226 trebonid^;. 



but the greater ones, like the under surface of quills, slate-grey ; 

 tail above, when closed, slate-black, with the lateral feathers, when 

 expanded, cinnamon, the outer webs slightly edged with slate- black: 

 " eyes yellow " (Brenchley) ; " iris and legs carmine ; bill black " 

 ( Woodford). Total length about 15 inches, wing 8'7, tail 5*5, 

 bill 075, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Solomon Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. San Cristoval. J. Brenckley, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 h. Ad. sk. Aola, Guadalcanar, June. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 



■a. Ad. sk. Solomon Islands. Tweeddale Coll. 



16. PHJENORHINA. 



Type. 

 Phamorhina, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 165 P. goliath. 



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



1. Phsenorhina goliath. 



Carpophaga (PhfenorhiDa) goliath, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 165, 

 pi. 155 (Isle of Pines) ; id. Cat. B. Prop. Isl. p. 41 (1859) ; Verr. 

 § Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1860, p. 436 ; Rchnb. Tauben, 

 ii. p. 185 (1862) ; Jouan, Mem. Soc. Imp. Sc. Nat. Cherb. ix. pp. 95, 

 230 (1863). 



PhEenorhina goliath, Verr. $ Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1862, 

 p. 138 (anatomical details) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 229, n. 9185 

 (1870) ; Marie, Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. xxvii. p. 328 (1870) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 362 ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 104, 105 ; Tristr. Ibis, 

 1879, p. 184 ; Garrod, Voxj. Challeng., Birds, p. 152 (1881) ; Layard, 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 133, 1882, p. 529; Schal. J. f. O. 1887, p. 245; 

 Wiglesw. Aves Polynes. p. 53, n. 270 (1891). 



Carpophaga goliath, Gieb. T/ies. Orn. i. p. 585 (1872) ; Schleg. Mus. 

 P.-B. Columbte, p. 95 (1873); Sousa, Mus. Nae. Lisb. Columbae, 

 p. 10 (1873) ; Viallane, Ann. Sc. Nat. (6) Zool. vii. art. 12, p. 5, 

 pi. ix. (1878) (digestive organs) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 21 ; Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1886, p. 320 (cage specimen) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 42 

 (1889). 



Adult male. Head, neck, breast, and upper parts slate-black ; a 

 patch of maroon on the median wing-coverts : quills black, mealy 

 grey at the base ; grey of the breast changing into deep maroon on 

 the abdomen: vent buff-chestnut ; under tail-coverts buff, the longer 

 ones tinged with chestnut towards the tips ; tail chestnut, both the 

 base and the apical portion black ; the outer feathers are black also 

 on the outer webs ; tail underneath cinnamon about the middle, 

 grey at the base and at the tip : " bill and feet vinous red, the 

 former with the tip a deep horn-colour, almost black ; iris orange, 

 with red ring " (Layard). Total length about 20 inches, wing 11*5, 

 tail 9, bill 1, tarsus PI. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Duller ; maroon patch on the median wing-coverts less 

 distinct ; greater wing-coverts edged with rufous chestnut ; upper 



