302 Mr. ViGORs's oud Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



Mr. Calej^ met with these birds but sparingly, and after the 

 interval of some years. He conjectured that the period of their 

 migration into the colony was not regular, or that few arrived. 

 The species Avas first discovered in New Zealand, whence they 

 probably migrate into the adjoining continent. 



7. Meta LLi eus. C. supra viridi-cvpreiis, stibtus albus viridi- 

 briinneo fasciatus ; rcctricibus externis maculis albis quinque 

 iitrinque îiotatis. 



Caput geiKrqne saturatiores. Gula, corpxis subtus, tectricesc[\\e 

 inferiores alba^, viridi-brunneo fasciatœ. Remigu?n, tribus 

 primis exceptis, pogonia interna in medio albo-notata, fas- 

 ciam albam obliquam, alis clausis, subtus exhibentia. Rec- 

 triccs externœ maculis quinque albis, ferrugineo parce va- 

 riegatis, utrinque notatœ : secundarum pogonia interna fas- 

 ciis alternis fusco-nigris ferrugineisque instructs?; cœterte, 

 mediis exceptis, leviter eodem more notatoe ; mediae fascia 

 fuscA vix conspicuâ prope apicem notata?. Rostrum pedes- 

 que nigri. Longitudo corporis, C^V '> "^^^ a carpo ad remi- 

 gem tertiam, 3-^ ; caudce, Q^-g ; rostri ad frontem, f, ad 

 rictum, f ; tarsi, -i-g-. 



The chief difference between this bird and the preceding 

 species lies in the colours of the upper parts inclining more to 

 a metallic red than to green, in the head and adjacent parts 

 being more saturated, and the fascice on the abdomen being less 

 brilliant ; while the marks of the tail-feathers also are distinct. 

 In C lucidus the outer feathers have four white spots on each 

 barb, while in the present species they have five white spots 

 marked with ferruginous. The other tail-feathers of the latter 

 bird are also alternately fasciated with fuscous and ferruginous, 

 while those of C. lucidus are free from spots, except a single 



fuscous 



