THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
according to Mathews, and it possesses the blue chin noted in Sharpe’s key to 
the species. The wing, however, is somewhat longer. Mathews, unfortunately, 
only gives the length of the wing—62 mm. Total length 121; \^ing 62 mm., 
tail 50 mm., culmen 11. The specimen figured is a male, and is in the 
National Museum, Melbourne.” 
With regard to the bill, although the measurement varies so little, the 
figure given by Kershaw shows the long bill of the Austrahan form, quite appre¬ 
ciably larger than that of the Lifu bird; also, although the total lengths 
agree, Kershaw gives the tail as 50 mm., Sharpe as 1‘75 inches, which shows 
no rehance can be placed upon total length comparisons. 
Of tills species I admit, besides the above : 
Chloromunia trichroa cyaneifrons (Layard) 1878. 
Lifu, Loyalty Islands. 
Chloromunia trichroa woodfordi (Rothschild and Hartert) 1900. 
Solomon Islands. 
Chlmomunia trichroa modesta (Wallace) 1862. 
Teniate. 
Chloromunia trichroa 'papuana (Rothschild and Hartert) 1900. 
Arfak Mts., New Guuiea. 
Chloromunia trichroa goodfellowi (Ogfi.vie-Grant) 1911. 
Moroka Mts., British New Guinea. 
Chloromunia trichroa eichhorni (Hartert) 1924. 
St. Matthias Island. 
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