^^77.] BIRDS OF TONGATABU, FIJI, ETC. ;29 



by green; none of them have red spots on the rump, such as ar^ 



Mr. Layard (Ibis, 1876, p. 141) points out the characters of fn„. 

 different races of this Parrot occurring in the Fijis :_ ^°"' 



Vit Lv^,\SLT™'T"-'''"'f ''''' ^^'^ ^'^'^ ^^^' ^^lla--. from 

 ^9^ .1 Z f ^"'^^^"' being the true Platycercus splendens Peale 



colS; " '""'' " maroon-beUied,^ .ith bfoad bfue' nucta i 



blie'ltr^Td""' '"^^«°"-''^"-d with the faintest trace of the 

 a.^'i^^t;l;^t^b;rX^ "^^^^^^' "-roo„-eoloured 



maroon-purphsh coloration as P. tahuensis; S wants the Sue 

 neck.eollar; besides it is considerably smalle; (wings 7'' 8'" A I 



spJc es't'ir bTr"colf '^-^ '^r """ ^^ ^- ^«^--- thitinlhi 

 species the blue collar is also sometimes almost wantino- T 



think this cannot form a specific character, even less Jhan^thJ 



purphsh-red spots on the rump, which vary inTiduaTlv if t 



smaller size should turn out to £e constant, t^his d rk ^oS'ou^htt 



1 :ZTt^Z'^\ nearest-allied A. ta,uensu under the nalj f 

 A. anna, liourj. {F. taviunensis, Layard). 



3. Platycercus personatus, G. R. Gray 



P.Z.'f'r875.7.72r'"' ^""'' ^'''- ^^P- "• P- 239; Layard, 



bilUndWs\Tal'" T^?-, " ^>-^« «/«»?-' ^ith streaks of red ; 

 Diu ana legs black. This bird was purchased alive." 



4. Domicella solitaria (Gm.). 



Bomicella solitaria, Finsch, Mon. Papag. ii. n 760 



P.iTlsTfrS.'- ^ "•■ °"'- C™'"'-P''y"- P- 23; Ward, 

 - No. 37. Matuka. Female. 

 38. „ Female. 



39- „ Female. 



40. „ Male. 



..r/^"'!'"'"'^' ^^y^ °''^ common, although when they were seen a 

 good number were in company. Eyes red and yellow." 



Wo. 89. Kandavu. Male. "Eves red- bill a,irl u„. u 

 stomach contained fruit." ^ ' ^"'^ '"^s yellow; 



No 99. Kandavu. Female. " Shot August 6." 

 100. „ Male „ ^ 



5. CucuLus siMus, Peale. 



V.ll%Tv\!i'' ^' """"''• C^^^-»-P°^y»- P- 28; Layard, 

 No. 90. Kandavu. » Upper mandible and margin of lower black, 



