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3t<. ERYTHKrKA. 383 



quills dusky brown, edged with green, the inner secondaries entirely- 

 green, the primaries edged with greenish yellow ; hind part of head 

 and sides of neck like the back ; forehead and sinciput, eyebrow 

 sides of face, and ear-coverts, as well as the throat and fore neck 

 bright crimson- scarlet : remainder of under surface of body from 

 the chest downwards bright grass-green, as also the thighs and 

 under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; quills dusky 

 below, yellowish along the inner web : •' bill black ; legs brown ; 

 iris dark brown " {E. L. Layard). Total length 4-4 inches, cuLmen 

 0-4, wing '2-2, tail 1'75, tarsus ()-(So. 



Yoaivj. Duller green than the adult, with no scarlet on the face 

 or throat, the entire head and throat green like the back. 



Hah. New Caledonia. 



rt. (5 ad. sk. Port de France, New J. Brenchlev, Esq. 



Caledonia, Oct. [P.]. 



h. S ad. sk. Nu, Port de France, New J. Mac"-illivrav Esa 



Caledonia, May. [C] 



V. c? ad. ; d. $ juv. sk. Xoumea, Aug. & Oct. {E. Tweeddale Coll. 



Z. Layard). 



f. J ad. sk. Dembea,Julylo(-E'.Z.i.). Forbes Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. New Caledonia. Forbes Coll. 



3. Erythrura pealii. 



Geo.spiza prasiua {tjec Sparnn.), Peak, U. S. Kcpl. Exned., Birds 

 p. IIG, pi. 31. fig. 3 (1848). / ' , 



Erythrura pealii, Haiti, in Wiegm. Arch. 1852, pp. 104, 132 ; Ca.ss 

 U. S. E.rpl. Exped., Birds, p. 138, pi. 8. fig. ] (1858) ; ' Hartl 

 P. Z. S. 1858, p. 462 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 232 ; Finsch ^- Hartl. 

 Faun. Centralpolyn. p. 99 (1867); Layard, P. Z. S. 1875 p 435 

 Ihis, 1876, pp. 151, 392 ; Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 546. ' ' 



Amadina (Erythrura) pealii, Gray, Cat. B. Tropical Isl n "V 

 (1859). " 1 . y. - 



Amblynura pealii, Beichenb. Sinr/v. p. 32, Taf. xii. figs. 93, 94 (1861). 

 Amadina pealii, Graj/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 57, no. 6801 (1870). 



Adidt male. Grass-green, the wing-coverts like the back ; quills 

 dusky brown, the inner secondaries entirely green, the rest of the 

 quills externally green, the primaries yellowish green on the outer 

 web : lower rump and upper tail-coverts dull scarlet, as also the 

 centre tail-feathers ; remainder of tail-feathers blackish, externally 

 dull scarlet, olive greenish towards the ends of the outer web'; 

 crown of head scarlet as far as the hinder crown, the occiput and 

 nape green like the back ; a dusky loral spot and a small dusky 

 mark on the fore part of the cheeks ; sides of face, ear-coverts, and 

 cbeeks scarlet ; throat blackish, washed with blue on the lower 

 throat, the fore neck inclining to cobalt-blue, shading off into the 

 emerald-green of the remainder of the under surface; under win"- 

 and tail-coverts also green ; quills dusky below, ashy alono- the 

 inner web : " biU blackish ; feet brown or pinkish grey ; iris black " 

 {E. L. Layard). Total length 4-3 inches, culmen O'o, wine 2-25 

 tail 1'2, tarsus 0"6. 



