis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 416 (1850). 

 Lamprotornis insidiator, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 201 (1850). 

 Calornis chalybea, Horsf. (§■ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 543 



(1856) ; Moore, P. Z. 'S. 1859, p. 445 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 26 



no. 6374 (1870) ; Wald. Tratis. Z. S. viii. p. 80 (1872) ; Salmd. 



Ucc. Born. p. 271 (1874) ; Bh/th >§• Wald. B. Burn. p. 91 (1875); 



S/iarpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 45, 1877, p. 21 ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 318 ; 



Hu7ne 4- Davison, Sfr. F. 1878, p. 304 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 66, 



106 ; Nichols. Ibis, 1879, p. 170 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 345 ; id. 



Ibis, 1879, p. 262 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genoa, xiv. p. 238 



(1879); Eelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 519; Nichols. Ibis, 1882, p. 62; 



Vorderm. N T. Nederl. Ind. xliii. p. 189 (1884) ; Bidtik. Notes 



Leyden Mus. ix. p. 71 (1887). 

 Calornis insidiator, Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 381. 



Aplonis cantor, Snellem. Exped. Midden- Sumatra, Vogels, p. 43 (1884). 

 Calornis irwiui, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 481 (1873). 



