1 58 TEERONID.E. 



a'. 2 ad - sk. N'Dreketti (E. L. Layard). Rev. J. Whitmee 



[P.]. 

 b', c. $ ad. sk. Fiji. A. B. Gordon, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. Chryscenas viridis. 



Chrysoena luteovirens (part.), Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 30; Finsch, 

 Journ. Mus. Godefr. Heft xii. pp. 10, 12 (part.) (1876). 



Chrysoena viridis, Layard, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 151 (Knndavu), p. 437 

 id. Ibis, 1876, pp. 153, 392 ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 75 

 (1876); Schmeltz, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. p. 171 (1876): 

 Finsch, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 736; Nehrk. J.f. 0. 1879, p. 407; Wiylesw 

 Aves Poli/n. p. 47, n. 246 (1891). 



Ptilopus lavardi, Elliot, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 567 ; Schmeltz, Verh. Ver 

 Hamb. 1877 (1879), p. 179 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 44 (1889). 



Chrvscenas viridis, Finsch, Voy. ' Challenger,' Birds, p. 5 pi. xvi 

 (1881). 



Adult male. General plumage dark green, with a golden gloss 

 upon back, and breast ; head and neck yellow with a greenish tinge ; 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow ; thighs and vent grey ; primaries 

 edged with yellow on outer webs, and, together with the secondaries, 

 having nearly all the inner webs golden yellow ; the first primary is 

 gradually narrowed towards the tip : " bill blue-black, tip pale 

 livid ; legs very dark crimson ; iris yellowish " {Layard). Total 

 length 7 inches, wing 4-5, tail 2-3, bill 0-10, tarsus 040. 



Female. Green, with no golden gloss ; under tail-coverts pale 

 vellow ; vent and lower abdomen grey, a feature which readily 

 distinguishes the female of this species from that of the other two 

 allied species. 



Hub. Kandavu, Fiji Islands. 



a-d. <5 ad. sk. Kandavu, Fiji Isl. 'Challenger ' Exped. 



e if>ff- <5 2 aa "- sk. Kandavu, Sept. (E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



h, i. Ad. et imui. Kandavu. Salvin-Gudman Coll. 

 sk. 



10. DREPANOPTILA. 



Tjpe. 



Drepanoptila, Bp. Compt.Bend. xii. p. 658 (1855) .... D. holosericea. 

 Drepanoptera (errore?), Bp. Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 948 



(1856) D. holosericea. 



Calyptomenaenas, Verr. Sf Des Murs, Bev. et May. de 



Zool. 1862, p. 135 D. holosericea. 



Calyptomcenas, Verr. $■ Des Murs, I. c. pi. 8. 



Mange. Confined to New Caledonia, with the Isle of Pines. 



1. Drepanoptila holosericea. 



Columba holosericea, Temm. §■ Knip, Piy. i. p. 73, pi. 32 (1808-11); 

 Temm. Hist. Nat. Piy. pp. 209, 471 (,1813); Vieill. N. D. xxvi. 

 p. 369 (1818) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. 1, p. 60 (1819) ; Vieill. Enc. 

 Meth. i. p. 380 (1823) ; Desm. Diet. Hist. Nat. xl. p. 335 (1826) ; 



