9. CHRYSCENAS. 157 



2. Chrysoenas victor. 



Chrvscena, sp., Orafe, J. f. O. 1870, p. 418. 



Chryscena victor, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 642 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 

 1873, p. 783 i Layard, P. Z. 8. 187"), pp. 30, 151,437; Finsch, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 557 ; Layard, Ibis, 1875, p. 435; Roiol. Orn. 

 Misc. i. p. 23, pi. xxxix. (1876); Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. 

 Heft xii. p. 11 (1876) ; Kleinschmidt, ibid. p. 12 (1876) ; Schmeltz, 

 ibid. p. 171 (1876); Layard, Ibis, 1876, pp. 139, 151, 388, 392; 

 Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 74 (1876) ; Layard, P. Z. S. 



1877, p. 464 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 736 ; Gieb. Zeitschr.f.yes. 

 Naturw. (3) ii. p. 229 (1877) ; Nehrk. J.f. O. 1879, p. 407 (ejrg) ; 

 Hartert, Kut. Voyelsamml. Senck. Mus. p. 190 (1891) ; Wiylesiv. 

 Aves Polyn. p. 47J n. 24-"> (1891). 



Chrvscena hiteovirens, E. Layard (nee H. $J.), P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 30. 

 Ptilopus victor, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 369 (1877) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 568; Schmeltz, Verb. Ver. Hamb. 1877 (1879), p. 180; 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 45 (1889). 



Chrvscenas victor, Finsch, Von. ' Challeniier? Birds, p. 51, pi. xv. 

 (1881). ' V ' l 



Adult male. General plumage bright orange ; head and throat 

 olive-yellow, paler on the throat ; quills and primary-coverts dull 

 brownish yellow, with brighter yellow edges, shafts of the quills 

 brown ; inner web of the quills yellow-orange like the under 

 wing-coverts ; first primary not narrowed ; tail short and nearly 

 hidden by the upper tail-coverts, brownish orange, with the tips 

 and outer edges of the lateral feathers orange: "iris yellow-buff; 

 bill green ; feet green " (Layard). Total length 7 inches, wing 4-25, 

 tail 2-5, bill 0-5, tarsus 0*7. 



Female. Head yellowish green, lighter upon the throat ; entire 

 plumage of body rich green ; inner webs of primaries and second- 

 aries broadly margined with orange ; outer webs edged with the 

 samo colour ; under tail-coverts orange, with the centre of the 

 feathers green : bill black, tip yellow ; feet black. 



Young male. Similar to the female, but yellower on the head and 

 more orange on the under tail-coverts. 



U<d>. Eiji Islauds — Bua, Vanua Levu, Taviuni, Xgami, Lanthala. 



«, b. S 2 ad. ak. Bua, Fiji Isl., May ( C. L. Lay- Gould Coll. 



,ir,l\. 



c, d,e- <$ $ ad. et Bua. Fiji Isl., Dec. (E. L. Lay- Tweeddale Coll. 



juv. sk. ard). 



/-<>■ <5 2 ad. sk. et Taviuni. W. A. Bail\vard,Esq. 



S t. 1'. . 



/>, q. J ad. sk. Taviuni (Liardet). Sahin-Godman Coll. 



r, s. tf $ ad. sk. Taviuni, April (E.L.La>/ard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



t,u. ? ad. et d Taviuni, April, Nov. (E. L. Tweeddale ColL 



iiuiu. sk. Layard |. 



v. cJ nd. ak. Taviuni, Aug. (E. L. Layard). Rev. J. Whitmee 



rp.i. 



V. cJad.sk. Taviuni. < Challemrer' Exped. 



x. J ad. sk. Lanthala (E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



y, z. $ ad. et d Laucala, April {E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 

 hum. sk. 



