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mandible through the cheeks, chin, and throat pale buiF immacu- 

 late ; a dark band formed of small blackish streaks runs from the 

 gape to the ear-coverts ; upper part of the sides of the neck pale 

 buif, minutely streaked Tvith brown ; a pale brown band along the 

 nape ; wings brown ; specidum on the secondaries glossy green, 

 bordered anteriorly by a black band at the tip of the greater wing- 

 coverts, and posteriorly by another black band with a narrow white 

 edge at the tip of the secondaries ; outer web of the outer tertials 

 black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts blackish brown ; tail-feathers brown, with narrow pale 

 edges : bill plumbeous, with the nail black ; feet and toes yellowish 

 brown, the membrane dusky brown. Total length about 24 inches, 

 wing 10"75, tail 4-4, culmen 2-25, tarsus 1*G5. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Specimens from Timor, Pelew, Fiji, and Samoa Islands are 

 decidedly smaller than those from Australia and New Zealand. 



Hab. From Java and Timor to Southern New Guinea, Australia, 

 New Zealand subrcgion and Polynesia, including the Pelew 

 Islands. 



a-f. Ad. sk. 



ff, h, i. Ad. sk. et 



St. 



Jt. Ad. St. 

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 m. (S ad. sk. 

 71, o. Ad. sk. 



2). Ad. sk. 



q. 2 ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 

 s. <S ad. sk. 

 t. Ad. St. 

 «. Ad. sk. 

 V, w, X. Ad. sk. 

 y. (S ad. sk. 



:. c7 ad. sk. 

 a'. 2 ad. sk. 

 b'. Ad. sk. 

 c'. Ad. sk. 

 d', e'. (S ad. sk. 

 f. S ad. sk. 



ff 



cJ ad. sk. 



h'. Ad. St. 

 i'. Ad. sk. 

 k'. Ad. sk. 

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n'. Skeleton. 



Lake Wakolo, Bomni. 

 E. Timor. 



Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia ( Cockerel! iy 



Thorpe). 

 W. Australia. 



Port Essington. 



Melbourne. 



Tasmania. 



Tasmania. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



Dusky Bay, Feb. {Dr. 



Lyall) . 

 Otago, New Zealand, April. 

 Dusky Bay. 

 Cbatham Is. 

 Campbell Is. 

 Kandavu, Fiji. 

 Ovalau, Fiji, Nov. (E. L. 



Lciyard). 

 ToDgatabu, Friendly I., 



Nov. 

 Navigator Is. 

 Navigator Is. 

 Samoa. 



Huaheine, Society Is. 

 Huaheine, Societyls., July 



{A. Garrett). 

 Tahiti. 



Dr. II. O. Forbes [P.]. 

 A. R.Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



Ladv Carrington [P.]. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Governor of W. Aus- 

 tralia [P.]. 

 J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Antarctic Exp. [CI. 

 R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 Antarctic Exp. [C.]. 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



Hume CoU. 

 Dr. Lvell fP.]. 



New Zealand Co. [P.]. 

 Antarctic Exp. [P.]. 

 ' Challenger ' Exp. [P.], 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 



Gould CoU. 

 Rev. J. B. Stair [P.]. 

 Rev. J. Whitmee [P.]. 

 J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.], 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



' Challenger ' Exp. 



