BIRDS OF SAMOA 31 
coverts, with yellow border on wing 
feathers. Base of under mandible 
red, throat yellow and breast white. 
Tail black and tipped with white. 
Beak, legs and feet black. 
Honey Eater. 
(Leptornis samoensis) 
Head and neck black with yel- 
lowish streak on both sides running 
back from the mouth; beak black 
and slightly curved; tongue forked 
and long; back, wings and tail dark 
olive; breast black shading into an 
olive hue at the legs; feet black: 
metaturus yellow; tail rounded with 
10 feathers. 
MA‘OMA‘O. 
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