1 84 TRERONID m. 



f A . Upper parts not metallic golden 

 green. 

 g 5 . Tail above dull metallic bottle- 

 green pickeringi, p. 201. 



A 5 . Tail above, like the back and 



wings, dark asby brown cineraceu, p. 202. 



/■'". Under wing-coverts and bases of the 

 inner webs of the quills underneath 



cinnamon latrans, p. 202. 



b. A dark pectoral band ; under tail-coverts 



chestnut edged with whitish at the tips . . zoeee *, p. 204. 



1. Carpophaga whartoni. 



Carpophaga whartoni, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 515, pi. xliii. (Christ- 

 mas I.) ; Lister, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 520. 



Adult female. Upper parts, including the hind neck and occiput, 

 dark metallic bronze-green, with a blue tinge on the edges of some of the 

 feathers ; frontal edge whitish ; forehead, crown, cheeks, and throat 

 dark grey, merging into the metallic-green colour of the upper parts 

 lower throat dark metallic green like the upper parts ; breast and 

 abdomen dark vinous purple, changing into dark grey on the sides, 

 vent, and tibial feathers ; under tail-coverts chestnut ; quills like 

 the back, except on the inner webs where they are blackish ; under 

 wing-coverts dark grey, with a greenish lustre ; quills underneath 

 dark grey ; tail above dark metallic green, underneath blackish 

 brown: bill black; feet crimson. Total length about 10 inches, 

 wing 10, tail 7, bill - 8, tarsus 1*1. 



Male. The skin of this sex, preserved in spirits, is rather dis- 

 coloured, but does not seem to differ from the female. 



Bab. Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. 



a. 3 ad. sk. Christmas Island. Capt. Maclear, Il.N. [P.], 



(Type of species.) 



b. 5 ad. sk. Christmas Island. J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Carpophaga cenothorax. (Plate VI.) 



Carpophaga cenothorax, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) xii. p. 139 

 (1892). 



Adult male. Head, neck, abdomen, sides, and tibial feathers ashy ; 

 frontal edge and throat white ; breast deep vinous ; back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts and wings metallic bronze-green, some feathers, 

 especially of the ramp, with bluish reflections ; primaries and 

 outer secondaries blue-green, underneath brown slate-grey ; 

 under wing-coverts greenish grey ; tail above of a beautiful dark 



* Giebel (Thes. Orn. i. p. 584) by mistake mentions a Carpophaga davidiana, 

 instead of Carpodacus davidianus, Milne-Edw. Kouv. Arch. Mus. i. (1865), 

 p. 19, t. 2. ff. 2, 3. 



