390 TEE CBUIHE OF THE ' OUBAQOA.' 



PLATE XIX. 

 MAOBOPTGIA 0BA8SIB0STBIS. 



(Turacsena crassirostris, Gould Proc. Zool. floe. 1856, ^j. 136.) 



Head, all the upper sm-face, wings and tail dark slaty black, the 

 feathers of the back margined witli a deeper black ; a broad band 

 of grey across the lateral tail feathers near the base, and the outer 

 feather on each side tipped with darker grey ; throat greyish 

 white ; under sm-face sooty, washed with grey on tlie sides of the 

 neck, breast, and centre of the abdomen. 



Length 14i", wings 7|", tail 7i", bill 1^". 



This rare bird was discovered on the Island of Guadalcanar, one 

 of the Solomon Group. It is very remarkable for the great size 

 and form of its bill. 



