18. CKXTROPUS. 337 



5. Centropus aruensis. 



Contropus meuebiki («ec Gam.), Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 184, 185 



(pt., Aiu) ; Jd. Cut. B. New Guin. p. 43 (pt., 1859) ; id. P. Z. 6. 



18G1, p. 437, pt. ; Sc/il. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 339 (pt., 



186(3), iv. p. 11 (pt., 1871). 

 Nesocentor aruensis, ISahad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 317 (1878), 



xiii. p. 462 (1878) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 380 (1880). 



Adult. Similar in plumage to 0. vienihiki, but differs in having a 

 strong bluish-violet gloss on the upper half of the head, back of the 

 neck, wings and tail. Total length 2.5 inches, culmen 2, wing b"9, 

 tail 14'5, tarsus 2-2. 



Hah. Aru Islands. 



a. Juv. sk. Batchiau. Wallace Coll, 



b. Ad. sk. Aru Islands. Wallace Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



c. (S imui. sk. Aru Islands. Wallace Coll. 

 ^. Ad. sk. Aru Islands (.l.i?. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 

 e,f. Ad.; (j,h,i. ..iru Islands (/. T. Cockerell), Sal vin-Godman Coll. 



Imm. sk. 



6. Centropus violaceus. 



Centropus sp., Less. Traite, p. 138, note (1831). 



Coucal violet, Quoy i!f Gaim. Voy. AstroL, ZooL, Atlas, pi, 19 (183,3) . 



Centropus violaceus, Q(^oy i^- Gaim., Voy. AstroL, ZooL i. p. 299 (18-30) ; 



Less. CompL Buff., Ois. ix, p. 251, pi. 18. fig. 2 (1838) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. ii. p. 455 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 108 (1850) ; id. Consp. 



VoL Z>ir,od.\xr:> (1854): Gray, Cat. B. Trap. LsL p. 35(1859); 



liosenh. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Lid. xxv. p. 230 (1863); id. J.f. O. 



1864, p. 117 ; Finsc/i, Neu-Guin. p. 160(1865) ; Gray, Iland-L B. 



ii. p. 214, no. 8975 (1870); ScL P. Z. -S'. 1877, p. 106; Layard, 



Ibis, 1880, p. 300. 

 Nesocentor violaceus. Cab. if- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 120 (1862) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Cii: Gen. xiii. p. 402 (1878) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, 



p. 381 (1880). 



Adult. Black, strongly glossed aU over with violet. Bill black ; 

 bare skin round the eyes red ; legs brownish yellow. Total length 

 24"o inches, culmen 2-o, wing 9*6, tail 15, tarsus 2-5. 



Hah. New Ireland and N"ew Britain. 



rt. S ad. sk. Xew Britain, Feb. 1876 {G. Brown). Tweeddale Coll. 

 b. $ ad. sk. Blanche Bay, Xew Biitain (G. E. Seebohm Coll, 



Richards). 



7. Centropus chalybeus. 



Centropus violaceus {nee QuoyS)- Gaim.),Schl. Ned. Tijdschr. v. Dierk. 



iv. p. 12 (1871) ; Sharpe,Journ. LJnn. Soc, Zoo/, xiii. p. 81 (1876). 

 Nesocentor violaceus, Mei/er, Mitth. ZooL Mus. Dresd. i. p. IG 



(1875). 

 Centropus sp., Beccart, Ann. Mas, Civ. Gen. vii. p. 715, (1875) ; td, 



Ibis, 1876, p. 253. 



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