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specimen of unknown origin in the British Museum — , may be tlie Turdus badius described and pictured 

 by Foi:ster, and probably the identical specimen in the collection of Sir Joseph Banks which served as type 

 for Latham's Bay Thrush and, hence, for Turdus ulietensis m. The specimen corresponds fairly 

 well with Forster's description (Deser. An. 239) and, 1 believe, with his drawing; but, on the other hand, 

 it is hardly possible to identify it with Latham's Bay Thrush, with which Turdus badius Forster 

 has always been considered synonymous. To wit, the Bay Thrush, has length 8V2 in- *^nd bill IV4 in. 

 notched at the tip; A. inornata, length 7.2 in., bill 0.75 in. and not notched; in the Hay Thrush the general 

 plumage is rufous brown; in A. inornata blackish brown with cinereous brown margins to the feathers; 

 in the former the tail is „ronnded", in the latter square. There is another species which might be thought 

 to have possibly come to light in Dr. Sharpe's specimen; namely, the unknown Pacific Shrike of 

 Latham (L an ins pacificus Q m.), of which, as in the case of the Bay Thrush, only a single specimen 

 existed in Sir J. Banks' collection. Though this bird is evidently an Aplonis, standing, as it does, next to 

 Aplonis tabuensis in Latham's work (Gen. Syn. II, 35), it docs not agree sufficiently well with the 

 ty])C of A. inornata to warrant their being regarded as one species. Thus it still remains uncertain what these 

 species of the older writers really were. 



233. C^ ?) Aplonis pacificus. 



Pacific Shrike, Lal/i. Gen. Syn. I, 164. — Lanius pacificus Gm. S. N. 1788 J, 306; LafJi. Ind. 

 Orn. 1790, 75; Ikc/isl. Lath. Uebers. L 149; 17, 60; Vieill. Enc. Meth. 11, 735. 

 B. Trop. Is. 25; id. TL L. II, 27 no. 6390. — Calornis kittlitzi pt. F.cdl Orn. Gentralpol. 109; 

 Tr. Z. S. 1872, 'so. — Aplonis kittlitzi ? SAarj^e, Cat, B. 1890 XllI, 13G. 



One of the islands in the So^ith Seas (Lath.). 



234,* Aplonis atrifusca. 



Sturnoide geant, If.vlJ. Voy. Pole Sud pi 15 f. 2. — Chlauiydera sp. Gray, Gen. B. II, 325. — 

 Lamprotornis atrofusca Vealc, U. S.^ Expl. Exp. 1848, 109 pi 30 f. 1; Uartl Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 102. — 

 Aplonis atrofascus Ilarll. t. c. 132;* id. J. f. 0. 1854, 169. -- Sturnoides gigas J. et 1\ Voy. Pole Sud 1853 

 III 84; Ilartl. J. f. 0. 1854, 169. — Calornis corvina Cans, (nee Kittl) U. S. Exp. 1858, 124. — Chlamydera 

 (Sturnoides) gigas Gray, B. Trop. Is. 25. — Calornis atrofusca Gray, t. c, 26 ; id. H. L. II, 27 no. 6 

 sturnoides atrifusca F. ct II. Orn. Gentralpol. 107; ild, P. Z. S. 1871, 24; Fmsch, J. f. 0. 1872, 32, 42; 

 WhUrnco, Ibis 1875, 440; Lay. p. Z. S. 1876, 495; Cah.etEchuv, J. f. 0. 1876. 322. 

 Sharpe, Gat. B. 1890 XIII, 134. - „Fuia% Upolu (Grajfe) and Savaii (Kahary). 



Calornis pacifica Gray, 



Wald(\}u 



Aplonis atrifusca 



Samoa Is> 



„Yery conmion" (Whitmee): Tutuila (Feale), Upolu (Grllffe), Savaii (Kahary). 



235.''' Aplonis atronitens. 



Aplonis atronitens Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 164; id. B. Trop. Is. 27; Verr. et Bes M. Rev. Zool. 18G0, 

 433- Marie Actcs S. L. Bord. XXVIl, 327; Gray, TL L. II, 26 no. 6367; Marie, Ibis 1877, 362; Oast, Bull Soc. 

 Philoin. Paris 1879 July; Tristr. Ibis 1879, 190; Lay, ib. 1880, 229, 338; 1882, 519; Sharpe, Gat. B". 1890 

 X\U 128. — Calornis striatus [)t. Finseh , J. Mus. Godcf. 1876 XII, 33. — Aplonis caledonica Tristr. Ibis 

 1880, 229. — „Zeakheta", Lifu; „Koho", Mare (Lay.). 



Loyalty Is.: Lifu and Maic (Lay.). 



236.^^ Aplonis striata. 



Blue-striped Roller, Lat/i. Gen. Syn. I, 414 pi. 16. 



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S. K 1788, I, 381; 

 Laih. Ind. Orn. 1790, 171 ; Bochst. Lath. Ucbcrs. 1, 343 pi. 19 ; IV, 119; Wagl. Syst. Coraeias 1827 sp. 3. 



.,,„,, _ . , ,> 71.. n..ll A„.,,1 T>,^,T Pynv 18''.a T^^ T Q7 • id 



striatus iVaffl. 1. c. 

 1847 1. 3 pi. 12. 



Lamprotornis obscunis l)u Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Brux. 1839 pt. I, 97; jW. Esq. Orn. 



Lamprotornis nigroviridis Less, Echo Monde Sav. 1844, 81. 

 Descr. An. 261 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 54. 



Coraeias pacifica Forst. 

 Aplonis obscurus Gray, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Zool. 1846, 8; 



JjeSCr. ivu. ^UX J LT. rut\'io. icuiJ, Jiiuu. L»'±. zijjiuiiA^ w^k^v.^.* — ^f ' ■ -j- ' ' - 



id Gen H II, 328; «/..P. Z. S. 1859, 163; id. Ibis 1802, 227; 74W, J. f. 0. 1807, 322; 1870,325; 1872, 

 278; Gray, H. L. 11, 26 no. 6372. * ' ' -•~--.:-.:^^- «- n^>"- l«^n T .L17- Ora.. V Z_ S. 1859. 



^,„ „,,.y, ... ... .., . ^^.^. Aplonis nigroviridis Bp. Consp. 1850 I, 417; Gra>/, P. Z. S. 1859; 



163 ■ Marie, Actcs S. L. Bord. 1870, XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 302; Buller, B. N. Zeal. 1887 I, 25. 



Aplonis 



caledonicus (Bp.) Verr. et Don M. Ilov. Zool. 1800, 433; 1802, 133; Joaan, Mem. Soc. Cherb. 1803 IX, 119; 

 Gray, 11. t. II, 20 no. 0309; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. XXVIT, 327; id. Ibis 1877, 362; JhUton, Cat. N. Zeal. 



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