Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 38. 
Family EULABET1DM. 
APLONIS FUSCUS. 
(hulliantjs.) 
LORD HOWE ISLAND STARLING. 
Aplonis fuscus hulliantjs Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 451, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Lord 
Howe Island. 
Aplonis fuscus hullianus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 451, Jan. 31st, 1912 ; id., List Birds 
Austr., p. 325, Dec. 1913. 
Distribution. Lord Howe Island. 
Adult male. Fore-head, crown of head, occiput, nape, hind-neck, lores, eyebrow, sides of face, 
ear-coverts, cheeks, chin, throat and chest blackish-brown, strongly glossed with bottle- 
green : scapulars, lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts grey, faintly glossed with 
green; wing-coverts brownish-ash, each feather margined with dull greenish-grey; 
primary-quills ash-brown, shafts black; tail-feathers ash-brown wdth the shafts reddish- 
brown ; breast, abdomen, sides of the body, flanks, thighs and under tail-coverts olive- 
grey, lightest on the under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries light grey ; 
quills below ash-brown becoming lighter towards the inner web. Bill black, eyes orange, 
feet black. Total length 200 mm.: culmen 15, wing 105, tail 71, tarsus 28. Figured. 
Collected at the Pines, Lord Howe Island, on the 5th of May, 1914. 
Adult female. Fore-head, crown of head, occiput, nape, hind-neck, lores, sides of the face, 
ear-coverts, cheeks, chin and throat light ash-grey, faintly glossed with dull green; 
scapulars, back, rump, and wing-coverts ash-grey; primary-quills ash-brown, very 
narrowly margined with whitish ; tail-feathers ash-broAvn; sides of the neck, fore-neck, 
chest and breast, like the upper-surface, but rather lighter ; abdomen, sides of the body, 
flanks and thighs isabelline-buff, brighter on the abdomen; under tail-coverts yellowish- 
white ; under w 7 ing-coverts and axillaries greyish-white ; quills below ash-brown, becoming 
tawny towards the inner web. Bill black, eyes dark orange, feet black. Total length 
204 mm.: culmen 14, wing 98, tail 68, tarsus 27. Collected at Cat Park, Lord Howe 
Island. 
Eggs. Two clutches of 3 eggs were taken on the 10th of October and 3rd of November, 1913. 
They are a little larger and mostly a shade darker, but otherwise exactly like those of 
A. fuscus fuscus. They measure : 27 X 19, 27‘3 X 20, 27 - 6 X 19'5; 28‘7 X 19'6, 
29’5 X 19'9, 29'9 X 20 mm. 
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