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Show 1877] DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND, ETC. Ill Obs. Species forma M. reinwardti omnino similis, dorso caudaque schistaceis nee castaneis diversa. A single skin of this remarkable Pigeon is in the collection. It appears to be in every respect a close ally of M. reinwardti, which has a wide range over N e w Guinea and the Moluccas. M y specimen is marked " male, legs red," and is obviously adult. Dr. Salvadori kindly tells m e that he has seen several young specimens of M. reinwardti with the back and wings blackish ; but I cannot believe that the present example is otherwise than mature. 54. MACROPYGIA CARTERETIA, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 57- Under this name I place two examples, adult and young, from Duke-of-York Island, of a representative of the wide-ranging form which Schlegel (Mus. P.-B. Col. p. 110) calls M. turtur, but for which the oldest name, if all the forms are to be referred to one species, is amboinensis (Linn.). Bonaparte's description of his M. carteretia from N e w Ireland is evidently that of a young bird, and, so far as it goes, suits m y young specimen pretty fairly. 55. MACROPYGIA NIGRIROSTRIS, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 972. A n adult bird from N e w Ireland (Nov. 1875) and a young bird from Duke-of-York Island (Oct. 1875) seem to be referable to this recently described species, which is one of the recent discoveries on Mount Arfak. The young bird has the head, neck, and breast of a much brighter colour, and freckled with transverse black markings, except on the throat. The measurements, which are as follows, seem to be slightly inferior to those given by Count Salvadori. Long tota. ala?. cauda?. in. in. in. Adult. New Ireland 117 5*7 6*2 Young. Duke-of-York Island 12*5 5*65 6*2 56. CHALCOPHAPS STEPHANI. Peristere d'Etienne, Hombr. et Jacq. Voy. au P61e Sud, t. 28. fig. 2. Chalcophaps stephani, Puch. Zool. Voy. au P. S. iii. p. 119. A pair of this species, with the exact locality not given. In the female the forehead is grey instead of white, and there is no purplish colour on the head and nape. For the range of this species cf. Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 206. 57. PHLOGCENAS MARGARITA. Chalcophaps margarithce, D'Alb. et Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p- 836. M Phlogcenas margaritee, Salvad. op. cit. viii. p. 405. |