: BIRDS OF SAMOA 38 
SEGA-VAO. 
Finch. 
(Amblynura cyanovirens.) 
Crest deep red, upper mandible 
black, lower mandible yellow, gen- 
eral plumage greenish blue and tail 
deep red, legs and feet slate-black. 
ALEVA. 
Koel. (Sub species of the cuckoo) 
(Eudynamis taitensis.) 
(Family Cuculidae.) 
The koels are found only-in the 
Indian and Australian regions, two 
species being peculiar to the former 
and-tour, to the-latter,. They are 
distinguished from the true cuckoos 
