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PLATE IV. Fig. 1. 



GLJGIPHILA GALEDUNIGA. 



(Gljciphila modesta, G. E. Gr.Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 160 ; Glyciphila caledonica, 

 G. R. Gr. Hand, list of B. i. p. 155.) 



Upper siu'face obscui'e cinereous, darker on the head ; back 

 varied with olive ; quills and tail fuscous black, margined exter- 

 nally with olive ; throat, breast, and sides greyish brown, varied 

 with cinereous white ; abdomen pale greenish brown, tinged with 

 yellow ; ear-coverts shining grey. 



Length 5" &", wings 3", bill lOi"'. 



New Caledonia is the abode of this sombre species. 



PLATE IV. Fig. 2. 

 GLYGIPHILA FLAVOTINGTA. 



(Glyciphila flavotiucta, G. if. Gr. Ann. and Mag. of N. H. 1870, p. 331.) 



It is very like Glyciphila modesta, Gray, of New Caledonia ; 

 but it is rather larger in all its proportions, and it has a promi- 

 nent tinge of yellow on the back and beneath the body, which is 

 not found on the bird referred to. 



Length 6", wings 3" 3"", bill 12", tarsi 10"". 



' Eyes black. Contents of stomach, honey. Male and female.' 



Three specimens were obtained at Eramanga Island. 



