152 STTJRNID^, 



22. MACRUROPSAR. „ 



Type. 

 Macruropsar, Salvad. Ami. Mm. Civic. Genov. xii. p. 345 



(1878) M. niiignus. 



Range. Islands of Mafor and Mj-sori, in the Bay of Geelvink, 

 N.W. New Guinea. 



1. Macruropsar magnus. 



Lamprotomis magnus, Schl. Nederl. Tijdschv. iv. p. 18 (1873, ex Von 

 Hoscnb. 3ISS.) ; Walden, Trans. Z. 8, viii. p. '20b (1872) ; Hosenb. 

 Mala;/. Arch. pp. 558, 591 (1879). 



L.amprotornis major (Japsu), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xii. 

 p. 345 (1878). 



Macruropsar magnus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xii. p. .345 

 (1878), xvi. p. 195 (1880) ; id. Orn. Papnasia etc. ii. p. 458 

 (1881); Sharpe in Gould's B. New Guinea, iv. pi. 12 (1882); 

 Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-Skel. pi. Ixxxi. (1885), 



Adult. Black with an oily-green gloss, the lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, quills, and tail-feathers black, with an oily- green gloss on 

 the outer web ; head all round, ear-coverts, sides of face, throat, 

 and fore neck purplish ; rest of under surface of body duU green 

 like the back. Total length 14-3 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 5, 

 tail 9, tarsus 1*2. 



Hab. Islands of Misori and Mafoor in the Bay of Geelvink, N.W. 

 New Guinea. 



a. d ad. sk. Kordo, Misori, March 1873 {Dr. A. B. Tweeddale Coll. 

 Meye.7-). 



23. STREPTOCITTA. 



Type. 

 Streptocitta, Bp. Consp. i. p. 382 (1850) S. albicoUis. 



Ranr/e. Confined to Celebes. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Bill entirely black torquata, p. 162. 



b. Bill black, with a yellow tip albicoUis, p. 153. 



1. Streptocitta torquata. 



Garrula torquata, Temm. II. Col. ii. pi. 444 (1828). 



Pica torquata, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 11, no. 6180 (1870). 



Streptocitta torquata, Waldeti, Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 76 (1874) ; 

 Brilggeni. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 77 (1876) ; Mci/cn, 

 Ibis, 1879, pp. 133, 146 ; id. Abbild. Voyel-Skel. pi. xxv. (18b2) ; 

 Blasius, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. ii. p. 290, Taf. xiii. fig. 2 (1885). 



Adult. General colour above glossy blue-black, with a slight 

 purplish reflexion ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median 

 coverts black hke the rest of the wing, with glossy purplish-blue 



