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difference between these and specimens from the neighbouring island 

 Samoa, and from the Wallis Island Uea. 



rostr. 



(cO 

 (?) 



" Irides orange-yellow ; bill orange-red ; feet orange-yellow. Na- 

 tive name, Senga or Senga wao." {Kubary.) 



3. Halcyon recurvirostris (Lafresn.) ; Finsch et Hartl. /. c. 

 p. 41. 



Three males and one female ; both sexes alike and agreeing with 

 specimens from Upolu, as described by us (I. c). As usual in the 

 members of the subgenus Todiramphus, there exists a considerable 

 variation in the intensity of the colours of the underparts. In one 

 male these are, as well as the neck-band, pale buff, as figured in the 

 Atlas of the United States Exploring Expedition (pi. 17) ; in another 

 male the neck-band and the sides of the body are dark buff, chin 

 and middle of breast and vent nearly white ; whereas in a third male 

 the whole underparts, except the chin, are uniform intense buff, 

 darkest on the vent and under tail-coverts ; the spot on the occiput 

 also varies from white to dark buff. 



Long. al. caud. rostr. latit. a bas. 



2"ll"'-3"0"' 2"-2"3'" 13-14'" 6'" (d) 

 3 1 2 1 14 6 (?) 



"Native name, Tistaro." {Kubary.) 



This species was hitherto known only from the Island of Upolu. 



4. Collocalia spodiopyga (Peale) ; Finsch et Hartl. I. c. p. 48. 



One specimen, similar to others from Upolu and the Vitis. 



Long. al. rectr. est. rectr. interm. tars. 



4" 5'" 23'" 18!'" 4 '" 



5. Rhipidtjra nebulosa, Peale; Finsch et Hartl. I. c. p. 86. 



One specimen in spirits, agreeing with the young bird from 

 Upolu, as described by us, I. c. 



Long. al. rectr. med. rectr. ext. rostr. a front, tars. 



2" 6'" 2" 10'" 2" 3'" 3|'" 8'" 



6. Amblyntjra cyanovirens (Peale). 

 Erythrura cyanovirens, Finsch et Hartl. I. c. p. 100. 



Two specimens (in different plumages) of the young bird, but not 

 different from Upolu specimens. 



One specimen resembles the young, as described by us (I. c.) ; but 

 the whole head is dark green, like the back ; some of the feathers 

 on the vertex show narrow edgings of a dull red ; the tail-feathers 

 and the upper tail-coverts are also dull red ; the upper mandible is 

 black, with a lateral yellow basal spot ; the lower mandible is yellow, 

 tipped with black ; feet dark. 



