MACRUROPSAR MAGNUS.
Long-tailed Glossy Starling’.
Lamprotornismagnus, Rosenb. in litt.-Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 18 ( 1871) .-W a ld . Trans. Zool. Soc ix.
p. 205 (1873).—Rosenb. Reist. naar Geelvinkb. pp. 37, 47, 140 (1875).—Id. Ma ay rc ip. pp. ,
591 (1879).
Aplonis magna, Gieb. Thes. Om. ii. p. 428 (1875).
Lamprotomis major, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 345 (1878). T, n
Macruropsar «annus, Salvad. Ann. Mus, Civ. Gen. xii. p. 345 (1378) ; xvi. p. 195, no. 8 (1880).—Id. Orn.
Papuasia, &c. ii. p. 458 (1881).
t a s peculiar Glossy Starling is to all intents and purposes a Calomis with an exceptionally long tail The
ast-named genus is very strongly represented in the
— of Salvador!, lives in the same island as the H B 9 The latter bird inhabits the islands of
dafoor and Misori, in the Bay o f Geelvink, in hoth of which it was met with by Baron Rosenberg, the
iriginal discoverer of the species. Dr. Beccari also obtained it on both islands ; but Dr. Meyer appears to
lave procured it only in Misori. I
Count Salvador! states that the examples from Mafoor, collected by Beccan, had the tad shorter than
ipecimens from Misori; and h e considers it not improbable th at the birds may be found to constitute two
races when a larger series o f specimens can be compared.
T h e adult male is described by Count Salvadori as follows:
“ Entirely dull green with a metallic gloss, the head slightly purplish; wings and tail duller; tail very
long and graduated, with obscure barrings under certain lig h ts ; bill and feet black. B H H
The female is similar to the male. The young bird is dusky blackish above , wh,te below streaked with
black. . . . . .
The single figure in the Plate represents an adult bird, of about the size o f life.
I am indebted to the kindness o f Professor Steere, who, on his rehirn journey through London after