6. CH^TUEA. 487 



only a little paler ; under surface dark smoky brown, only a little 

 paler on the throat, and a little darker on the under tail-coverts. 

 Total length about 4 inches, wing 4-2, tail 1-8. 



Hah. Islands of St. Vincent, Sta. Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, 

 and probably some other islands in the West Indies. 



a. c? ad. sk. Dominica {F. A. Ober). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Santa Lucia, W. I. {John Semper). Sclater Coll. 



19. Chaetura picina. 



Chfetura picina, Ttveedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 944, pi. lix. (Mindanao) ; 

 W. Ramsay, Tiveedd. Orn. Works, App. p. 656 (1881). 



Adult. Blue-black with a slight gloss ; chin, throat, and the larger 

 under wing-coverts pure white. Total length about 4'6 inches, wing 

 6-4, tail 1-2. 



Hab. The unique specimen is from South-western Mindanao. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Zamhoauga, April {H. Everetf). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



20. Chaetura novseguineae. 



Chsetura novffiguinec'e, d'Alb. ^ Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. 

 p. 55 (1879) ; Salvad. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 535 (1880). 



Above glossy greenish blue ; fore neck and upper breast grey ; 

 abdomen pale grey, with blackish shafts to the lateral feathers ; 

 under wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts glossy greenish ; wings 

 concolorous with the back ; tail very short, equal, glossy green ; 

 biU, feet, and eyes black. Total length about 4-5 inches, wing 5, 

 tail 1-2. 



This extraordinary species, of which I have never seen a speci- 

 men, seems to have no near ally. 



Hab. New Guinea (Fly Iliver). 



21, Chaetura sabiueL 



Chffitura sabini, J. K Gray in Grif. An. Kingd. ii. p. 70 (1829) ; 



Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 25 (1857); Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 205; 



id. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 613 ; id. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 136; Gray, Hand-l. 



i. p. 67 (1869) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1890, p. 168 (Aniwimi R.). 

 Chsetura bicolor, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 7 (1831). 

 Acanthylis bicolor, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 99. 

 Acautliylis sabini, Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 64 (1850). 



Hartlaub (1. c.) quotes Pallene leucopngia, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 168, 

 as a synonym of Chcrtura sahinei, but I cannot understand why 

 that name should be referable to C. sahinei. Boie does not give 

 any description or even locality, but simply quotes '■'■ Hiriindo Itiico- 

 pyqia, Gray in Griff. An. Kingd." — which work I have carefully 

 searched for that name, but unsuccessfully. 



