156 trerosib^:. 



Chryscena luteovirens, JBp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 879 (1854), xl. 



P. 217, n. 66 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ail Ordre Pig. pp. 11, 55, n. 66 ( 1855) ; 



id. Icon. Piij. pi. 31 (1857) ; Finsch Sf Hart/. Fauna Centralpol. 



pp. 134, 279, t. ii. f. 4 (egg) (1867) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 226, 



n. 9137 (1870); Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Colurubse, p. 9(1873); 



Finsch, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 733 (note) ; Layard, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 436; 



Finsch, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 557; id. Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. 



p. 10 (1876) ; Schmeltz, ibid. p. 171 (1876) ; E. L. Layard, Ibis, 



1876, p. 392 ; North, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) ii. p. 445 (1887) 



(eggs); Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. Senck. Mus. p. 190 (1891); 



Rchnw. J.f. O. 1891, p. 127 ; Wiylesw. Aves Pohjnes. p. 47 (1891). 

 Ptilonopus luteovirens, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 38 (1859). 

 Chryscenas luteovirens, Rcltnb. Tauben, i. p. 90, n. 204. t. 245. 



f. 2594, t. 263. ff. 1469-70 (1862), ii. p. 176, t. iii. f. 32 (juv.) 



(1862). 

 Ptilopus luteovirens, Schley. De Dierent. p. 210 (1864) ; id. Mus. 



P.-B. Columbse, p. 41 (1873) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 365 (1877) ; 



Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 565 ; Schmeltz, Verh. Ver. Hamb. 1877 



(1879), p. 179; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 44 (1889). 



Adult male. Head olive-yellow ; feathers of the neck, back, 

 breast, and wing-coverts lanceolate and yellow, tinged with green ; 

 a yellow collar not very distinct between the head and the neck ; 

 feathers of the lower breast green with yellow edges ; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow ; thighs yellowish green : upper 

 wing-coverts yellowish green ; quills yellowish green, with the 

 outer edges and the inner web yellow ; under wing-coverts bright 

 yellow ; tail yellowish green, with the inner web of the feathers 

 edged with yellow : " bill blackish, with paler tip ; feet grey-black ; 

 iris red" {Hombron}, "yellow" (Gr'dffe). Total length about 

 8 inches, wing 4-6, tail 2*6, bill - 5, tarsus 0'85. 



Female. Green ; feathers of the underparts edged with yellow ; 

 under tail-coverts dull olive-yellow, edged with yellow ; quills 

 brown, with narrow yellow outer edges, and with broad yellow 

 edges towards the base of the inner webs; tail above bright green, 

 underneath dull yellowish grey, the feathers brighter yellow towards 

 the tip of the inner web : " iris buff : bill greenish horn ; feet 

 emerald-green " (E. L. Layard). 



Young. Similar to the female, but with broader yellow edges to 

 the feathers of the underparts, and with the under tail-coverts 

 lighter. 



Hub. Fiji Islands — Balaou, Ovalau, Yiti Levu. 



a, b. S ad. et juv. St. Fiji Isl. Cuming Coll. 



c, d. 3 ad. sk. Fiji Isl. Purchased. 



''>/? 9- <3 $ a d- et 6 Levuka, Ovalau, July. J. Brenchlev, Esq. 



juv. sk. TP.]. 



h, i, k. d 1 ad. et <5 2 Ovalau, Oct., Nov. (E. L. Tweeddale Coll. 



juv. sk. Layard). 



1. 3 juv. sk. Ovalau, Oct. (E. L. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Layard). 



m. cT ad. ;-k. Eewa, Oct. (E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n, o. <5 J ad. sk. Eewa, Nov. (E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



