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specimen of unknown origin in the British Museum —, may be the Tardus bad i us described and pictured 

 byForster, and probably the identical specimen in the collection of Sir Joseph Banks which served as type 

 for Latham's Bay Thrush and, hence, for Turdus ulietensis Gm. The specimen corresponds fairly 

 well with Forster's description (Descr. An. 239) and, I believe, with his drawing; but, on the other hand, 

 it is hardly possible to identify it with Latham's Bay Thrush, with which Turdus badius Forstex 

 has always been considered synonymous. To wit, the Bay Thrttsh, has length 8V2 in. and bill IV4 in. 

 notched at the tip ; A. i n rn a t a , length 7.2 in., bill 0.75 in. and not notched ; in the bay Thrush the genera 1 

 plumage is rufous brown; in A. inornata blackish brown with cinereous brown margins to the feathers- 

 in the former the tail is „rounded", in the latter square. There is another species which might be thought 

 to have possibly come to light in Dr. Sharpe's specimen; namely, the unknown Pacific Shrike of 

 Latham (Lanius pacificus Gm.), of which, as in the case of the Bay Thrush, only a single specimen 

 existed in Sir J. Banks' collection. Though this bird is evidently an Aplonis, standing, as it does, next to 

 Aplonis tabuensis in Latham's work (Gen. Syn. II, 35), it does not agree sufficiently well with the 

 type of A. inornata to warrant their being regarded as one species. Thus it still remains uncertain what these 

 species of the older writers really were. 



233. (* ?) Aplonis pacificus. 

 Pacific Shrike, Lath. Gen. Syn. I, 164. — Lanius pacificus Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 306; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 1790, 75; Bechst. Lath. Uebers. I. 149; IV, 60; Vieill. Enc. Moth. II, 735. — Calornis pacifica Gray, 

 B. Trop. Is. 25; id. H. L. II, 27 no. 6390. — Calornis kittlitzi pt. F.ctLI. Orn. Centralpol. 109; Waldcn, 

 Tr. Z. S. 1872, 80. — Aplonis kittlitzi ? Sharpe, Cat, B. 1890 XllI, 136. 

 ^ One of the islands in t/ie SontJi Seas (Lath.). 



234.* Aplonis atrifusca. 



Sturnoide geant, ll.vtJ. Voy. Pole Sud pi. 15 f. 2. — Chlamydera sp. Gray. Gen. B. II, 325. — 

 Lamprotornis atrofusca realc, U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 109 pi. 30 f. 1; HaHl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 102. — 

 Aplonis atrofuscus Ilartl. t. c. 132; id. J. f. O. 1854, 169. — Sturnoides gigas J.etF. Voy. Pole Sud 1853 

 III, 84 ; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1854, 169. — Calornis corvina f W.v.s. (nee Kittl.) U. S. Exp. 1858, 124. — Chlamydera 

 (Sturnoides) gigas Gray, B. Trop. Is. 25. — Calornis atrofusca Gray. t. c. 26 ; id. H. L. II, 27 no. 6388. — 

 Sturnoides atrifusca F. ct H. Orn. Centralpol. 107; iid. P. Z. S. 1871, 24; Fimch. J. f. 0. 1872, 32, 42; 

 Whitmce. Ibis 1875, 440; Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 495; Cah.etllchiw. J. f. 0. 1876. 322. — Aplonis atrifusca 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. 1890 XIII, 134. — ,Fuia", Upolu (Grllffe) and Savaii (Kubary). 



« Samoa Is. — „very common" (Whitmce): Tutuila (Peak), Upolu (Grliffe), Savaii (Kubary). 



235.* Aplonis atronitens. 



Aplonis atronitens Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 164; id. B. Trop. Is. 27; Verr. et Des M. Eev. Zool. 1860, 

 433; Marie^ ActesS. L. Hord. XXVII, 327; Gray. H. L. II, 26 no. 6367; Marie, Ibis 1877, 362; Oust. Bull. Soc. 

 Philom. Paris 1879 July; Tristr. Ibis 1879, 190; Lay. ib. 1880, 229, 338; 1882, 519; Sharpe. Cat. B. 1890 

 XIII, 128. — Calornis striatus pt. I'visch , J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 33. — Aplonis caledonica Tristr. Ibis 

 1880, 229. — „Zeakheta", Lifu; „Koho", Mare (Lay.). 



Loyalty Is.: Lifu and Marc (Lay.\ 



236.* Aplonis striata. 



Blue-striped Roller, Lath. Gen. Syn. I, 414 pi. 16. — Coracias striata Gm.. S. N. 1788, I, 381; 

 Lath. Jnd. Orn. 1790, 171 ; Bechst. Lath. Uebers. I. 343 pi. 19; IV, 119; Wagl. Syst. Coracias 1827 sp. 3. — Lanius 

 striatus Wagl. 1. c. — Lamprotornis obscurus Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Brux. 1839 pt. I, 97; id. Esq. Orn. 

 1847 1. 3 pi. 12. — Lamprotornis nigroviridis L.ess. Echo Monde Sav. 1844, 81. — Coracias pacifica Forst. 

 Descr. An. 261; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 54. — Aplonis obscurus Gray, Voy. Erebus and Terror,. Zool. 1846, 8; 

 id. Gen, B. II, 328; id. P. Z. S. 1859, 163; id. Ibis 1862, 227; Finsch. J. f. O. 1867, 322; 1870,325; 1872, 

 278; Gray, H. L. II, 26 no. 6372. — Aplonis nigroviridis Bp. Consp. 1850 I, 417; Gray, P. Z. S. 1859; 

 163; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870, XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 362; Buller, B. N. Zeal. 1887 I, 25. — Aplonis 

 caledonicus (Bp.) Verr. et Des M. Rev. Zool. 1860, 433; 1862, 133; Jouan, Mem. Soc. Chcrb. 1863 IX, 119; 

 Gray. II. L. II, 26 no. 6369; Marie. Actes S. L. Bord. XXVII, 327; id. Ibis 1877, 362; Ilattou. Cat. N. Zeal. 



