MANORINA VIRIDIS, Vieillot 

 Green Manorina. 



PLATE LXXVIII. 



M. olivacea viridis, loris, rostro, pedibusque flavis. 



Manorine verte ; Manorina viridis, Vieill. Gall, des Ois. pi. 1 49- 



The Manorina viridis of Vieillot stands as the type of another form 

 among the Meliphagidce. It approaches nearest to that division of which 

 Meliphaga aui'icomis makes the type. The bill is of greater comparative 

 strength, and the wings are narrow and lengthened, not short and round- 

 ed as in the other. It is yet the only individual of the genus, and may 

 be met with in most collections from New Holland. 



The length is about six inches and a half. The general colour is yel- 

 lowish oil-green, brighter upon the rump, and paler and more dusky on 

 the under parts ; on the shoulders the green changes to a blackish-grey ; 

 the quills are umber-brown, edged with pale whitish-grey on the outer 

 webs ; the space between the eyes and nostrils is covered with thick short 

 hairy-looking feathers, of a bright gamboge-yellow, which runs for a little 

 way under the eyes. We do not find a bare space surrounding the eyes 

 of our specimens, as mentioned by Vieillot. The under eyelid,- as in 

 most of the Meliphaga, is nearly bare of feathers ; but there is nothing 

 like a naked circle. The bill, legs, and feet, are bright gamboge-yellow. 



