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Identifier: ibis67brit (find matches)
Title: Ibis
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: British Ornithologists' Union
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: (London) Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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.; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 7 (1891). Nos. 3, 14. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo.— Bill red-orange; feet powdery black; iris bright golden red with dark centre. Feeding on coco-nut palm. (Common in all the islands, going generally in pairs, and feeding in the flowering trees.—A. M. F.) Hypocharmosyna palmarum (Gra.); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit.Mus. XX. p. 78 (1891).Nos. 92, 93. S ad- Elephant Island, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 6, 1899.—Bill red-orange; feet dull orange; iris bright yellow.No. 97. S ad. No. 98. ? ? ad. Dip Point, Ambryn, Aug 15, 1899.Seen several times on Ambryn ; also at Hoy Head, onEspiritu Santo, and on Vanua Lava. Not very commonanywhere. Feeds in the flowering trees.Nos. 106, 107. (^ ? ad. Vanna Lava, Banks Island, Sept. 11, 1899. CaCOMANTIS SCHISTACEIGULARIS, Sp. UOV. C similis C. simo, sed ubique saturatior, gutture toto sordideschistaceo, et rectricibus externis hand albo trans-fasciatis distinguenda. Long. tot. 101 poll.; culm. 09,alae 51; caudse 51; tarsi 09. Ibis, 1900 PI,VII.
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J.G Kcaleirva,TLS del et litK HALCYON FARQUHARI MLrrtGrT. Bro£i J-trxp. from the New Hebrides. 339 No. 91. J ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Saato, Aug. 7, 1899.— Bill black; feet dirty yellow; iris red.Nos. 120,121. S ? ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Sept. 18, 1899.—Stomach contained beetles.The (acomantis from the New Hebrides is distinct fromthe New Caledonian bird and also from that of the FijiIslands. Capt. Shelley found only a slight difference in thesize of the bill to separate Cacomantis shnus of Fiji fromC. bronzinus of New Caledonia. C. bronzinus and C schis-tacei(jularis have very similarly coloured tails, the outerrectrices having narrow white bars on the inner web ; but inthe former bird the rufous of the under surface is continuedright up to the chin, whereas in the New-Hebridean examplesthe entire throat is dark slaty grey. In C. simus, from theFiji Islands, the throat is pale grey to a certain extent, butthe tail-markings are very different, for the white tips andtail-bands

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