384 PLOCEID-E. 



Adult female. Similar to the -male: "bill black; feet and iris 

 brown" (E.L.Layard). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0"45, wing 

 2-25, tail 1-2, tarsus 1-65. 



Young. Differs from the aclnlt in being duller in colour, and lacks 

 the scarlet on the head and face, these parts as well as the throat 

 being blue, with a few scarlet plumes on the former and some black 

 feathers on the latter : " base of bill wattled " {E. L. Layard). 



Hah. Fiji Islands. 



a-c. (S ; d. 2 jii^'- sk. Rewa, Fiji, Oct., Nov. Tweeddale Coll. 



{IS. L. Layard). 

 e. 9 ad. sk. Taviuni, Aug. 18 {E. L. Forbes Coll. 



^•)- . 

 /. Juv. sk. Taviuni (Liardet). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



g. Imm. sk. Taviuui, April 21 {L. C. Tweeddale Coll. 



Layard). 



4. Erythrura cyanovirens. 



Geospiza cyanovirens, Peale, Zool. U. 8. E.vpl. Euped., Birds, p. 117, 



pi. 31. fig. 4 (1848). 

 Erythrura cvanovirens, Hartl. Arch. f. Naturq. 1852, pp. 104, 132 ; 



Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped., Zool. p. 137, pi. Q. fig. 2 (1858) ; Hartl. 



P. Z. S. 1858, p. 457 ; Fhisch ^- Hartl. Faun. Centralpoh/n. p. 100, 



pi. ix. fig. 4 (18(37) ; WMtmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 441 ; Layard, P. Z. S. 



1876, p. 495; Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 546. 

 Erythrura pucheraui, Sp. Consp. Au. i. p. 457 (1850) ; Hartl. 



P.Z.S. 1858, p. 457; Reichenb. Siiiyv. p. 34 (1861); Scl. Ibis, 



1881, p. 546. 

 Amadina (Erythrura) cyauovirens, Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 27 



(1859). 

 Amadina (Erythrura) pucheraui. Gray, Cat. B. Trap. Isl. p. 27 



(1859). 

 Amblynura cyauovu-ens, ReicJtetib. Sinqv. p. 32, Taf. xi. fig. 95 (1861) ; 



Hartl. ^ Finsch, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 23. 

 Amadina cyanovirens, Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 57, no. 6802 (1870). 

 Lobiospiza'notahilis, Hartl Sf Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 817, pi. 49, 



1871, p. 24; Finsch, J. f. O. 1872, p. 43; Hartl. P.Z.S. 1875, 



p. 269 ; Finsch, Journ. Mas. Godvffr. Heft xii. p. 36, note (1876) ; 



Layard, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 495. 



Adult. Similar to E.'pealii, but differs in having the back washed 

 with blue ; the entire head and nape deep scarlet or crimson. The 

 throat also is blue, not black, and the blue colour extends over the 

 whole under surface, the green of the breast and abdomen being 

 washed with blue: " biU black; feet black; iris brown" {Peale). 

 Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-4, tail 1-2, tarsus 7. 



Young. Has the bill yellow, tipped with black, with wattled 

 base, the crimson of the head mixed with blue on the hinder crown 

 and nape ; lores, eyebrow, and sides of face blue ; all the colours 

 duller than in the adult. 



Hah. Samoa Islands. 



a-c. Ad. et juv. sk. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Upolu, Samoa. Forbes Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Navigators' Islands. Gould Coll. 



