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ORNITHOLOGY. 



breast, and collar around the back of the neck, light-blue ; abdomen 

 and entire upper parts of the body green, with a bluish tinge. 

 Quills dark-brown, with their exterior edges green; upper tail-coverts 

 brownish-red, which is also the color of the two middle feathers of 

 the tail, others dark-brown, with red margins on their outer webs ; 

 bill dark ; legs paler ; irides brown. 



Dimensions. — Total length (of skin, sex unknown), four and a half 

 inches; wing, two and a half inches; tail, one and a half inches; tarsus, 

 about three-fourths of an inch. 



Hab. — Upolu, Samoan Islands. Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washington. 



Of this beautiful little bird, the specimens in the collection of the 

 Expedition are fortunately in adult plumage, and in good condition. 

 We regard it as a species not previously described, and it is not related 

 closely to any other of its genus. 



Mr. Peale alludes to this bird as follows : 



" Specimens of this species were obtained at the Island of Upolu, 

 one of the Samoan Group. It is, however, rare, owing in all probabi- 

 lity, to its favorite haunts being quite limited in extent. It delights 

 in open or bushy grounds, and is seldom found amongst large trees." 



Our plate represents this bird of the size of life. 



2. Ertthrura Pealei, Harllaub. 



Enjtlirura Pealei, Hartlaub, Troscliel. Archiv. 1852, p. 104. 



GeoqnrM prasina, Peale, Zool. U. S. Exp. Exp. Birds, p. 116 (1st ed. 1848). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate VIII, fig. 1. Adult. 



Capite supra et tectricihus candalihus superioribus coccineis, gutture et 

 pectore coerideis. Corpore supra pallide coeridescenti-viridi, reinigi- 

 bus et Cauda fuscescenti-nigris, pennis caudalibus fuscescenti-ruhro 

 marginatis. Long. tot. 4 pollices. 



Smaller than the preceding; bill thick, turgid ; culmen, curved from 

 the base; gonys ascending; wings moderate; tail short, with its 



