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7. APLONIS TABUENSIS, Gm.; Finsch et Hartl. J. c. p. 103. 
Three specimens. Not different from our description. The lan- 
ceolate feathers of the head have a distinct purpurescent or copper- 
coloured glitter, which varies under a certain light into green; the 
dirty-white shaft-stripes of the under parts not very distinct. The 
wings are a little longer than in Viti birds. ‘“‘ Iris yellow.” 
Long. al. ceaud. rostr. tars. dig. med. 
4f ye. ot gm gn pf_gi gir 7i_git ll 413!" gi 
8. Pritinopus porPHyYRACEUS (Forst.); Finsch. et Hartl. /. ¢. 
p- 119 (fid. Forster). 
Four specimens. 
Ad. Pileo lete et circumscripte purpureo-violascente, diluto 
favo circumdato, mento gulaque media pallide flavis ; capite 
reliquo, collo toto, interscapulio, gutture, pectore et epigastrio 
pallide eano-virentibus, plumis basi cinereis ; epigastrit plumis 
apice distincte flavescentibus ; dorso, tergo, uropygio, tectrici- 
bus alarum et caude psittacino-viridibus ; remigis primi parte 
apicali valde attenuata tota nigra, reliquis pogonio externo 
obscure virentibus; secundariis distinectius viridibus, pogonio 
externo nonnihil aureo-fuscescentibus, limbo marginali externo 
strictissimo flavo; omnium pogoniis internis dilute cinereis ; 
scapularibus pogonio externo apiceque viridibus, 3-4 ultimis 
macula anteapicali latiuscula cerulescenti-viridi ; macula ab- 
dominis medii obscure violacea, lateribus viridi-flaventibus, 
abdomine imo crissoque flavis ; subcaudalibus flavis, apice au- 
rantiacis; subalaribus dilute cinereo viridique variis; rectri- 
cibus mediis viridibus, lateralibus pogonio interno nigris, om- 
nibus apice late canis, limbo apicali ipso virente ; cauda subtus 
obscure grisea, apice late albida; rostro plumbeo, apice palli- 
diore ; pedibus grisescentibus. 
Long. rostr.afr. al. caud. tars. 
gl! 5l 3m Pe UL gi! 
We describe a fine adult bird. In two others the violet-coloured 
abdominal spot is wanting, and the apical part of the tail-feathers is 
of a dirty greenish shade. These two specimens may be females. 
In a fourth and apparently younger specimen the epigastrium is 
green, and there are faint traces of a dark green middle spot; vent 
and under tail-coverts yellow; head and neck more decidedly grey ; 
chin whitish. : 
Long. al. rostr. a fr. caud. tars. dig. med, 
All jij git 536i! git qit_gn ain git! git 
This rare and beautiful Péilinopus seems to be confined to the 
Tonga Islands. The description in our Polynesian Ornithology 
was copied from Forster, we not knowing the bird by autoptical 
examination. We even suspected it not to be different from Pt. 
fasciatus ; and this species, of some neighbouring groups of islands, 
the Viti and Navigator’s, it really resembles very much. But the 
Proc. Zoou. Soc.—1869, No. XXXVI. 
