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which has quite a different hue from G. cinereus, being of a 

 decidedly greenish tint ; but as the specimen is a poor one, 

 and unique, I do not venture, in my present state of ignorance, 

 to distinguish it specifically. Further research may show that 

 it is a local race. 



12. Pachycephala chlorura, G. R. Gr. 

 Vate Island. 



13. Ptilopus greyi, G. R. Gr. 

 Vate Island. 



The specimens from the New Hebrides seem to run rather 

 smaller than those from the Loyalties. 



14. Ptilopus corriei, E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New S. Wales, vol. i. p. 133. 



Ambrym Island, and also Erromanga. It seems to be 

 generally distributed through the group. Mr. Layard (Ibis, 

 1878, p. 275) suggests that this Dove is probably a Chryscena. 

 It appears to me to be a true Ptilopus, though perhaps slightly 

 aberrant, more typical certainly than P. holosericeus . 



15. Ianthcenas leopoldi, sp. uov. 



/. capite et corpore suprk fuscis tantisper metallicis j alis cau- 

 daque psene nigris ; pectore fusco, metallice resplendente, 

 pectore irao et abdomine castaneis, fusco interruptis; sub- 

 alaribus fuscis ; rostro ad basin rubro, ad apicem corneo, 

 pedibus carneis. Long, tota 16, alcE 8*65, caudse 9*2, 

 rostri a rictu 1*15, tarsi 1. 

 Hab. Vate Island, New Hebrides. 



I have named this in compliment to Mr. Layard, Jun., its 

 discoverer. 



This species is just midway between 7. hypcenochroa, Gould, 

 of New Caledonia, and /. castaneiceps, Peale, of Samoa. 

 Like the rest of the group, it has a white throat, but differs 

 from the New-Caledonian bird in having the head of the same 

 fuscous colour, with metallic resplendency, as the rest of the 

 back, while the head of the other is of a lustrous vinous purple. 

 In our new species the neck and breast are coloured like the 

 back, while the lower breast and abdomen are vinous purple, 

 interrupted here and there with dark brown. In 7. hypceno- 

 chroa, on the contrary, the whole of the lower body is of a 

 rich vinous chestnut. 



