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G. R. Gray has given the measurements accurately ; but he 

 has described the female and not the male (P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 164) . The male has the whole body, both above and below, 

 of an iridescent green-black. 



17. Erythruea cyaneifkons, Layard, Ibis, 1878, ;p. 260. 

 The type specimens there described. The species is very 



like E. tricfu'oa, Kittl. Mem. Ac. Petersb.. 1835, t. 10 { = mo- 

 desta, Wall.), in measurements and coloration ; but the bill is 

 barely half the size of the Batchian bird. 



18. Ptilopus greyi, G. R. Gr. 



The specimens from Lifu seem rather larger than those 

 from the New Hebrides, but in no way separable. 



Fi'om the New Hebrides the collection contains ; — 



1. Trichoglossus massena, Bp. 

 Vate Island. 



2. Halcyon jvlim, Reich. 

 Vate Island. 



3. Halcyon sancta, Vig. & Horsf. 

 Vate Island. 



4. Glycyphila flavotincta, G. R. Gr. 



Very close to G. caledonica. Often barely separable, but 

 always a little larger. 



5. Myzomela splendida, sp. nov. 



M. corpore, alls et cauda nigris, capite, cervice, tergo, et uro- 

 pygio, thorace et pectore summo coccineis, linea oculari 

 nigra. ? fusca, fronte et gula rubesceutibus. Long, 

 tota 5*6 ad 6, alse "3, caudse 2'2, rostri a rictu '85. 

 Hab. Tanna. 



I describe this bird at Mr. Layard's request, though with 

 some hesitation, I have long possessed several specimens iden- 

 tical with it from Aneiteum, and have assigned them to M. car- 

 dinalis (Lath.). Latham's description will answer very well, 

 and his type came from Tanna ; but his measurements are 

 incorrect, as he gives the length 4 inches, instead of 5^ to 6. 

 Is it possible he had come upon a Loyalty-Island specimen, 

 which had a wrong locality assigned to it ? 



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