380 TEE CRUISE OF TEE ' OUBAQOA.' 



PLATE XIV. 

 LOBIUS HYPOINOGHBOdS. 



(LoriuB hypoinoL'hrous, G. B. Gr. List. Fsitl. p. 49.) 



Top of the head black ; ujjper and lower surface rich crimson ; 

 wings green, partly bronzy ; quills bluish black with the outer 

 margins green, and the inner webs at base rich yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts rich crimson ; the abdomen, thighs, and imder tail- 

 coverts dull j)urple ; the tail above with the basal half crimson, 

 and the apical half dull green with a transverse striated appearance, 

 beneath dull yellow. 



Length 10" 6'", wings 7", tail 3" 10'". 



This bird was originally known by a specimen being received as 

 from the Louisiade Group ; it has since been found in the Solomon 

 Islands. 



