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indications of the yellow edgings to the feathers , which are 

 so characteristical in the preceding species. The primaries 

 are narrowly , the secondaries and wing-coverts broadly 

 edged with pale yellow, the superciliaries and the whole 

 lower surface are of the same yellow as the underparts of 

 2\ longii'ostris , and also the tail is like in the preceding 

 species, having all the rectrices brown, tipped 

 with yellow. The under wing-coverts are yellow, the 

 lower surface of the quills is brown, with whitish edges 

 to the inner webs. The bill seems to me hardly more cur- 

 ved than the average of the preceding species. Wing 3. 8 ; 

 tail 3.45; culmen 1.2; tarsus 1.2. This specimen agrees, 

 in general coloration , sufficiently with the colored plate 

 given by Tristram in Ibis 1883, and also in the measure- 

 ments as given in the original description , measurements in 

 every respect inferior to those of the preceding species. Com- 

 pared with Mr. Tristram's original description, however, our 

 specimen shows some rather important differences , and 

 even his description will not entirely agree with the plate 

 annected to it. In the plate the back is nearly uniform 

 green , while in the description that part is said to re- 

 semble T. otatare , thus to be brown with broad yellow edges 

 to the feathers. 



As essential differences are mentioned by Tristram the 

 much smaller size, the slightly incurved bill, the rich 

 lemon-yellow under surface of the wing and , last not least , 

 the entirely yellow two outermost pairs of tail-feathers. 



From the short description of our specimen given above, 

 we may see that it differs from that described by Tristram 

 in having the upper surface nearly plainly olive green and 

 the under surface not as yellow as T. mendanae is said 

 to be, while the two outermost pairs of tailfeathers are 

 like the rest and not entirely yellow. 



In my opinion the essential characters of T. mendanaè 

 Tristr. which distinguish it at a glance from its congener 

 T. longirostris are the considerably inferior size , connected 

 with the rather plain olive green color of the upper sur- 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. X.IV, 



