5o4 ORNITOLOGIA DELLA PAPUASIA E DELLE MOI.UCCHE 



Sp. 695. Manucodia atra (Less.). 



Barila viridis, var., Less., Man.d'Orn.I, p. 140 (1828). 



Phonygama ater, Less., Voy. Coq. Zool. I, 2, p. 638 (1828) (Tipo esaminato)'. — Id., Tr. 



d'Orii.p.3'i4 (1831).— Id., Compl.de Buffon, Ois. p. 404 (1838).— G. R. Gr., Gen. B. 11, p. 303, 



sp. 3 (1846). 

 Phonygama atra, Bp., Consp. I, p. 368 (1850).— Finsch, ^eu-Guin. p. 173 (1865). 

 Phonygama viridis, Wall, (nec Scop.), Ann. and Mas- Nat. Ilist. ser. 2, XX, p. 476 (1857).— 



Rosenh., .\at.Tijdschr.Ned. Ind.XXV, p. 235, n.16l (1863).— Id., Journ.f. Orii. 1864, p.l21, 



n.16l. 

 Manucodia atra, Sclat., Joiirn. Pr. Linn. Sodi, p. 162, sp. 86 (1858). — G. R. Gr., P.Z. S. 



1858, p.194.— Id., Cat.B.iNe-w Guin. p. 37, 59 (1859). - Id., P.Z. S. 1859,p. 158.— Id., P. Z. S. 



1861, p. 436. — Id., Hand-List, lì, p. 17, sp. 6260 (1870). - ? Elliot, Mon. Parad. pi. 7 (1873). — 



Gieb., Thes.Orn.lI, p. -534 (1875).— Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. VII, p. 781 (1875). — Salvad. 



et D'Alb., op. cit.VII, p.828 (1875). — Pelz., Verh.k. zool. bot. Gesell. Wien, 1876, p.719.— 



Salvad., op. cit. IX, p. 40, 189, n. 4 (1876); X, p. 1,56 (1877).— Sharpe, Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. 



XIII, p. 317, 500 (1877). — Id.,Cat.B. Ili, p. 183 (1877). - Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. .\.S.W. Ili, 



p.101 (1878). p. --'65 (1879); IV, p.97,n.61 (1879). — DAIb., Aov. Guin. p. 582, 584, 587 (1880 . 

 Manucodia viridis, part., G.R.Gr., P.Z.S. 1858, p. 194 (ex ins. Aru). — Id., P.Z.S. 1861, 



p. 436 ^ex Waigiou et Mysol). — Id., Hand-List, II, p. 17, sp. 4257 (ex Aru, Waigiou , Sal- 



vatti) (1870).— Gieb., Thes.Orn.lI, p.534 (pariim) (1875). 

 Manucodia chalybea, part., G.R.Gr., Cat B. .New Giiin.p.37 (1859) (ex Aru). 

 Ghalybaeus ater, Schleg., Mus. P. B. ^rorcr, p. 121 (1807). — Rosenb., Malay. Archip. p. 37u, 



395, 558 (1879). 

 Chalybeus viridis, Rosenb. (nec Scop.), Reis naar de Zuidoostereil. p. 47 (1867). 



Mansinemc, Papuani di Dorei (Lesson). 

 Kan, Abilanli delie Isole Aru {von Rosenberg). 



Splendide viridi- chaUjhea; capilis plumis brevibiis,velulinis, nitjro viridibus, nilenlibus ; 

 colli plumis quoque breviusculis, squainnlosis, tiilide, sed obscure viridibus, in medio obscurio- 

 ribus ; dorso chalybea , plumis laevibus , phimarum marginibus sub quamdam lucem plus 

 minusve conspicue viridi marginalis; pectore abdomineque splendide nigro-viridibus, in medio 

 plumarum plus minusve chalijbeis; alis cauilaque sitpra splendide clialybeo-violaceis ; remi- 

 gibus reclricibusque sublus nigerrimis ; rostro jìedibusque nigris ; iride rubra. 



Foein. Vix minor, coloribus minus nilenlibus, pectore abdomineque magis virescenlibus. 



Juv. Fusco-nigra, plumis plus minusve viridi nilentibus. 



Long. lol. 0'",380-0"',430; ai. 0"',180-0"',200; caud. 0'", 170-0"',! 80 ; roslri 0'",037- 

 O"',042; tarsi 0'",038-0"',043. 



Hai), in Papuasia — Nova Guinea, Dorei (Lesson, Wallace, Bruijn], Mansinani 

 {Bruijn) , Andai (D'Mbertis^, Warbusi (Beccnri), Emberbal^i (W Mbertis] , Ramoi [Bec- 

 cari], Warmon (Bruijn), Nova Guinea meridionali, ad tluiiien Fly (D'Alberlis), ad flumen 

 Kalaw (Masters), prope sinum Hall (D'Albertis, Masters),^TO[io Portuni Ulorcsby (jVoi(o«, 

 Broadbent); ins. Yule (D' AWertis) ; Sorong (Bernstein , D' Albertis) ; Salvalti (Bernstein, 

 Bruijn); Balanla (Beccari, Bruijn); Gheniien (Bernstein); Waigiou {Wallace, Bernstein, 

 Beccari, Bruijn); Mysol (Wallace, von Rosenberg) ; Insulis Aru (Wallace, Hoedt, von Ro- 

 senberg, Beccari] . 



(I) Gì' individui del Museo di Parigi sono indicati col nome di Phonygama versicohr 

 (Craclicus versicolor, Vieill.). 



