31. PHLOGCENAS. 597 



? Leptoptila stairii, part., ScMeg. N. T. D. iv. pp. 28, 30 (1871) ; 



id. Mus. P.-B. Coluniba;, p. 162 (part., Samoa) (1873). 

 Phlegcenas samoensis, Finsch, J.f. O. 1872, p. 50 (Samoa). 

 Phlogcenas stairii, E. L. Lai/ard, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 496 (Samoa). 



Adult male. Similar to the male of Ph. stairi, but the rufous 

 vinous breast-shield shows no whitish towards the edge below ; 

 the occiput and the nape are not of a distinct slaty dark colour 

 with a greenish gloss, but chocolate or dusky brown. 



The female differs from that of the allied species more than the 

 male does, having the back and wings glossy chocolate-brown with 

 no olive tinge, and the rufous-cinnamon colour of the head, neck, 

 and breast much darker. 



Hub. Samoa Islands. 



a, b. $ J ad. sk. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.].* 



15. Phlogcenas margaritae. 



Phlegcenas jobiensis, Meyer, Mitth. Zool. Mus. Dresd. i. p. 10 

 (1875) (young) (types examined) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. (Ho. Gen. 

 vii. p. 974 (note) (1875) ; Sharpe, Joint. Pi: Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. 

 p. ."II 9, n. 43 (1877); Gould, B. New Guin. vii. pi. 8 (part vii., 

 1878) ; Sharpe, Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 634 (1879). 



Chalcophaps, sp., Bece. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 716 (Jobi) 

 (1875) ; Salvad. op. cit. p. 973 (1875). 



Chalcophaps margaritae, U Alb. $• Salvad. Ann. 3fus. Civ. Gen. vii. 



* The following species \s unknown to me ; from the description, I should say 

 that it is nearly allied to Ph. stairi, if not the same. The locality is probably 

 wrong : — 



Phlogcenas saf.omoms. 



Phlogcenas salamonis, Bams. Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. vii. p. 299 (1882) ; 

 Salvad. Ami. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 429, n. 20 (1882); id. Orn. Pap. 

 e Mol. iii. p. 562 (1882) ; Bchnw. $ Schal.J.f. 0. 1883, p. 406; Salvad. 

 Men. B. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 64 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. L90) 

 (1891 ). 



"Total length 11 inches, wing 6*5, tail 4, tarsus P3, bill from the forehead 1. 

 from the nostril Uo, from the angle of the mouth PI inch. Bill brown ; legs aud 

 feel carmine. The bill is strong and much curved at. the tip ; the tail rounded, of 

 twelve feathers (?). General colour reddish chocolate-brown above, slightly 

 tinted with rich metallic violet-purple, which becomes very bright on the wing- 

 ooverta and interscapular region ; the primaries and secondaries and the inner 

 webs of the tail-feathers and their under surfaces dull dark brown ; head 

 chocolate-colour without metallic reflections, the sides of the face lighter, the 

 throat of a paler tint ; the chest, breast, and fore neck cinnamon-brown, lightest 

 towards the abdomen, a few feathers on the sides of the chest tinted with the 

 s:i 1 1 it- rich metallic hue as the mantle and wing-covorts ; the remainder of the 

 under surface dark, dull reddish chocolate-brown, deeper iu tint and inclining 

 to rufous on the under tail-coverts. The feathers of the breast being of a light 

 cinnamon tint, contrast greatly with the dark chocolate-red of the remainder 

 of the under surface." (Samsay.) 



Hab. San Christoval, Solomon Islands (?). 



