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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA. 659 The little group to the S.E. of Biak, known as the Pade Aido, or Traitors Islands, appear, as far as I could judge from a small collection obtained by Mr. Bruijn's hunters, to belong, ornithologically speaking, to the Mysory division of the Geelvink-Bay islands. 176. PTILOPUS PECTORALIS (Wagl.). Ptilopus pectoralis, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 60. a. 3- Mysol. 6. 2 • Waigiou. c. 2 • Locality unknown. Iris dark yellow ; bill yellow ; feet dark red. Length 20*5-22*5 centims., wing ll-0. The female of this species much resembles that of P. prasinorrhous, but is distinguished by its smaller size and its shining green wings ; and also by the under tail-coverts being white tipped with yellow, the inner web green, while in P. prasinorrhous the tail-coverts are dark green edged with yellow. 177. MEGALOPREPIA PUELLA (Less.). Megaloprepia puella, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 66. a-d. 3- Waigiou. e, f. 2 • Waigiou. g, h. 8. Batanta. i. 2 • Batanta. k. 3- Mysol. l,m. 2- Mysol. n, o. 2 • Salwatti. Iris bright red, orange, or yellow, irrespective of locality ; bill red at base, tip yellow; tarsus green, or yellowish green. Length variable, 31*8-36 centims., wing 15*8-17*1. Sexes alike. But little variation is apparent in the plumage of the above examples. 178. CARPOPHAGA MYRISTICIVORA (Scop.). Carpophaga myristicivora, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 74. a. 3. Waigiou (Nov. 11th). b. Batanta. Iris indian red, brown in a ; bill and cere black ; feet red. Length 45-46 centims., wing 27*5. Cere not large. ^ Salvadori doubts the accuracy of the locality in two of Bruijn s examples said to have been obtained from Halmaheira. It is, however not improbably correct, as we obtained this species in numbers on the Weda Islands, which lie at the S.E. extremity of Gilolo. 179. CARPOPHAGA zoEiE (Less.). Carpophaga zoea, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 94. a 3. Wammar, Aru. e Iris white ; bill greenish slate ; tarsus dull pinkish red. Length 43*2 centims., wing 22. |