164 



Coracias striata, Gmel. S. N. i. 381. 



Lanius striatus, Wagl. Syst. Av. 



Hab. New Caledonia ; Island of Nu (B.M.) ? 



25. Aplonis viridigrisea. 



Slaty-grey, with glossy green reflexions ; top of head and cheeks 

 glossy purplish-black ; quills and tail black ; tertials and secondaries 

 bordered with slaty-grey ; beneath the body greyish slate-colour, 

 tinged with olivaceous-yellow ; under tail- coverts greyish-white. 



Coracias striata <j>,"Gmel. S. N. i. 381 ?; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 

 54, low. fig. 



Length 7", wings 4", bill from gape 11" 



Hab. Island of Nu. (B.M.) 



26. Aplonis atronitens. 



Sooty black ; feathers on the back margined with green reflexions, 

 and those beneath the body are broadly margined with grey ; quills 

 and tail deep fuscous-black ; bill and feet black. 



Length 8" 3'", wings 4" 3"', bill from gape 1". 



Hab. Loyalty Islands. (B.M.) 



27- ESTRELDA PSITTACEA. 



Fringilla pulchella, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 273 ; G. Forst. Icon, 

 ined. 153. 



Fringilla psittacea, Gmel. S. N. i. 903 ; Lath. Syn. pi. 48 ; Vieill. 

 Ois. Chant, t. 32. 



Estrelda psittacea, G. R. Gr. Gen. of B. ii. 369. 



Erythrura psittacea, Pr. B. Consp. Av. p. 457. 



Poephila pandoni, M'Gill. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1858. 



Hab. New Caledonia. "Durubeea," "Gherubeea" of the na- 

 tives. Island of Nu. (B.M.) 



28. Platycercus (Nymphicus) cornutus. 



Psittacus bisetis, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 258 ; G. Forst. Icon, 

 ined. 43 ; Lath. Syn. pi. 8. 



Psittacus cornutus, Gmel. S. N. i. 327. 



Platycercus cornutus, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i. 528. 



Nymphicus bisetis, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 522. 



Nymphicus cornutus, G. R. Gr. List of Gen. of B. 1855, p. 86. 



Hab. New Caledonia (B.M.). "Kere," " Keghe " of the na- 

 tives. South Harbour, south end of N, C. (B.M.). 



29. Platycercus caledonicus. 

 Psittacus caledonicus, Gmel. S. N. i. 328. 

 Psittacus bisetis $ , Shaw. 



Platycercus caledonicus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 532. 

 Hab. New Caledonia. 



30. Cuculus (Cacomantis) bronzinus. 



Allied to C. cineraceus, Vig. & Horsf. ; but the bill is larger, and 



