364 TEE CRUISE OF THE ' CUEAQOA.' 



PLATE VI. 



ANTHOCEJSBA AUBBYANUS. 



(Leptornis aubrjanus-, J. J'err. and Dcsm. Rev. and Mag, de Zool. 1816, p. 16.) 



Uniformly black, but tbis colour is duller on tbe wings, with 

 the shaft of each feather black and shining; the sides of the 

 head naked and of a clear reddish colour, which is divided in the 

 naked space by a sub-superciliar and narrow band of black 

 feathers, springing from behind the eyes to the plumes of the 

 hind head, there is also an abbreviated band beneath the eyes ; 

 the lores and mentum are partially clothed with black bristly 

 plumes. Upper mandible black and the lower one mostly yellow, 

 except on the upper margin, which is black. 



Length 17" 6"', wings 1" 6"', tail 7" 6"', bill from the 

 gape 2". 



This singular bird is peculiar to New Caledonia, where it is 

 stated to be rarely met with. 



