21. CALOENIS. X51 



^^(Ift male. General colour above black witb a green gloss 

 slightly shading into purple on the mantle, upper back, and scapu 

 lars; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more decidedly 

 glossy green : wmg-covorts like the back ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 ^ coverts, and secondary quiUs black, washed externaUy with glossy 

 gree^ ; primaries light brown, blackish brown at the ends and at 

 the base ot the outer web; laU-feathers black, glossed with green 

 externally ; crown of head, nape, and hind neck more purple tban 

 the back, the feathers long and lanceolate; sides efface, ear-coverts 

 cheeks, throat, and fore neck also glossy purple ; the feathers of the' 

 throat, sides of neck, and fore neck lanceolate ; breast and abdomen 

 sides of body, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts glossy green • 

 under wing-coverts and axillarics black, with glossy green edges' 

 quills below pale reddish isabelline with blackish ends : " biU and 

 feet black ; iris red " (C. M. Woodford). Total length 10-5 inches, 

 culmen l-Oo, wing 5-6, tail 4, tarsus 1-3. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total len<>th 10 

 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 5-55, tail 3-S5, tarsus 1-25. 



Hah. Solomon Islands. 



a,b. c^2 ad. sk. Aola, Guadalcanal, May, C. M. Woodford, Esq 



July. ("01 



c, d. S 2 ad. sk. f auro. C. M. Woodford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



10. Calornis minor. 



Sturuoides minor, liam.<!mj, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi. p 72G 

 (18b2) ; id. op. cit. vii. p. 26 (1883). ^ 



Lamprocora.x ? minor, Salvad. Ann. 3Ius. Civic. Genov. xviii p 4'>G 

 (Ib82) ; id. Oni. Pupuasia etc. iii. App. p. 500 (1882) 



Calornis fulvipennis, Tristram, Ibis, 1882, p. 137 {nee Jacq.etPuch ) 



bturnoides (Lamprotornis) minor, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 8uc. N S 

 Wales, vii. p. G(J8 (1883). 



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Adidt male. Similar to C. ejrandis, but much smaUer Black 

 with a purplish-blue gloss ; green on the bead, neck, and mantle' 

 throat and breast, the feathers with a glossy centre, producino^ 

 somewhat of a streaked appearance ; quills and tail brown : " bill and 

 leet black ; ins scarlet " ( G. E. Richards). Total length 8-3 inches 

 culmen 0-85, wing 4-G, tail 3-25, tarsus 1-1. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total len"-th 8 

 inches, culmen 08, wing -1-35, tail 2-8, tarsus 1-05. ° 



Hah. Solomon Islands. 



a. S ad. sk. Makira Harbour, San Christoval, Capt. G. E. Eichards 

 Dec. 16, 1880. m 1_ 



* Plate lettered L. grandis by mistake. 



