140 DR. O. FINSCH ON A NEW FINCH. [Apr. 16. 



Obs. Proximus A. saracurce, sed colli alarumque pictura rubra, 

 subalaribus albo-nigris neque rufo-nigris, et primariis nigricantibus 

 nee rufescentibus sane diversus. 



This fine Aramides, of which Mr. Buckley has sent two specimens 

 obtained at Sarayacu on the Rio Bobonassa, may be readily dis- 

 tinguished from its nearest ally, A. saracura, by the characters given 

 above. Unfortunately, in our " Clavis specierum " of this genus 

 (P. Z. S. 1868, p. 447) we have used the black and white under 

 wing-coverts for the primary division of the genus into two sections. 

 In this respect, however, our new species would come into the 

 second division, although it is certainly most nearly allied to A. 

 saracura of the first section. 



6. On a new Species of Finch from the Peejee Islands. By 

 Otto Finsch, Ph.D., C.M.Z.S., Director to the Bremen 

 Museum . 



[Keceived March 27, 1878.] 

 (Plate XXTX.) 



Amblyntjra kleinschmidti, sp: nov. 



Supra viridis, subtus Icetius tincta ; regione parotica viridi-flava ; 

 capistro nigro ; pileo obscure cyanescente ; tectricibus caudce 

 superioribus Icete rubris ; subalaribus isabellinis ; rostro et 

 pedibus corneo-rubris. 

 Front, fore part of cheeks to the posterior edge of eye, and chin 

 black ; vertex obscure blue ; upper surface dark grass green, the 

 same as the outer edge of the remiges, which are blackish brown, 

 like the tail-feathers ; upper tail-coverts splendid scarlet-red; under- 

 pays grass- green, much brighter and lighter than the upper parts, 

 ear-region bright greenish-yellow ; under wing-coverts isabelline ; 

 bill and feet horny yellow in the skin, in the living bird apparently 

 flesh-coloured, nails dark brown. 



Hab. Viti-levu, Figi Islands. 



Mr. Kleinschmidt, the indefatigable collector of the Museum 

 Godeffroy, discovered this beautiful new species in the interior of 

 Viti-Levu, in November 1877 ; and I have great pleasure in naming 

 it after its discoverer. The single specimen sent to me by the 

 Museum Godefroy is, no doubt, an old bird : the sex is not marked. 

 This bird belongs to the short-tailed group of Finches, which 

 Reichenbach separated generically, s. n. Amblynura, but has a more 

 elongated bill than other species of the genus. 



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