Pees OR SAMOA 
The colour is brilliant. The beak 
a coral-red, the upper parts, throat, 
chest and under parts a purpleish 
blue with a white patch under the 
tail coverts. Wing coverts purple, 
legs and feet a light red and the toes 
lobed not webbed as are the other 
species of this family. 
TUI MANUA. 
Night Heron. 
(Nycticorax griseue) 
The species his only been tound 
on the island of Manua of the Sa- 
moan group. The crown of the 
head, nape, and upper back are 
blackish green, the under parts pale 
yellow. The head plumes in the 
adult pure white. The eye purple 
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