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5. Erythrura serena. 



Erytlirospiza (!) serena, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 544, pi. xv. fig. 1. 



Adult. Similar to E. cyanovirens, and with a bright scarlet head 

 aud upper tail-coverts ; the scarlet of the head extending to the 

 hind neck, which is separated from the uniform green back by a 

 broad blue collar ; throat and chest blue, this colour extending on 

 to the upper breast : remainder of under surface light green : " feet 

 dusky flesh-colour : iris dark umber-brown " (J. MacgUUvray) *. 

 Total length 4"25 inches, culmen U-55, wing 2-6, tail 1*35, tarsus 0'7. 



Yotuig. Entirely green above, excepting the upper tail-coverts 

 and tail-edgings, which are dull red ; a slight bluish tinge on the 

 sides of the face and crown ; under surface of body pale ochreous, 

 the throat and chest light green. 



Hah. Island of Aneiteum, ISTew Hebrides. 



a-e. Ad. et juv. sk. Aneiteum. .7. MacgiUivray [C.]. (Types 



of species.) 



G. Erythrura regia. 



Erythrospiza (!) regia, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 544, pi. xv. fig. 2. 



Adult. Similar to E. serena, but with the entire back aud under- 

 parts blue instead of green. " Total length 4 inches, wing 2-5, 

 tail 1-5 " (Schter). 



Hah. Island of Api, New Hebrides. 



7. Erythrura trichroa. 



Fringilla trichroa, Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. ii. p. 8, pi. 10 

 (1835). 



Estrelda trichura, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. .869 (1849). 



Erythrura trichroa, Bj}. Consp. Av. i. p. 457 (1850) ; Harfl. P. Z. S. 

 1858, p. 461 ; Eeichenb. Singv. p. 3-3, pi. xi. fig. 98 (1861); Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 158 ; Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixx. p. 127 

 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoi: xvi. p. 192 (1880) ; Finsch, 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 576; id. J. f. O. 1880, p. 290; id. Ibis, 1881, 

 pp. 108, 115 ; Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 545 ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. ii. p. 442 

 (1881); id. Ibis, 1884, p. 354; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 573; 

 Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 197. 



Erythrura kittlitzi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 457 (1850, ex Bp. MSS.) ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 58, no. 6804 (1870). 



Estrelda trichroa. Gray, Cat. B. Trap. Isl. p. 27 (1859). 



Erythrura modesta. Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 351. 



Amadiua modesta, Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 176 (1865). 



Erythrura phoenicura, Bernst. Kederl. Tijdschr. liierk. ii. p. 331 

 (1865). 



Amadina trichroa, Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 58, no. 6806 (1870); Posetib. 

 Peistocht. Geelvinkb. p. 7 ( 1875) ; id. Malay. Archip. p. 406 (1879). 



Erythrura glauca, Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. xii. p. 36 (1876). 



Erythrura sp. inc., Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 779. 



Adult male. Grass-green, a little lighter on the hinder crown 

 and sides of neck ; wing- coverts like the back, as also the inner 



* The feet are given in the ' Ibis ' plate as brown and the iris as hhwk. 

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